Recent Posts
Nicola Gooch
Obtain Planning Permission, You Must: Teignbridge Council faces a galactic planning en-force-ment issue
Teignbridge Council has found itself in the unusual position of having to fend off what appears, at first glance, to be an imperial...
27/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Bus driver sacked after failing a drugs test awarded £37,639.32
The case of Ball v First Essex Buses Limited is a good example of how not to fairly dismiss someone accused of serious misconduct. Facts...
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Joanne Moseley
Modern Slavery Statements - Home Office ramp up the pressure
Nearly 17,000 chief executives of UK businesses with an annual turnover of more than £36m have received a letter from the Home Office...
23/11/18
Joanne Moseley
It's getting cold ... Scottish Government publishes charter on safe working in extreme weather
The recent cold snap isn't another "beast from the East" but has reminded us that winter has arrived after an exceptionally mild Autumn....
23/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Government publishes new guide to help managers recruit and manage people with disabilities
The Department for Work and Pensions has published a practical guide to help line managers recruit, manage and support people with a...
23/11/18
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
Discharge of Restrictive Covenant Requiring Approval of Plans
A case decided last week by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) is good news for developers looking to develop land subject to a...
22/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Holiday pay case of "self employed" worker settles leaving employers in the dark about liabilities
The case of King v Sash Windows raised important issues about the rights of workers to recover holiday pay where they were wrongly...
22/11/18
Irwin Mitchell
First ever public offering of equity on Blockchain?
Supposedly the first ever public offering of equity on Blockchain...is Neufund really the world’s first issuance platform to host an...
20/11/18
Nicola Gooch
The Cultural Revolution: The CLA argues that Councils are overlooking potential housing sites due to outdated assumptions over how we live.
Earlier this month, the CLA published its latest policy briefing*, which argues that more than 2,000 villages in England have been...
20/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Government enquiry into non disclosure agreements now open
The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has launched an enquiry seeking views on the use of non disclosure agreements (NDAs)...
19/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Pilot with a fear of flying unfairly dismissed
I've never enjoyed flying. I'm told that, statistically, it's the safest form of travel but I still worry that the plane I am on will...
19/11/18
Nicola Gooch
The Pain of Prior Approval: How user-friendly will the proposed extension to permitted development rights actually be?
Back in 2015, the Government raised the prospect of creating a new permitted development right, allowing commercial buildings to be...
13/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Government launches employer toolkit about UK Settlement Scheme
The government has issued a toolkit to help employers support EU staff and their families apply for settled status. It signposts where...
09/11/18
Nicola Gooch
The road to permitted development is paved with good intentions... High Court tells Hounslow that what they meant to do, matters a whole lot less than what they actually did
Last week, the Administrative Court had the thankless task of informing the London Borough of Hounslow that an Article 4 Direction, which...
08/11/18
Joanne Moseley
Is the government going to reintroduce ET fees?
That was a question put to the MOJ by the House of Commons Justice Committee. The answer? According to Richard Heaton, permanent...
08/11/18
Joanne Moseley
CJEU tells employers to make sure staff take paid holiday
The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) has made it clear that employers must give all staff accurate information about their...
08/11/18
Nicola Gooch
Another Day, Another Commission: MHCLG pins hopes on better design to overcome community objections
Last week was certainly a busy one for the Minister of Housing Communities and Local Government. In addition to publishing: a partial...
05/11/18
Joanne Moseley
"Real living wage" rises to £9 an hour
The voluntary living wage increases today as follows: Workers across UK (except London) - will receive an increase of 25p to £9.00 per...
05/11/18
Irwin Mitchell
Is the expansion of GSCOP's remit enough?
Is the expansion of GSCOP's remit enough? The NFU has questioned whether it was enough for the CMA to expand the remit of the Groceries...
02/11/18
Joanne Moseley
National living wage to increase by nearly 5% from April 2019
Increases to the National Minimum Wage have been announced which will benefit 2.4 million workers. From April 2019: The National Living...
01/11/18
Nicola Gooch
Budget 2018: Build Out Rates, CIL and PD Rights or Consultation, Consultation, Consultation.
Yesterday afternoon, the Chancellor unveiled this year's budget, albeit with a huge Brexit shaped question mark over whether it is...
30/10/18
Joanne Moseley
EU votes to protect "gig" workers
The EU Employment Committee has approved draft legislation which will give important employment rights to casual, intermittent and...
29/10/18
Joanne Moseley
Swedish derogation contracts put under the spotlight
Legislation protecting temporary agency workers came into force in 2010. After 12 weeks in the job, an agency worker qualifies for the...
29/10/18
Joanne Moseley
Employee called a "fat ginger pikey" loses harassment case
How on earth can an employee refer to a member of staff in this way and, effectively, get away with it? The law The Equality Act 2010...
25/10/18
Joanne Moseley
New Government guidance makes it tougher to remove exam results from performance data
Schools and FE colleges that have applied for the exam results of pupils with serious illnesses, or who are home educated, to be...
24/10/18
Joanne Moseley
Huge response to Government's consultation on "trans" rights
The Government's consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act closed on Monday. We understand that 53,000 responses have been...
24/10/18
Joanne Moseley
SEN update for schools and colleges
There have been a number of important decisions regarding children with Special Educational Needs "SEN" likely to be of interest to...
24/10/18
Joanne Moseley
Morrisons vicariously liable for deliberate data breach by "rogue" employee
Yesterday the Court of Appeal confirmed that the supermarket, Morrisons will have to pay damages to thousands of employees whose data was...
23/10/18
Nicola Gooch
Budget 2018: Letwin, CIL and Land Value Capture - It's all about the money
We are only 7 days out from this year's budget, so we can expect an increasing amount of pre-announcements, spoilers and speculation as...
23/10/18
David Shirt
Irwin Mitchell hosts Brexit event in Manchester
Law firm Irwin Mitchell will host a Brexit-themed event on 20th November to help businesses prepare and plan for when the UK leaves the...
19/10/18