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Joanne Moseley

COVID-19: employee who refused to wear a mask was fairly dismissed

In Kubilius v Kent Foods, the Employment Tribunal had to decide if a lorry driver was unfairly dismissed for refusing to wear a face...

08/04/21
Joanne Moseley

Home Office reverses immigration rules on 'foreign suppliers'

A recent change to immigration laws has made it easier for foreign businesses to send EU workers to the UK to fulfil contractual...

08/04/21
David Shirt

Get rich quick or too good to be true? - giveaway raffles, staying on the right side of gambling provision regulations

By Craig Weston and Alexandra Marchant from Irwin Mitchell's Regulatory Investigation Group Giveaway raffles are becoming more prevalent...

01/04/21
Joanne Moseley

How has Covid-19 affected the educational prospects of children and young people with SEND?

The all-party parliamentary group for special educational needs and disabilities has published its report on the experiences of young...

01/04/21
Joanne Moseley

Education news in brief - April 2021

Police say sexual abuse rife in UK’s state and private schools The website everyonesinvited.uk was created to expose how young people...

31/03/21
Nicola Gooch

Keeping it Class E: New Class E to Residential PD Rights to take effect on 1 August 2021

This morning, MHCLG announced that a new set of permitted development rights for Class E to Residential use will be laid before...

31/03/21
Joanne Moseley

Employment Appeals Tribunal starts to diffuse the holiday pay time bomb

When the European Court of Justice published its judgment in King v Sash Windows in 2017, we speculated that it would expose some...

29/03/21
Irwin Mitchell

An unequal playing field? Tackling gender inequality in rugby

The Women’s Six Nations tournament kicks off next month and, for the first time, it isn’t being played alongside the men’s tournament....

29/03/21
David Shirt

Is your institution having problems with your IT supplier?

Steve Murphy from Irwin Mitchell's litigation team asks education establishments if they are having problems with their IT supplier and...

29/03/21
David Shirt

Asda workers win latest round of long-running equal pay fight

By Sacha Sokhi, an employment law specialist at Irwin Mitchell: “The Supreme Court has upheld previous decisions that lower paid shop...

26/03/21
David Shirt

Unlawful Conduct –v – Unlawful conduct…Who wins?

By Lily Pidge and Dominique Dolman The case of Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v Azima [2021] EWCA Civ 349 considered the highly...

26/03/21
Georgie Collins

Johnny Depp refused permission to appeal libel ruling

By Jasmine Fearnley and Georgie Collins On 25 March 2021 the Court of Appeal refused Johnny Depp’s application to appeal the High Court’s...

26/03/21
Stephanie Reeves

Business Interruption Insurance – insurers start to pay out

It is over two months since the Supreme Court handed down its appeal judgment (the “Judgment”) in the Financial Conduct Authority’s...

25/03/21
Liam Salt

Winding-up petition ban extended, but concerns remain (Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020)

by Patrick Finn - Senior Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency On 24 March 2021 through The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020...

25/03/21
Irwin Mitchell

Return to grassroots sport: health & safety considerations

On 22 February 2021 the Prime Minister announced a “roadmap” out of national lockdown. As part of this we can once again look forward to...

25/03/21
Nicola Gooch

HCLG Select Committee launches inquiry into Permitted Development Rights.

PD, or not PD, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the ongoing indignities of lower housing delivery figures,...

24/03/21
Elizabeth Thomson

Tax Day is here – finally! But what, if anything, do the Treasury’s new tax policies and consultations mean for business rates?

By Hayley Crombleholme, Solicitor, Real Estate Disputes Yesterday the Government published an interim report on their Fundamental Review...

24/03/21
Nicola Gooch

MHCLG springs into action: Are Saturday's planning announcements an attempt to get us Summer ready?

The first day of spring is often glorious, and last Saturday was no exception. The sun shone; the cherry trees in our garden are in full...

22/03/21
Joanne Moseley

Breaking: Supreme Court rules that workers providing sleep-in shifts are not entitled to the National Minimum Wage

The Supreme Court has today issued a judgment that will have wide ranging implications for the care and other sectors relying on staff to...

19/03/21
Irwin Mitchell

New Media And Entertainment Solicitor For Irwin Mitchell

National law firm Irwin Mitchell has appointed a new commercial solicitor to strengthen its national Media Entertainment team as part of...

17/03/21
David Shirt

Landlords' CVA challenge against New Look starts today in the High Court

A legal challenge by some of New Look’s landlords over the retailer’s use of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) commences in open...

17/03/21
Joanne Moseley

HR and employment news in brief - March 2021

Here's this month's round up of HR and employment news in easy to read, bite sized chunks. National Minimum Wage and sleep in shifts On...

16/03/21
David Shirt

Covid-19 and the theatre industry

By Kate Norris solicitor and expert in Irwin Mitchell's Media & Entertainment team. Rishi Sunak has published his hotly anticipated 2021...

16/03/21
Irwin Mitchell

Levelling Up - what does it mean really?

As is becoming the theme; #Budget2021 wasn't just a series of tax slashes and hikes. There were hints of, and actual, drafts of, new...

15/03/21
Irwin Mitchell

UK Border Check Delay Brings Brief Brexit Respite For Import Businesses

The announcement that full UK import border checks have been delayed by six months has been broadly welcomed, but lawyers say business...

15/03/21
Joanne Moseley

Have your say: should the government's Enterprise and Management Incentive scheme be more flexible?

During his March 2020 budget speech, the Chancellor announced that the government intended to review its existing Enterprise and...

12/03/21
Nicola Gooch

There's gotta be something better than this: CIL breaks the link between new development and infrastructure provision - and this is a problem.

If you have not read today's Property Week, I thoroughly recommend  it. One of the lead features is an investigation into the rate at...

12/03/21
Joanne Moseley

Three reasons why you need a strategy to protect your staff against verbal abuse by customers

Earlier this week, USDAW (the union of shop, distributive and allied workers) published its annual survey as part of its campaign to end...

12/03/21
Elizabeth Thomson

Government comes to the rescue of tenants once again

On 10 March 2021, Robert Jenrick, the Housing Secretary released a press release with a number of important ramifications for landlord...

11/03/21
Liam Salt

The CVA challenge: Regis and New Look consider the limits

By Claire Hammond - Practice Development Lawyer, Restructuring & Insolvency Is it time to halt the creep on increasingly aggressive CVAs...

10/03/21