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Cryptocurrency – recognised as property under English law

In the recent judgment handed down earlier this month in Fabrizio D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (CH), the...

27/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 27 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

27/09/24
Garon Anthony

FCA enforcement; new light through old windows?

On 24 September 2024, Therese Chambers, Joint Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority...

26/09/24
George Cohen

The Renters’ Rights Bill – More rights but more risk?

The Renters’ Rights Bill makes good on Labour’s promise to ban ‘no-fault’ evictions and strengthen tenants’ rights. However, unlike the...

26/09/24
Joanne Moseley

Why did the Supreme Court prevent Tesco from firing and rehiring staff who refused to accept new terms?

If you can’t persuade a worker to accept new terms and conditions, you have the option of dismissing them and offering to re-engage them...

24/09/24
Jane Anderson

Personal Management Licence Update – Changes to take effect on 29 November 2024

In response to Summer 2023 consultations, the Gambling Commission (“the Commission”) will be implementing changes to Licence Condition...

24/09/24
Joanne Moseley

Is a belief in English nationalism protected under the Equality Act 2010?

Not on these facts, according to the EAT in Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and another. Facts Mr Thomas was...

24/09/24
Bryan Bletso

Charting a new course with FDI

The government’s International Investment Summit, which is now less than three weeks away, could be a pivotal moment for our economy. ...

24/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 23 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

23/09/24
Nicola Gooch

Brownfield Passports: building on old foundations?

On Sunday, MHCLG launched a policy paper seeking views on the introduction of “Brownfield Passports”. “Brownfield Passports” are a set of...

22/09/24
Andrew Evans

National Security and Investments Act: An unexpected trap for businesses

The National Security and Investments Act (NSIA), which came into force on 4th January 2022, introduced a stringent and wide-reaching UK...

18/09/24
Victoria Crozier

Court of Appeal Upholds Landmark Ruling on Business Interruption Insurance: Policyholders Gain Clarity on ‘At the Premises’ Disease Clauses

More than four years on from the UK’s first national lockdown in March 2020, policyholders of business interruption insurance (“BII”)...

16/09/24
Nanayaa Agyeman

M&A warning for Sponsor Licence holders in the care sector

Contrary to popular belief, a sponsor licence is not transferrable!  If a sponsor licence holder is involved in a merger or acquisition,...

13/09/24
Garon Anthony

FCA Bans and Fines Pension Advisers £590,544 for Risky Pension Transfer Advice

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has just announced that it has collectively fined, and banned, four employees of St Martin’s...

12/09/24
Alex Delin

Grenfell: The Next Steps

The Grenfell inquiry found Arconic concealed the extent of the risk its Reynobond 55 PE cladding panels presented, Celotex misrepresented...

12/09/24
Nicola Gooch

AI at Appeal, The London Legacy Development Corporation, a raft of secondary legislation and some case law....

Well, I knew it would be a busy start to the Autumn, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite this eventful. From PINs guidance on the use...

12/09/24
Steven Mowlam

Variations to budgeted costs and the importance of acting promptly

Since the CPR update in October 2020 (the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/747)) where we saw the introduction of the...

09/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 6 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

06/09/24
Nicola Gooch

Back to School: Planning is facing a busy Autumn. In fact, it has already started.

Welcome to September!  The holiday season is officially over, the kids are back in school,* and planning professionals all around the...

06/09/24
Jeremy Ladyman

Interest Rate Hedging – a summary introduction for borrowers and current market trends

The era of zero interest rate policies is over. We had grown accustomed to living in a low-interest rate economy. Since the end of 2021,...

04/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 2 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

02/09/24
Nanayaa Agyeman

Appendix Skilled Occupations of the Immigration Rules contains a number of errors

In April 2024, we witnessed unprecedented changes to the Skilled Worker route where the general minimum salary threshold soared from...

30/08/24
Joanne Moseley

Breaking: Labour government won't implement existing right for workers to request predictable hours

The Department for Business and Trade has said that it has ‘no plans’ to introduce the secondary legislation necessary to implement the...

29/08/24
Joanne Moseley

Labour's trade union reforms: top five issues for schools and colleges

Labour has promised a ‘new partnership of cooperation between trade unions, employers and government’. It intends to strengthen the...

29/08/24
Mandeep Khroud

Care homes at the centre of Home Office crackdown on legal migration

A recent article from the Independent on 22 August 2024 has shed light on the troubling circumstances surrounding care homes as the Home...

28/08/24
Will Scott

What is a sustainable building?

Everyone uses the term, but what is truly expected of a “sustainable building” in 2024? William Scott looks at key qualities required. A...

28/08/24
Joanne Moseley

Christian teacher who deliberately misgendered pupil loses appeal against order banning him from teaching

In Sutcliffe v Secretary of State for Education, an evangelical Christian teacher asked the High Court to overturn a prohibition order...

27/08/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 22 August

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

23/08/24
Joanne Moseley

Making age-related assumptions about a job candidate lands another employer in trouble

A recent case provides some useful learning points for employers in terms of avoiding making age-related assumptions about someone's...

23/08/24
Jane Anderson

Labour recruits for a Covid corruption commissioner to recoup fraudulently obtained finances under the previous Government

In the lead up to the General Election in June 2024, we published an analysis of the manifestos with a particular eye on how opposing...

22/08/24