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Nicola Gooch

The Secretary of State weighs in on Water Neutrality: The Kilnwood Vale Decision

On Friday 25 October, the Secretary of State published a recovered appeal decision for Kilnwood Vale.  The Appeal relates to a reserved...

27/10/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 11 Oct

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

11/10/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 27 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

27/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 23 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

23/09/24
Victoria Crozier

Court of Appeal Upholds Landmark Ruling on Business Interruption Insurance: Policyholders Gain Clarity on ‘At the Premises’ Disease Clauses

More than four years on from the UK’s first national lockdown in March 2020, policyholders of business interruption insurance (“BII”)...

16/09/24
Andrew Evans

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act: A quick guide for housebuilders and residential developers

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act is expected to come into force this Autumn and will herald a transformative shift in...

05/07/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Manchester Ship Canal Company v United Utilities: Clarification on the Powers of Statutory Sewerage Undertakers

Another week another Supreme Court decision which affects the environmental sector.  I will ignore the bus analogy, but I am sure you...

03/07/24
Irwin Mitchell

popular electronic telephone game causes construction consternation

Keen digital observers will know that, for now, Pokémon Go is wildly popular. We understand that it encourages people to experience the...

07/09/16
Colette Kelly

The General Election – The Fraud Edition

The main political parties have all launched their manifestos for the 2024 General Election. This article considers the weight the main...

20/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Conservative Manifesto says about Planning

Hot on the heels of the Liberal Democrats, whose manifesto launched yesterday, it is the Conservative Manifesto's turn to be put under...

11/06/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment weekly news round up - 7 June

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

07/06/24
Joanne Moseley

Rape crisis centre deliberately harassed and unfairly dismissed counsellor who voiced gender critical beliefs

In Adams v Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, a tribunal had to decide if an employee was discriminated by her employer because she didn't...

29/05/24
Jenny Arrowsmith

Workplace investigations demystified: 10 lessons from the tribunals

We are seeing an increased demand for guidance and training on how managers should conduct investigations in the context of grievances...

29/05/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental weekly news round up – 17 May 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

17/05/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental weekly news round up – 3 May 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

03/05/24
Keith Davidson

The impact of mandatory ESG reporting on engineering businesses

The introduction of mandatory ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting is set to have significant implications for...

27/03/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental weekly news round up - 22nd March 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

25/03/24
Rebecca Denvers

Anti-Zionist beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010

In Miller v University of Bristol, a tribunal held that an academic’s anti-Zionist views were a “protected belief” under the Equality Act...

05/03/24
Nicola Gooch

The CMA Report into Housebuilding is out! and some other stuff.....

I hadn't even finished my first coffee of the day, when news of the publication of the CMA report into the housebuilding industry popped...

26/02/24
Nicola Gooch

Happy Brownfield Development/ Urban Densification Day .... more consultations and another proposed change to the NPPF

Today has certainly been a busy one for DLUHC….  Between 8.45am and 5.15pm, the Department published no less than eight separate updates...

13/02/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental Weekly News Round Up – 19 January 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

19/01/24
Irwin Mitchell

New immigration rules will make it harder for employers to attract and recruit staff

The government announced significant changes to the UK immigration system which will come into force next year. It believes that current...

05/12/23
Mandeep Khroud

New Immigration measures revealed: what's changing and how will it impact the UK

The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, earlier this week announced a package of extensive measures set to reduce net migration in the UK...

05/12/23
Bryan Bletso

£30 billion investment announcement highlights strength of UK economy

Today, as global chief executives and investors gather at Hampton Court Palace for a government investment summit, the UK government has...

27/11/23
Nicola Gooch

LURB Watch: Government confirms Nitrates' amendments to be tabled in House of Lords shortly

Earlier today DLUHC and DEFRA announced that they will shortly be tabling amendments to the Levelling-Up & Regeneration Bill with a view...

29/08/23
Joanne Moseley

Profanity and prejudice: using gendered derogatory language towards a trans woman can amount to direct discrimination

In Fischer v London United Busways Limited, a tribunal had to decide if a trans woman who said she had been called a swear word typically...

30/10/23
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental Weekly News Round Up - 13 October 2023

Over the last few weeks, we've seen both Labour and the Conservatives hold their annual conferences.  With the Conservative government...

13/10/23
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental News Round Up - 22 September 2023

Nitrate neutrality position finally neutralised In the last few weeks this has issue has garnered a lot of headlines with the Government...

22/09/23
Harriet Fletcher

How do you solve a problem like Accrual?

Final Salary Schemes: accruals, amendments, and member “interests” 17 years ago, on Saturday 29 July 2006, UK television viewers settled...

07/09/23
Nicola Gooch

As one consultation closes, another two open: Performance reviews, price rises, case law and yet another set of changes to PD Rights...

Sometimes, dealing with government consultations on planning reform feels a bit like fighting a Hydra.  The ink is not yet dry on our...

01/03/23