10/7/2025 3:45:59 PM FCA Skilled Person Reviews: What Regulated Firms Need to Know By Matthew Garbutt The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has the power to appoint independent “skilled persons” to examine how regulated firms conduct their...
10/3/2025 2:20:27 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Digital ID Cards Confirmed and the Possible Return of Employment Tribunal Fees By Chris Cuckney Mandatory Digital ID Cards to Confirm Right to Work The year to 22 March 2025 saw an 40% increase in the number of illegal working visits...
10/3/2025 11:21:27 AM You Don’t Have to Profit to Pay: the Supreme Court Speaks on Dishonest Assistance By Avary Patutama Pauline Lépissier In its recent decision, Stevens v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (In Liquidation) [2025] UKSC 28, the Supreme Court ordered dishonest...
9/25/2025 12:46:34 PM Article published in The Negotiator: “Reforms will reshape rental market” By Mark Foxcroft I have recently featured in The Negotiator, writing an article on how “Reforms will reshape rental market”. My article covers how the...
9/24/2025 9:18:01 AM Upper Tribunal clarifies leaseholder protections for unsafe cladding By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane A recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (‘UT’) in Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No 1 Ltd and another v de Valk and others [2025] UKUT...
9/18/2025 1:16:58 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Is It Fair to Dismiss an Employee for Shopping On Their Work Computer? By Chris Cuckney A recent Employment Tribunal judgment in the case of Lanuszka v Accountancy MK Services Limited serves as a cautionary tale for employers...
9/12/2025 10:11:46 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Should Travel Time be Paid at National Minimum Wage? By Chris Cuckney The Court of Appeal has recently handed down a significant decision in Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Taylors Services Ltd which...
9/8/2025 9:14:54 AM ECCTA in Practice: How Company Secretaries Must Adapt to the New Rules By Chantelle Adadevoh The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received royal assent on 26 October 2023. ECCTA serves as an essential...
9/4/2025 1:05:32 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: The Disability Employment Divide - What does Parliament’s New Inquiry Mean for UK Employers By Chris Cuckney Despite a growing emphasis on diversity and inclusion across UK workplaces, disabled people continue to face significant disadvantages in...
9/2/2025 12:17:13 PM FTT Clarifies Contracting Out Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in EE Ltd and another v AP Wireless By Zoe McLean-Wells Mary Brennan The First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) (“FTT”) recently decided on 11 references brought jointly by EE Ltd and...
8/20/2025 9:59:06 AM Corporate Crackdown: New Prosecution Guidance Ahead of "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence By Avary Patutama Matthew Garbutt David Pack The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) updated guidance on corporate prosecutions serves as a timely...
8/19/2025 10:47:36 AM Lessons from VMA Services Ltd v Project One London Ltd [2025] EWHC 1815 (TCC) By James Mapley Lucy Ferebee Can a party avoid paying a Notified Sum awarded in a ‘smash and grab’ adjudication by commencing its own ‘true value’ adjudication? ...