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Verbal reference amounted to disability discrimination
When an employee leaves under a Settlement Agreement, and perhaps in other cases too, the wording of the reference to be given to prospective employers is often agreed and specified....
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New ACAS Guidance on conducting workplace investigations
Most organisations will have in place a comprehensive disciplinary policy that sets out the procedure to follow when there are concerns about an employee's conduct or performance. Most employers will...
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Are you ready for the National Living Wage?
A new National Living Wage (NLW) was George Osborne's 'rabbit out of the hat' announced in the July 2015 Budget, surprising many businesses and commentators. A recent Government survey showed...
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No Refunds?! Why the Supreme Court refused Marks & Spencer rent repayment after lease breaks
As many people think about returning their itchy Christmas jumpers, some are wondering why, when it comes to property, refunds are not always available for unwanted and unused services. That's...
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Transparency in supply chain statements will have a big impact
The Modern Slavery Act has come under a lot of criticism from campaign groups, NGOs and human rights lawyers. The main criticisms focused on the lack of victims' remedies available...
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CDM 2015 – What claims might be made?
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) came into force on 6 April 2015, replacing CDM 2007. CDM 2015 applies to nearly every construction, engineering or development project,...
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CDM 2015 – Update for the public sector
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) came into force on 6 April 2015, replacing CDM 2007. CDM 2015 applies to nearly every construction, engineering or development project,...
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What is a penalty clause? Perhaps no longer what you think it is…
The Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment on 4th November 2015 in the conjoined appeals of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi and ParkingEye Limited v...
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Case Summary – The Queen on the Application of Solicitors’ Regulation Authority v Imran [2015] EWHC 2572 (Admin)
An appeal brought by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority following a two day hearing at which Mr Imran was suspended from practice as a solicitor for a period of two years,...
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Nandini Banerjee v General Medical Council
High level summary Dr Banerjee applied for Judicial Review of a second decision made by a Tribunal of the General Medical Council's Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service not to allow her...
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Discrimination by association update
It was back in 2006 that the Employment Tribunal considered the issue of disability discrimination by association in the case of Coleman v Attridge Law. At that time, whether or...
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Developers buying houses- watch out for the SDLT
As buses often come in threes, so do the questions surrounding stamp duty land tax, or SDLT, I am asked. I have encountered a few issues recently, where a development...
