11/4/2022 11:09:00 AM D-BRIEF - Employment & Pensions Blog: Settlement agreements and settling unknown future discrimination claims By Katie Maguire Kirsty Thompson Under the terms of a settlement agreement, employees typically accept a payment in return for their employment coming to an end and in...
10/21/2022 12:55:00 PM Building Safety Act 2022: Service Charges and Landlord's Certificates - Top 10 Facts By Lee Russell Mark Foxcroft Top 10 Facts: 1. There is a new legal framework regarding service charge restrictions pursuant to Schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act...
10/20/2022 10:17:00 AM Sector Risk Profile 2022 Issued By Sharon Thandi The Regulator of Social Housing (Regulator) has published its 2022 Sector Risk Profile (SRP) this morning, setting out its view of the...
8/23/2022 3:18:00 PM Updated guidance - the Charities Act 2022 By Ellen Damlica The Charity Commission has issued guidance on the changes being introduced by the Charities Act 2022 (the Act) that are planned to come...
8/23/2022 3:18:00 PM Thinking outside of the "E" on ESG By Gemma Bell I was pleased to chair a session at the Housing 2022 conference in Manchester at the end of June, which focussed on learning from others...
8/23/2022 3:17:00 PM How Independent Should Your Senior Independent Director Be? By Sharon Thandi The Senior Independent Director (SID) is not a new concept and has been included in various iterations of the UK Corporate Governance...
8/11/2022 11:59:00 AM D-BRIEF - Employment & Pensions Blog: The Employment Tribunal finds a Barrister is discriminated against due to gender critical beliefs By Katie Maguire Kirsty Thompson In the case of Bailey -v- Garden Court Chambers, an Employment Tribunal has found that Ms Bailey’s gender critical views, which included...
8/11/2022 7:48:00 AM Service of the Claim Form Out of the Jurisdiction - The -Golden Rule- of Full and Frank Disclosure in Without Notice Applications By David Pack Devonshires were recently instructed to apply to strike out a service out application in the case of Al-Otaibi and Others v Sloane...
6/29/2022 9:49:00 AM D-BRIEF - Employment & Pensions Blog: Constructive Dismissal - What is a fundamental breach of contract? By Katie Maguire Kirsty Thompson In a recent case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), it was held that when considering a claim for constructive dismissal, a...
5/23/2022 2:57:00 PM Code of Conduct 2022 By Gemma Bell We are pleased to have supported the National Housing Federation (NHF) and Campbell Tickell in preparing the new Code of Conduct, which...
5/18/2022 8:05:00 AM LGPS Deferred Debt Agreements - Five key points to consider By Katie Maguire Kirsty Thompson In September 2020, amendments were made to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Regulations 2013 which enabled Deferred Debt...
5/17/2022 9:55:00 AM D-BRIEF - Employment & Pensions Blog: Using banter as a defence to harassment claims By Katie Maguire Kirsty Thompson Recent research shows that the number of employment tribunal claims related to workplace banter has increased in the last year. This...