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Nicola Gooch
The Infrastructure Levy: A Radical, Risky, Reform that we all need to engage with
This blog started life as an opinion piece written for a roundtable with RPS and DLUHC discussing the Infrastructure Levy proposals that...
11/05/23
Irwin Mitchell
ESG: Investors call on businesses to reduce plastic use or face financial consequences
The recent news that a coalition of investors that oversee $10tn in assets has called on companies including Amazon, PepsiCo and...
10/05/23
Joanne Moseley
New guidance for employers wanting to report on their ethnic pay gaps
Over recent years the UK government has been under pressure to introduce legislation to compel large employers to report their ethnic pay...
09/05/23
Jane Anderson
Coronation concert chaos
As part of the Coronation celebrations over the weekend, a star-studded concert is taking place in the grounds of Windsor Castle. My...
05/05/23
Charlotte Rees-John
Coronation set to crown a great weekend for hospitality - but is earning a king’s ransom the solution to the sector's woes?
Although the weather looks like it will be distinctly average in the coming days, this weekend could be a great one for the hospitality...
04/05/23
Liam Salt
Trouble Brewing? Black Sheep latest brewer to appoint administrators
Masham-based Black Sheep Brewery has announced that it is to appoint administrators, following unsuccessful attempts to secure new...
04/05/23
Charlotte Rees-John
Co-op introduces new compassionate leave policy
The Co-op’s new compassionate leave policy is a welcome move that shows that the retailer is trying to put its colleagues first. It is...
03/05/23
Amy Au
A Kat fight down under
This is a classic David v Goliath dual. In 2008, Katie Taylor registered the name “KATIE PERRY” as a trade mark in Australia in relation...
03/05/23
Nicola Gooch
London's closing schools: Is the housing crisis creating a lost generation?
Last week, I listened to two separate podcasts* discussing the same phenomenon. Central London's primary schools are closing at an...
02/05/23
Joanne Moseley
Do you ask staff to waive latent personal injury claims in your settlement agreements?
Earlier this month, the UK parliament discussed proposals to manage asbestos in workplaces and to introduce measures to protect the...
28/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Term-time worker entitled to National Minimum Wage for 52 weeks
Schools and colleges employ staff on term-time only contracts to reduce their payroll costs. The vast majority agree to work during...
28/04/23
Charlotte Wallage
Part 36 cost consequences when making a liability only offer
The recent case of Mundy v TUI [2023] EWCH 385 (Ch) considered what happens where a Claimant fails to ‘beat’ a Defendant Part 36 offer...
27/04/23
Jeremy Ladyman
Consumer Duty – update and reminder
An industry report published in March 2023 has indicated that many advisers are in a relaxed mood about the new Consumer Duty that will...
26/04/23
Charlotte Rees-John
Avoiding a ‘summer of discontent’ for retail
The latest official figures show trade union membership in the UK is on the rise but that most of the growth is within the public sector...
25/04/23
Jeremy Ladyman
Open-banking: new recommendations published by the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee
Open banking is a secure way for retail consumers and businesses to give regulated third-party providers (“TPPs”) access to their bank...
24/04/23
Katherine East
Avoiding disputes in motorsport rider / driver contracts
It’s no secret that motorsport is expensive and the stakes are high. Add in adrenaline and the risk of injury – to person, property and...
24/04/23
Jason Newall
CMA launches campaign to tackle misleading sales tactics
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is the UK’s principal competition and consumer protection authority. Having commenced a...
24/04/23
Eu Jin Ong
Tesco being a Lidl naughty
Tesco’s Clubcard logo may have to undergo a facelift soon. On 19 April 2023, the High Court ruled that Tesco’s Clubcard logo infringes...
21/04/23
Stefano DAmbrosio Nunez
Our view of the Law Society’s Guidance on the Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors
This week, the Law Society of England and Wales published the Guidance on the Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors. This is the first...
21/04/23
Nicola Gooch
Infrastructure funding: County Councils have a CIL problem. IL will make it worse.
Before Christmas, I wrote about a fight that had broken out in Gloucestershire over CIL funding. The County Council was concerned about...
20/04/23
Charlotte Rees-John
ESG and the future of the High Street
A day doesn’t go by it seems without an article or a forecast about the future of the UK’s high street. Many of these predictions are not...
20/04/23
Graham Thomson
UK cyber security breach survey 2023
The latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey has been released, which is a great source of insights to help businesses address their cyber...
20/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Third party harassment: new law on the cards for schools and colleges
Under our current laws, it can be difficult for teachers and support staff to bring successful claims against their employers for...
19/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Is diversity and inclusion the key to unlocking growth and productivity in the UK?
The CEOs of M&S, Page Group, Co-operative Group, Unilever, Microsoft and Barrett Homes certainly think so. They have signed the CEO...
17/04/23
Nicola Gooch
Consultation Nation: Yet more planning reform..... this time on short term lets, holiday rentals and nutrient neutrality
The Easter holidays are always a slightly frantic time in my house. After several days of wrangling overexcited children, huge family get...
14/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Don't get caught out: not all settlement negotiations are protected by the without prejudice rule
An employer that wants to exit an employee from their organisation will usually enter into settlement discussions on a without prejudice...
14/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Employee who handed in her keys and said "I'm done" did not resign
As a general rule, if an employee resigns using clear and unambiguous language, their employer is entitled to take it at face value. The...
12/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Discrimination: increases to injury to feelings awards 2023
Individuals who bring successful discrimination claims are entitled to be compensated for the upset and hurt they have suffered by way of...
11/04/23
Adiba Firmansyah
What the education sector needs to know about the new energy efficiency regulations
Against the background of the Department for Education stating that they ‘are putting climate change at the heart of education’ and...
04/04/23
Nicola Gooch
Planning for Fools: The best planning related April Fools of the weekend, and the stories that I wish had been....
Saturday was April Fools day. I spent the morning engaged in such classic pranks as cleaning the house and doing laundry*. In honour of...
01/04/23