The Uber fatality in Arizona raises tricky legal questions....
This week (in Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council), the Supreme Court, has found that a head teacher's failure to disclose her relationship with a man who had been convicted of making indecent images of children justified her dismissal....
The Court of Appeal (CA) has held in the recent case of Gomes v Higher Level Care that a worker cannot claim compensation for injury to feelings under the Working Time Regulations (WTR) if they have been prevented from taking rest breaks. ...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in Brazel v The Harpur Trust, held that it was incorrect to treat holiday pay for term-time teachers as being capped at 12.07% of annualised hours. ...
On 11 January 2018, the immigration rules were amended and new provisions were introduced which affect how the Home Office assesses continuous residence for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications. Whilst the changes affect all Points Based System migrants, we will be focusing on Tier 2 General workers. ...
The very real risk of an owner of land allowing rights of access over their land and then these leading to a dedicated public right of way was recently highlighted in the case of R v Cumbria County Council and Peter Lamb [2017] EWHC 2651. It is therefore worth considering how the local authorities assess whether a public right of way has been established, to hopefully prevent landowners from suffering from this potential incumbrance on their land....
There’s often, understandably, a bit of uncertainty about whether (and how) a party to a contract can “assign” (transfer) its rights, or pass on its obligations, under that contract, to another person....
Construction and engineering Partner, Ruth Wilkinson discusses the key risks on a construction project and how to manage those risks. How can different parties manage their risks in the event of worst-case scenarios? What are the most common risks that have to be dealt with?...
Judge Coulson’s decision in the Technology and Construction Court published last week, his last before moving to the Court of Appeal, concerns the infamous “smash and grab” adjudications. ...
What are the most common types of dispute you come across?...
Campaign groups are continuing to increase pressure on the government to reconsider the ‘immigration exemption’ in the Data Protection Bill which could prevent people from gaining access to immigration data held on them. The Bill had its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday where Tory MP Matt Hancock confirmed that the exemption was necessary, so the government could “properly police [its] borders”....
The Government intends to double the Immigration Health Surcharge in the near future. This is a charge paid by non-EEA nationals (main applicants and dependents) who are applying to work, study or join their family in the UK for more than 6 months....
Working time is defined as any time during which a worker is: ...
Business owners face a host of risks, so you need to prepare for the worst....
With GDPR dominating the headlines anyone would be forgiven for thinking this is the only change taking place in the world of data protection. However, there are also proposals underway for reforming the European E-Privacy Directive which is implemented in the UK by way of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2011 (PECR)....
The non EEA skilled worker cap has been hit again this month, now for the third month running. Many Tier 2 sponsors have seen their Restricted CoS applications refused causing delays to new recruits start dates. ...
It’s that time of year where compensation limits for claims such as unfair dismissal and for statutory redundancy payments are reviewed. ...
A YouGov survey conducted on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has exposed that 41% of managers think pregnancy in the workplace places “an unnecessary cost burden” on employers. ...
The Children’s Commissioner has said everyone supervising children in Britain’s charity shops should undergo a full criminal record check, after HuffPost UK established thousands of volunteers are failing to do so....
Over the last two years, there has been a steady stream of high-profile employment rights claims by individuals working in the gig economy (for Uber, Citysprint, Deliveroo, Hermes and many others)....