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Nicola Gooch
Tales from the CIL Files: Retained buildings, floorspace deductions and retrospective consents.
Whilst MHCLG* grapple with an avalanche of consultation responses… and the rest of us await the budget… I thought I would spend some time...
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Nicola Gooch
Two Speeches and a Consultation: MHCLG sets out its stall on Planning & Affordable Housing
Wednesday 20 November was a big day for both planning and the affordable housing sector. In just one day, we saw: Matthew Pennycook...
22/11/24
Joanne Moseley
Knowledge and disability: what do you know and when did you find out?
What happens if you discover your employee has a disability after you've dismissed them but before you determine their appeal. Do you...
04/06/19
Liam Salt
Sustainable financing: Consumer attitudes in a Covid driven environment
by Daniel Campbell - Banking and Finance Undeniably difficult though this year's lockdowns have been - where most international travel...
16/12/20
Claire Petricca-Riding
Manufacturing and the journey towards net zero
The UK manufacturing sector has faced significant change over the couple of decades but perhaps the biggest will be how it faces up to...
16/06/23
Stephanie Reeves
Business Interruption Insurance – businesses win big in The Supreme Court
On 15 January 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its highly-anticipated appeal judgment in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”)...
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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
Joanne Moseley
Returning to work: how to deal with staff without childcare
From Saturday 4 July, many businesses - including pubs and restaurants - will be able to open for the first time since the lock-down....
25/06/20
Nicola Gooch
Everyday I'm Shuffling: A brief round-up of Politics, Planning & the odd court case
It has been an eventful few days, so this post is going to be a little bit of a mash-up of current events. Starting, of course, with: A...
14/02/20
Nicola Gooch
From Planning Minister to Prime Minister? Some Manifesto Suggestions for Kit Malthouse
The revolving door at MHCLG* looks set to keep right on spinning, as not just one, but three, former Planning Ministers have thrown their...
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Claire Petricca-Riding
Environmental news update - 29 November
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
29/11/24
Claire Petricca-Riding
Environmental news round up - 4 August 2023
Climate Change Litigation On the Increase According to the “Global Climate Litigation Report 2023” recently published by the United...
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Nicola Gooch
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill: An Overview
It is finally here. The Labour Government's flagship planning bill has arrived in parliament. The PIB has taken flight, and I have...
11/03/25
Irwin Mitchell
Use Class E - still the future of the High Street?
Happy Tuesday (yes I know it's not Tuesday any longer) but it's here (and it landed on Tuesday morning) - the much awaited case of the...
20/11/20
Nicola Gooch
Your Housing is Out for Delivery: Covid 19, Five Year Housing Land Supply and Deliverability
The implications of Covid-19 and lockdown have pre-occupied most of us over the last few months; but whilst developers have been focused...
19/06/20
Joanne Moseley
Five employment cases that have affected the education sector in 2019
As December looms we look back on the cases that have significantly impacted on the education sector over the last 12 months. Holiday pay...
25/11/19
Nicola Gooch
Budget 2017: Disappointing CIL Reforms & Other 'News'
It is probably a good thing that I have not been waiting on today's CIL announcement with bated breath. For one thing, the Government's...
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Nicola Gooch
The CMA Report into Housebuilding is out! and some other stuff.....
I hadn't even finished my first coffee of the day, when news of the publication of the CMA report into the housebuilding industry popped...
26/02/24
Joanne Moseley
Is your employee sick or skiving?
New statistics released today by the ELAS Group identify the dates in the first half of the year with the highest absence rates. Mondays...
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Joanne Moseley
Profanity and prejudice: using gendered derogatory language towards a trans woman can amount to direct discrimination
In Fischer v London United Busways Limited, a tribunal had to decide if a trans woman who said she had been called a swear word typically...
30/10/23
Nicola Gooch
The First Month of Gove: What have the last four weeks revealed about our new Secretary of State?
Remember, remember the first weeks of November, DLUHC sure did a lot, The Secretary of State to Street Votes did take, But to the Marina...
16/11/21
Nicola Gooch
Budget 2023: Later Living & Care
Yesterday, Jeremy Hunt delivered his first official 'non-emergency' budget as chancellor. It was billed as a Budget for Growth, with a...
16/03/23
Joanne Moseley
Pensions and furloughing - key issues for employers
Pensions expert, Penny Cogher takes a look at the issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to furloughed...
08/04/20
Joanne Moseley
Is your employee sick or skiving?
Today is #nationalsickie day and a good opportunity to re-run the most popular article I've ever written. How do you tell if your...
03/02/20
Joanne Moseley
European court tells employers to properly measure the length of time their staff are working
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has today handed down an important judgment about working time in the case of CCOO v...
14/05/19
Joanne Moseley
When should you involve occupational health?
The decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in the case of Lamb v The Garrard Academy reminds organisations that if they don't refer...
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Yasmina Bugel
Trump’s Tariffs – navigating the contractual challenges
The recent imposition of Trump’s tariffs has significantly changed global trade policy, creating widespread disconcert, uncertainty and...
17/07/25
Elizabeth Thomson
Tips and traps for site visits
Paul Henson is a Partner and Louise Ash a Trainee Solicitor in the Real Estate Disputes Department at Irwin Mitchell The Court of Appeal...
09/03/22
Claire Petricca-Riding
No more Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in environmental impact assessments?
By Stefano D’Ambrosio from Irwin Mitchell's Planning and Environment team In R (on the application of Sarah Finch on behalf of the Weald...
08/03/22
Joanne Moseley
New proposals will give casual workers the right to ask for a predictable work contract
At the beginning of the year, I speculated that the long-promised right for insecure workers to ask to change their contract to reflect...
15/02/23