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Irwin Mitchell
Penalty Clauses - are they enforceable?
The Supreme Court has considered two appeals relating to whether certain contractual clauses were unenforceable penalties.It was argued...
05/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Autumn Spending Review: Pledges from the Chancellor and Rumours from the Financial Times
A bit like Christmas, preparations for the Autumn Spending Review seen to come around earlier each year. The results of the Spending...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Workplace safety in a dangerous world
Whether it's terrorist threats or the growing prevalence of stress and depression at work, businesses have to be on top of the risks to...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Tackling intimidation of non-striking workers
In July this year, BIS published a consultation on tackling intimidation of non-striking workers. This week BIS published the...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
We're all doomed...
Robots on factory lines is one thing, but a robot doing my job, or yours is a lot more scary. The only chink of light is that different...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
The reason why "Someone out there likes our real estate"
Last week, I posted a comment on predictions posted by Savills about investment in UK real estate. Now, Legal & General are talking about...
04/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Town & Country Planning Association: We are only building half the homes we need
A report published by the Town & Country Planning Association, on 4 November, has demonstrated that the housing shortage in London and...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
How easy is it to change a contract? Often not very!
Although the specific facts of the dispute between junior doctors and Jeremy Hunt are pretty unique and will not be of direct relevance...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Women make the best bosses
New research has found that women are better bosses than men. This is a general trend and we can all point to exceptions, but that...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Is this the future for motorcycle couriers?
We've had Back to the Future Day and now we really are looking into the future. Some say the majority of all existing jobs in the next...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
The London Underground Rent Map
All of London's average rents in one place? Done - with data gathered from 'Find Properly'.Ideal in-a-glance view of rental levels...
03/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Housing and Planning Bill gets Second Reading: Government compared to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
From the Hansard Report of yesterday's debate, the second reading of the Housing and Planning Bill was every bit as lively as one might...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Fee Remission
HMCTS has simplified the fee remission process for tribunal fees so that applicants assess themselves and do not have to submit lengthy...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Detecting an issue and obtaining evidence
ACAS have published new guidance on how to carry out workplace investigations with some useful reminders for employers. Carrying out a...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
ASTs- important changes to section 21 notices
Landlords should be aware that changes have come into force which place restrictions on serving notices to end an AST under section 21 of...
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
At least the UK is ahead of some countries!
It seems that combating sexism in Mexico is way behind the UK.
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Housing Associations added to public sector, along with their debt
The Office for National Statistics today concluded that Housing Associations should be counted as public sector organisations and their...
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
More forward thinking on working practices from Sweden
I have now heard about several different businesses based in Sweden which are trying out a shorter working day. So far as I can tell, it...
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Retail - an interesting postscript
If you saw my post yesterday about retail property vacancy rates, yesterday's CBI report may have you scratching your heads. The...
30/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
A retail revival?
The BNP PARIBAS Real Estate Retail Focus q3 report shows vacancy rates declining in all areas of the UK to 12.9% overall. Footfall...
29/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Legal Update: Permission Stage introduced for Statutory Appeals
From 26 October 2015, all of the following statutory appeals will require permission from the High Court before they will be allowed to...
29/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Women now on 25% FTSE boards
Reports are out today that the UK's top companies now have 25% women board members. This is certaintly an increase and positive move...
29/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Someone out there likes our real estate
Savills, reported in EGi, the online news service of Estates Gazette are predicting a bumper year for foreign investment in non-domestic...
28/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Crossrail 2 branches out to Middlesex, Surrey, and SW London
As a proud graduate of Bishop Wand Secondary School in Sunbury, I am pleased to see that TfL are now consulting on extending Crossrail 2...
28/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Student Housing Update
Interesting commentary from Savills on world student housing. The need for high quality student accommodation continues to rise in the...
28/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Is the 'Hay Bale Castle' saga finally coming to an end?
One of England's most notorious planning enforcement matters looks as if it might be in its final stages after a 'bench' arrest warrant...
28/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Even more incentive to keep employees safe
Now there is a bottom line reason to do the right thing.
27/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Greater equality for men and women or an administrative nightmare?
Financial services employers will not be greeting the need to publish variable pay, with joy. The differences in bonuses have long been...
27/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Construction sneezes - does the economy get a cold?
I'm a lawyer, not an economist (and so part of the burgeoning service sector growth!), but I cannot help but be worried by the continued...
27/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Rural Housing availability and affordability: Why there is trouble ahead
Sir Andrew Motion (President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England) wrote eloquently on the issue of affordable rural housing in...
27/10/15