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19 October
On 30 September 2017, two criminal offences under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 came into force (see our previous article with some further details) which all organisations (corporate bodies –including charities... Read Morearticles
19 October
In 2016 the case of Bărbulescu v Romania was dubbed a "snooper's charter". The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the dismissal of an employee for using electronic... Read Morearticles
17 October
The recent EAT case of NHS 24 v Pillar has reversed the previous Employment Tribunal decision and has found that including previous incidents that were not subject to disciplinary action in an... Read Morearticles
17 October
With the abolition of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, more claims are inevitable. In successful claims, ETs award compensation based on well-established rules, some of which have recently changed. Employer's pension... Read Morecase studies
9 October
We acted for the Trustees of a bankrupt to take possession of the matrimonial home. At the time, this house was solely owned by the bankrupt; however, it had previously... Read Morearticles
19 September
A survey by leading law firm Blake Morgan has revealed nine out of 10 businesses have still not made crucial updates to their privacy policies – a key requirement ahead... Read Morearticles
12 September
Businesses must now do more to provide information to individual debtors and attempt to settle before taking them to court. The new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims (PAPDC) comes into force on... Read Morearticles
11 September
Many employers are starting to establish excepted life assurance arrangements which fall outside of the UK tax regime for pensions saving. Benefits under excepted schemes do not count towards the... Read Morearticles
11 September
The High Court when it heard the dispute in April 2014 held that IBM acted in breach of its duty of good faith to the members when it closed two... Read Morearticles
11 September
Throughout 2016 and so far in 2017, defined benefit pension schemes have made headline news for all the wrong reasons. Firstly, BHS and its massive pension deficit shone a spot... Read Morearticles
11 September
The requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation become enforceable on 25 May 2018 – less than 9 months from now – and there is a lot of work for... Read Morearticles
11 September
Do the rules of your pension scheme ensure that the Trustees have to seek your consent before making changes to the rules? Unfortunately for British Airways (BA), their rules did... Read More