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If a charity fundraiser knocks on your door, is it cold calling?
This was just one of the questions the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) considered following a complaint it received about Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. The complaint came from a householder...
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Ten myths about Shared Parental Leave and Pay
The regime for Shared Parental Leave and Pay begins for children expected or placed for adoption on or after 5 April 2015. How well do you think you know the...
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Two-year limit on backdated claims for holiday pay
New regulations come into force on 8 January which will limit, from 1 July 2015, how far back claims for unlawful deductions of wages can go, including claims for holiday...
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Immigration Compliance Audit Service
It is inevitable that any company in the UK with more than a few employees will have non-European workers in its workforce. The responsibility an employer has not to employ...
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Hussain v General Medical Council [2014] EWCA Civ 2246
Hussain v General Medical Council [2014] EWCA Civ 2246. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the decision of the Administrative Court, which in itself was an appeal against...
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Updated guidance on gift aid donations from trading subsidiaries to parent charities
The Charity Commission is to amend its guidance on gift aid donations from a charity trading subsidiary to its parent charity following a report published by the Institute of Chartered...
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Unregistered charities reminded of need for compliance
Small unregistered charities are reminded of their duty to comply with charity law and that they could become subject to investigation by the Charity Commission, even though they are not...
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Supreme Court hands down judgment in PPI Mis-selling Case
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in the case of Plevin v. Paragon Personal Finance Limited [2014] UKSC 61. Background In 2006, Mrs Plevin responded to a leaflet put...
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New law in force and change of terminology for Industrial and Provident Societies
Industrial and provident societies should be aware of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, which came into force on 1 August 2014. The Act consolidates and replaces previous...
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Director’s Liabilities – Fraudulent Misrepresentation
When things go wrong following the purchase of an asset, particularly a high value asset, it is common to look for someone else to blame. The Court of Appeal considered...
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Additional 30-minute commute not a ‘substantial change’ under TUPE
The EAT (Employment Appeal Tribunal) accepted that a 3.5 mile change in location in London was not a 'substantial change in working conditions' and was therefore not a deemed dismissal...
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Brett v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2014] EWHC 2974 (Admin)
It had not been open to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, having disavowed a finding of dishonesty, to find that the Appellant had knowingly allowed the Court to be misled, as...
