19 Dec, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Is English nationalism a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010? By Chris Cuckney The last few years has seen a spate of Employment Tribunal claims assessing whether certain philosophical beliefs are capable of...
19 Dec, 2024 Spotlight on reporting privilege By Pauline Lépissier On 13 December 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in Iqbal v Geo TV [2024] EWCA Civ 1566 considering in some detail the...
18 Dec, 2024 Homes England publishes ‘clearance’ database of Section 106 affordable housing sites By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Jonathan Jarvis +1 more... Show less Homes England (HE) has now made available the Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Service, which is a database (or what some are...
16 Dec, 2024 Working paper issued on "win-win" for nature and house building ambitions By Hannah Langford Camilla Weston On Sunday 15 December the Government issued another working paper aimed at supporting their housebuilding ambitions. The paper invites...
12 Dec, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: 10 years of Shared Parental Leave By Chris Cuckney When Shared Parental Leave and was introduced on 1 December 2014, it was hailed as something that would revolutionise family leave. It...
11 Dec, 2024 Hexagon granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in dispute with Providence By Lena Barnes Mark London Hexagon Housing Association has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in its legal dispute with contractor Providence...
11 Dec, 2024 Top Tips: handling negative press By Nikki Bowker It is easy to think of recent examples of people/organisations handling negative press poorly, in a way that has served only to worsen...
10 Dec, 2024 Planning Committee Reform By Hannah Langford Camilla Weston As part of its drive to get Britain building again the Government have issued a consultation paper inviting views on a national scheme of...
09 Dec, 2024 Extradition High Court Hearing – Peter Weinzierl -v- SSHD S108 Appeal – Incompatibility of UK-US Extradition Treaty 2003 By David Pack Background Peter Weinzierl, an Austrian Banker, is facing extradition to the U.S on money laundering charges relating to the Austrian...
05 Dec, 2024 Remediation Acceleration Plan - Deadline set for the removal of dangerous cladding By Mark London Rachel Jones Building owners have 5 years to remove dangerous cladding, or they face potential prison sentences On 2nd December, in open letters to...
04 Dec, 2024 Extradition High Court Hearing – Peter Weinzierl v The Government of the United States of America / The Secretary of State for the Home Department By David Pack This week Devonshires are representing Mr Peter Weinzierl in the Administrative Court, in his long overdue appeal of Senior District...
04 Dec, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: The Employment Appeal Tribunal clarifies harassment and victimisation in the workplace By Chris Cuckney HR Professionals and employment solicitors are well accustomed to reviewing grievances and Tribunal claims alleging harassment or...