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Nicola Gooch
A Good Day to Bury Planning News? MHCLG Releases Discussion Paper on 'The Day of BREXIT Headlines'
In what is either a case of really unfortunate timing, or extreme sneakiness, yesterday the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
29/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Netherlands
On 26th August 2019 the "Brexit" spotlight shone on the Netherlands with the announcement by the NFIA, the Netherlands Foreign...
27/08/19
Joanne Moseley
ICO stepping up plans to fine data controllers who've not registered or paid the correct fee
Are you a data controller? Have you registered and paid the correct fee? One aspect of data protection compliance in the UK that is often...
27/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and China
On 24th July 2019, Boris Johnson, the UK's new Prime Minster, was reported by "the Washington Examiner" as having given an interview to a...
23/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Irish Backstop (Again!)
With the holiday month of August moving towards its end, thoughts about the Irish Backstop and how to address it (to scrap or not to...
21/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European Communities Act 1972
The European Communities Act 1972 (ECA) was the domestic UK legislation that bound the UK to membership of the EC (now the EU) with...
20/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Operation Yellowhammer
To the lexicon of Brexit jargon - including "No deal"; "WTO rules"; "Transition period"; "Article 50"; "Another referendum" ; "Backstop"...
19/08/19
Joanne Moseley
FAQ’s: Holiday entitlement and pay of term-time and other part-year workers
Last week, the Court of Appeal ruled in Brazel v The Harpur Trust that employers can't pro-rate the holiday entitlement or pay of part...
15/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Electronic Commerce
There is a wealth of legislation dealing with e-commerce and so-called "Information Society Services" in the UK and much of it is...
15/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European Central Bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank for the Eurozone, currently comprising 19 member states of the EU. For those of us...
15/08/19
Joanne Moseley
Can an employer rely on a breach of the immigration rules to argue that an employment contract is unenforceable?
It is unlawful to employ someone who does not have the right to reside and work in the UK or who is working in breach of their conditions...
14/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and US trade deals
On 13th August 2019, The Times newspaper reported John Bolton, the White House aide, who was visiting the UK, as saying that the UK would...
14/08/19
Joanne Moseley
Influential report calls on government to fundamentally change the way discrimination claims are enforced
The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has published a report which, if implemented, will radically change the way in which...
13/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and (re-) structuring your business in case of a "no deal"
A common lament that is heard in business circles is how hard it is to find focussed, practical and straightforward advice as to what...
12/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Road to Perdition
It is fair to say that the British Constitution has come under attack from every side of Parliament and beyond during the UK Brexit...
12/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Competition law
On 8th August 2019, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a press release as to how merger reviews...
09/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Treehouse of Horrors or just another little dig at permitted development rights?
Just last week the popular press has reported on a tree house in Lincolnshire being threatened with planning enforcement. The summer...
09/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Food and Drink Industry
In a dramatic intervention on 7th August 2019, the UK Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has called (and not for the first time) for waivers...
08/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Creative Industries
As the UK gets closer to the Brexit door (currently scheduled to be reached on 31st October 2019 at 11pm (UK time)), various industry...
07/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Free Ports
In early August 2019, the UK Government announced that it is planning to create up to 10 "free ports", around seaports and airports,...
07/08/19
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: Court of Appeal rule that employers can't pro-rate holiday of term time only workers
The Court of Appeal has today handed down an important decision that will affect all workers on permanent contracts who only work part of...
07/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011
The tussle between the Remainers who want a People's Vote and the Brexiteers who are not prepared to contemplate any further blockage...
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Joanne Moseley
Workplace Mental Health: The Case For A Proactive Approach
As mental health conditions take over from back pain as the main source of work-related illness, we know the importance of the emotional...
05/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and accelerating UK preparations for a "no deal"
The last week of July 2019 saw the publication of reports by the Institute for Government think tank (IfG) and the Confederation of...
05/08/19
Nicola Gooch
Tales from the Planning Court: a very quick round-up of some recent case law
Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I'll begin... After the whirlwind of events that lead to my last blog post, this week I have...
05/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Is there a housing crisis?
Architect and TV presenter George Clarke broadcast a brilliant programme earlier this week on Channel 4 ("George Clarke's council house...
02/08/19
Joanne Moseley
Junior doctors may be entitled to millions of pounds back pay because 'faulty' software incorrectly recorded their working hours
A decision of the Court of Appeal handed down this week will have widespread repercussions for many NHS Trusts who may owe junior doctors...
01/08/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and using the Courts to challenge a "no -deal" - related prorogation of the UK Parliament
On 22nd July 2019, solicitors representing a cross- party group of Westminster MPs and others wrote to the Lord Advocate General of...
31/07/19
Joanne Moseley
Autistic job seeker with 'hidden disability' awarded £18,400 compensation
The National Autistic Society estimates that 700,000 people are living with autism in the UK – more than one in every 100 of the...
31/07/19
Elizabeth Thomson
Adjudication: ‘the good can and should be severed from the bad’
A dispute over the late completion of a hotel in Shoreditch has resulted in another significant judgment on the status of adjudication....
29/07/19