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Irwin Mitchell
World Cup - Acas launches new guidance
As football fans eagerly look forward to the kick-off of the FIFA 2018 World Cup, new guidance has this week been issued by Acas to help...
04/06/18
Nicola Gooch
Sharknado: Could the 'Oxford Shark' be Britain's strangest heritage asset?
Most planners who are even vaguely familiar with Oxford City Council have heard of the Shark - a 25 ft fibreglass statue, which protrudes...
31/05/18
Irwin Mitchell
Health Secretary determined to tackle gender pay gap in medicine
In a modern NHS, is it acceptable that male doctors are paid more than £10,000 above the earnings of their female counterparts?...
29/05/18
Nicola Gooch
A New Approach to Affordability? Responses to Draft NPPF Suggest it may spell the end for Social Rented Housing
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are not the only ones pouring over the responses to the draft NPPF, which was...
25/05/18
Irwin Mitchell
Has Uber scored an own goal?
Uber has announced that it will provide its European drivers with new protections including sick pay, parental leave and bereavement...
23/05/18
Irwin Mitchell
The business case for helping stressed employees cope
The statistics reveal a worrying situation concerning the impact of stress in the workplace. 12.5m working days lost due to anxiety,...
21/05/18
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
A victory for landowners and developers in defeating claims to register land as a town or village green
In its recent decision in R (on the application of Cotham School) v Bristol City Council, the Court has confirmed that the use of...
18/05/18
Joanne Moseley
"Dark factories" are underpaying UK workers
A recent investigation by journalist Sarah O' Connor writing in the Financial Times has revealed a disturbing story of exploitation and...
18/05/18
Elizabeth Thomson
Should fashion retailers bring technology to the fore?
There would seem to be more losers than winners in the retail fashion world at the moment. Could the distinguishing factor be investment...
15/05/18
Elizabeth Thomson
Declining footfall: How can landlords and tenants help themselves?
With footfall declining at an unprecedented level and vacancy rates increasing, what opportunities might a lease afford for landlords and...
14/05/18
Nicola Gooch
A Blast from the Past or History Repeating: Are Starter Homes making a political comeback?
Three years ago, Starter Homes were the Government's 'big idea' for tackling the affordability issue at the lower end of the Housing...
03/05/18
Irwin Mitchell
Measuring Property - Don't forget - the standards change May 1st for offices and residential!
Just a quick reminder that the Second edition of the RICS measuring standards comes into force on May 1st. Applying the International...
30/04/18
Irwin Mitchell
Chichester one of the most resilient high streets in the UK
As our firm has been part of the local business community in Chichester for decades, and located just away from the main high streets for...
25/04/18
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: Supreme Court implies new term in all contracts of employment
If an employee is dismissed on written notice posted to their home address, does the notice period begin to run from the date the letter...
25/04/18
Elizabeth Thomson
CVAs on the rise - lessons from the BHS story
House of Fraser is the latest name to be added to the growing list of retailers considering or announcing CVAs. In this context, the...
23/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Court of Appeal Judgment: The path to unrestricted retail consents is paved with good intentions.
On Friday, the Court of Appeal handed down a Judgment* which reminds us all that in planning, as in life, what you intended to do often...
23/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Labour announces plans to completely re-define Affordable Housing
Labour has today launched a green paper entitled "Housing for the Many" setting out their proposals for the UK housing market. The green...
19/04/18
Joanne Moseley
EU moves to protect whistle-blowers
Following public scandals regarding the VW vehicle emissions and widespread tax avoidance schemes, the EU has said that it intends to...
17/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Three Judical Reviews : One Local Plan - Waverley Borough Council faces a barrage of legal action over housing numbers
Even the most hardened planning cynic has to feel some sympathy for Waverley Borough Council, which is currently facing three separate...
12/04/18
Joanne Moseley
Employers can pay women taking maternity leave more than men taking shared parental leave
The EAT has handed down an important decision in the case of Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali which clarifies that employers who...
11/04/18
Irwin Mitchell
Give small builders a leg up...
...is not just some bad health and safety advice, it is the call from a cross party group of MPs who have released a report today with...
09/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Planning Update: A selection box of recent case law and a cautionary tale
As the cabinet seems to have taken a short break from announcing yet more planning reforms*, this post takes the form of a trip to the...
29/03/18
Irwin Mitchell
Stop blaming avocadoes for the housing crisis
There were a number of stories last year suggesting that mild-mannered millennials would be able to buy a home if they cut out the "flat...
16/03/18
Joanne Moseley
Unpaid trial shifts under the spotlight
MPs and unions are calling on the government to enact a blanket ban on unpaid shift work, describing it as “exploitation” by employers. ...
15/03/18
Irwin Mitchell
Letting Business premises? The RICS consults.......
It has been a busy time for the RICS recently on its consultations. First, the Service Charge Code revisions, where the new Code is due...
13/03/18
Nicola Gooch
Monday Morning News Flash: MHCLG Announce extended Agricultural to Residential PD Rights to come into effect on 6 April
Hot on the heels of last week's onslaught of planning consultations, Dominic Raab, our newest Housing Minister, has just announced that...
12/03/18
Irwin Mitchell
Tribunal service under pressure
The Ministry of Justice has published provisional employment tribunal statistics for October to December 2017 and it will come as no...
12/03/18
Joanne Moseley
New NMW register "names and shames" high profile employers whose uniform policies result in staff being underpaid
Latest figures published by the government name 179 employers who have underpaid 9,200 workers £1.1m collectively. Wagamama, TGI...
09/03/18
Joanne Moseley
Scottish firms warned not to punish staff who followed snow advice
According to the Guardian newspaper, Scotland's transport minister has said that employers who try to dock the wages of workers who could...
07/03/18
Nicola Gooch
Developer Contributions under review: Government suggests a major overhaul of CIL and s.106 Agreements... but consults on tweaks to the system
MHCLG has clearly had a busy few weeks, as today has seen the launch of not one but two consultations on major changes to the UK planning...
05/03/18