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4 July
It is over seven years since the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower killed 72 people and identified a crisis of unsafe cladding across high-rise buildings in the UK. Despite this... Read Morearticles
3 July
Many people choose to leave gifts to charity in their Will. There are specific inheritance tax benefits to leaving at least 10% of your estate to charity, but many choose... Read Morearticles
2 July
A recent ruling from the Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds an Employment Tribunal's decision that a claim could be struck out as it had previously been waived in a settlement agreement.... Read Morearticles
27 June
The CIPD Good Work Index is an annual benchmark of good work or job quality in the UK. It measures a wide range of aspects of job quality including job... Read Morearticles
25 June
The question of whether Royal Wills should remain sealed or be made public has long been a topic of debate in the United Kingdom. In contrast to the standard legal... Read Morearticles
25 June
With the general election fast approaching and a constant stream of proposed policy announcements being made by all major parties it can be difficult to cut through the noise and... Read Morearticles
24 June
To prevent abuse, there is a limit on the use of successive fixed-term contracts. Where they are used for four years or more, the employee will become a permanent employee... Read Morearticles
21 June
Following a formal public consultation, the Welsh Government has laid the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill (“the Bill”) before the Senedd Cymru for scrutiny. We outline a summary of... Read Morearticles
20 June
What are the issues around redeployment? In Bugden v The Royal Mail Group Limited [2024] EAT 80 the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that the Employment Tribunal had erred in law... Read Morearticles
14 June
In an interesting decision about disclosure of documents, the EAT upheld the Employment Tribunal's decision that the Respondent should disclose unredacted copies of internal management documents on the grounds that... Read Morearticles
12 June
With ‘commerciality’ often cited by the board as a critical requirement for its legal team, it is essential as a General Counsel (GC) to balance commercial vs. legal decision making... Read Morearticles
12 June
We previously considered how the High Court in Avanti adopted a more nuanced approach to determining whether charges were fixed or floating (click here to read). In the recent case of... Read More