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Joanne Moseley

Do your staff realise they can be prosecuted for unlawfully accessing your data?

These three (presumably) didn't and now have criminal convictions.  Faye Caughey worked for an NHS Foundation Trust and was authorised to...

01/04/19
Stephanie Reeves

The new FOS regime is here - what YOU need to know

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that with effect from today (1 April 2019), the scope of the Financial Ombudsman...

01/04/19
Nicola Gooch

Affordability and Housing Need: The statistics rollercoaster rides again.

Given the levels of high political drama dominating the news cycle at present*, you would be forgiven for missing the fact that the...

01/04/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and challenges to the validity of retained EU law

One of the trickiest aspects of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"), which is the UK Act designed to implement Brexit , is...

29/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Co-op ordered to pay £1.3m in costs for not complying with GSCOP

By Rob Coleridge and Amelia Darbo The importance of compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) has been reinforced...

29/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Seasonal workers pilot opens for fruit and vegetable farmers

The seasonal workers pilot, announced by the Home Secretary and Environment Secretary in September 2018 , has now opened.  Fruit and...

28/03/19
Joanne Moseley

New schools Governance Handbook released

The Department for Education has released an updated Governance Handbook. It applies to academies, multi-academy trusts and maintained...

28/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the extension of Article 50 - a legal conundrum

On 22 March 2019  the UK and the EU agreed to defer the "exit day" for Brexit to 11pm (UK time)  on 22 May 2019 if the House of Commons...

27/03/19
Nicola Gooch

'Poor Doors' and Play Areas: The tricky issue of subsidising facilities for social housing

The Guardian recently published an article (below), which highlights the case of a development which was amended post grant of planning...

26/03/19
Joanne Moseley

How should you communicate with a woman on maternity leave?

Or indeed, any other member of staff away from the office taking adoption leave or shared parental leave? Can you send important...

26/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Sports sponsorship – a balancing act on the scales of return and risk?

When Britain’s richest man decided to buy arguably the world’s biggest and most successful professional cycling team, the first question...

25/03/19
Elizabeth Thomson

Calculating rent under the new Electronic Communications Code: the first key decision

Ben Gildea, Real Estate Associate, considers the first decision on rent payable under the new Electronic Communications Code The Upper...

25/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Bosses who abuse workers are escaping prosecution

The Director of Labour Market Enforcement, Sir David Metcalf, has warned that employers who commit serious labour abuses are often...

22/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Temporary Tariff Regime for a no deal Brexit

On 13th March 2019 the UK Government published its schedule of tariffs for imports, which is designed to come into force on "exit day" (...

22/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

The Attorney General's Legal Opinion dated 12th March 2019 on the legal effect of the latest batch of Mrs May's draft Brexit Withdrawal...

20/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Updated Green Book recommends changes to TTO holiday accrual

The National Agreement on pay and conditions of service (otherwise known as the Green Book) was updated in March. Since then, we've been...

20/03/19
Nicola Gooch

It's a page right out of history! California faces planning headache over the 'Flintstone House'

I can never resist a good 'planning vs cultural icons' story.* This week's contribution comes from sunny California, and just goes to...

19/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Attorney-General's latest Legal Opinion

Such is the febrile nature of the current "Brexit" debate that the Attorney-General's latest Legal Opinion issued on 12th March 2019...

14/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

A Spring Statement with so much to say there's already a follow up WMS...

And with a nod to the non planning commitment to provide £81 million to develop new types of lasers in Oxfordshire I've raided the Austin...

13/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Northern Irish Backstop - Old wine in new bottles or a new vintage?

At 11.01pm UK time on 11th March 2019, the UK Department for Exiting the European Union  published a whole set of new documents on its...

13/03/19
Joanne Moseley

New Tier 1 visa routes due to open on 29 March 2019

The Home Office has brought forward plans to introduce two new visa routes for skilled business to enter the UK in a bid to attract more...

13/03/19
Nicola Gooch

Connecting the POCA dots: Court of Appeal finds another Council's planning prosecutions are an abuse of process

Planning Judgments can be a bit like London buses*^. You wait forever for one to be released and then several come along at once.   Last...

11/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the status of international agreements in the event of a "no deal"

On 6th March 2019, the UK Department for Exiting the European Union  ( DEXIT) published a guidance update on the status of International...

08/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Court of Appeal revisits law on suspending employees

In 2017, the High Court decided in the case of  Agoreyo v Lambeth that suspension isn't a "neutral act" and if mishandled, could result...

07/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Financial Services - a helpful US contribution

On 25th January 2019, the Bank of England ( BoE), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (...

06/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

The Millennial "Mates" Mortgage for Four? But what are the planning implications.

This week's post takes inspiration from a twitter conversation I had on my commute home last night as I saw the BBC article below shared....

06/03/19
Nicola Gooch

Holy Unmet Housing Need, Batman! Waverley's woes over Local Plan challenges continue

In a system where a large proportion of councils fail to plan for enough new houses; you have to feel sorry for Waverley. The Council is...

05/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Does a rest break have to be continuous?

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, adult workers are entitled to a rest break after six hours work. Employers can agree how long...

05/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and "Retained EU Law"

"Retained EU law" is a concept and a phrase, which was introduced by the European Union ( Withdrawal) Act 2018 ( the " EU ( Withdrawal)...

01/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and focussing (a little bit!) on a "Yes Deal" scenario

There has been a lot of focus in the UK recently on putting in place  the  necessary legislation to deal with a "No Deal" Brexit...

28/02/19