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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nicola Gooch

Rumours that new draft NPPF is to be released on Monday

Planning Resource has just published news that the long awaited revisions to the NPPF may be released on Monday 5th March "according to...

Nicola Gooch

A Reminder to be Reasonable: Yet another judgment stressing the importance of reasoned decision-making

It is not exactly news that 'reasons' challenges against planning permissions have become fashionable again of late - in fact we had a...

Irwin Mitchell

Animals in residential properties - a pet hate?

The Times (from behind a paywall) have reported on a proposal by Labour to oblige residential landlords to allow tenants to keep pets,...

Lorraine Rose-Dugdale

Restrictive Covenants - Building Scheme

In the recent case of Khoury and another v Kensell heard on 9 February, the court found that there was insufficient evidence of an...