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Joanne Moseley
Employment law changes 2020: guide for schools and colleges
Happy new year to all our readers. There are a number of important changes taking place this year that schools and colleges will need to...
03/01/20
Joanne Moseley
Employment law changes 2020: guide for businesses
Happy new year to all our readers. There are a number of important changes taking place this year that you need to prepare for. 1 April -...
02/01/20
Joanne Moseley
New Withdrawal Bill contains mechanism to roll back employment rights
The government has today published the Withdrawal Agreement Bill which sets out the terms under which the UK will leave the EU. It...
20/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
The Queens Speech - what's in it for Real Estate?
Well after the second snap election in the last couple of years, the Tories have their majority! And today saw the Queens Speech. So -...
19/12/19
Elizabeth Thomson
New ruling on surveying sites for electronic communications apparatus installation - A clearer signal?
Real Estate trainee, Elliot Cuozzo, considers a recent case. The Electronic Communications Code (Code) confers rights on operators to...
18/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and slaying the dragon of indecision
As the UK and the World beyond begin to digest the implications of the emphatic Conservative Party victory in the UK General Election of...
13/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Regions
In October 2018, the Financial Inclusion Centre, an economic think tank, produced a report (funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust) entitled...
13/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Manifesto Watch: How the Parties Compare on (Social) Housing
Since Nicola set out the first overview comparing the parties on Green Belt, PD Rights and Housing Delivery and signposted other planning...
12/12/19
Nicola Gooch
Manifesto Watch 2019: How do the Parties compare on Housing Policy?
There is only a day to go until the election and the one thing that all commentators can agree on is that there are a lot of undecided...
11/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Manufacturing sector
On 1 November 2019, "The Guardian" newspaper reported that Britain's factories had suffered a sixth consecutive month of falling new...
10/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the future of the United Kingdom
There is growing speculation as to what impact Brexit might have on the future integrity of the United Kingdom - particularly a "no deal"...
10/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and further issues on the Northern Ireland Protocol
There has been little public discussion between the major political parties during the current UK General Election campaign about the...
09/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, the OECD and international trade wars
Under the banner title: " France's hard cheese could spread to UK", The Times of 4th December 2019 reports on the US's threat to levy...
05/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and new free trade deals
Under World Trade Organisation (WTO) Rules, if the UK is able to negotiate new free trade deals with the EU and separately with non-EU...
04/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the importance of keeping an eye on the ball
Research produced by the information company, Thomson Reuters, and reported in "City AM" on 2nd December 2019 and "The Times" a day later...
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Joanne Moseley
Supreme Court: Employee unfairly dismissed even though decision maker genuinely didn't know she had raised whistle-blowing allegations
In an important judgment, the Supreme Court in Jhuti v Royal Mail has ruled that an employee who was dismissed for poor performance was,...
03/12/19
Joanne Moseley
Can you use the Tier 2 (Intra-company transfer) visa route for someone who is not an employee of your overseas operations?
The Tier 2 (intra-company transfer) (“ICT “) visa offers a simplified route for international companies to transfer existing staff from...
02/12/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown Dependencies of the British Crown and as such are not part of the EU. Their...
28/11/19
Elizabeth Thomson
The requirements for when an individual executes a deed: A-ttesting case?
Elliot Cuozzo, a real estate trainee, considers a recent case on the witnessing of deeds. When a deed is executed by an individual,...
26/11/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Gibraltar
Gibraltar, as a British Overseas Territory, participated in the 2016 Referendum on EU membership and 95.91% of those voting in Gibraltar...
26/11/19
David Shirt
Food adulteration
By Amy Au Food adulteration is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or...
26/11/19
David Shirt
Changing the game or simply changing the narrative?
By Katherine East, Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell If you work in the fitness industry or the food and drink sector, you will undoubtedly...
26/11/19
Joanne Moseley
Five employment cases that have affected the education sector in 2019
As December looms we look back on the cases that have significantly impacted on the education sector over the last 12 months. Holiday pay...
25/11/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Food and Drink Industry
The Food and Drink industry is one of UK business's largest sectors and the prospect of a "no deal" Brexit has been a source of great...
25/11/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Premier League
There has been speculation as to how Brexit (particularly of the "no deal" variety) might affect Football's English Premier League,...
22/11/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the UK Higher Education sector
The UK Parliament website (www.parliament.uk) has helpfully published a collection of research and analysis materials provided by...
21/11/19
Nicola Gooch
Manifesto Watch: How the Parties Compare on Green Belt, PD Rights and Housing Delivery
Election Season is now firmly underway, with Manifesto releases from Labour, the Lib Dems and the Green Party this week.... and some...
21/11/19
Joanne Moseley
Is asking to 'clear your name' a public interest disclosure capable of protection?
That was the issue the employment tribunal had to grapple with in the case of Ibrahim v HCA International Limited. Law Workers making...
21/11/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the NHS
Perhaps the two main issues highlighted in the UK General Election campaign so far are Brexit and the NHS. They are treated in some ways...
20/11/19
Stephanie Reeves
Is change on the horizon for Financial Services professionals?
In a world where everything is available at our fingertips, customer expectations are changing and the financial services industry is...
19/11/19