2/21/2025 9:31:43 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Withholding important information in job applications following Easton v Secretary of State for the Home Office. By Chris Cuckney Most people know someone who has withheld information in their C.V. or job application that they’d rather not have to explain to a future...
2/12/2025 1:44:28 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Managing competing protected characteristics in the workplace. By Chris Cuckney For the last two weeks a Scottish Employment Tribunal has been hearing the case of a female nurse who has brought claims against her...
2/10/2025 10:13:15 AM Simplified disclosure regime for low denomination bond issuances By Rachel Dros Julian Barker Alice Overton Rachel Orgill-Harris +1 more... Show less The FCA is proposing to simplify prospectus disclosure requirements for non-equity securities by creating a single disclosure standard,...
2/5/2025 1:43:55 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: The data protection and privacy risks in using artificial intelligence in recruitment By Chris Cuckney In January 2025 the Government announced a plan to ‘unleash’ artificial intelligence (AI) across the UK to deliver systematic change. AI...
1/31/2025 3:21:13 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: The four-day working week - a thing of the future, or a passing fad? By Chris Cuckney There is no doubt that the notion of a four-day working week without a reduction in pay is slowly gaining momentum. Earlier this week the...
1/23/2025 2:38:22 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: With only 7 bank holidays in the annual leave year 2024/2025 – do your workers need to be given an extra day off? By Chris Cuckney Easter fell in March last year, and this year it isn’t until mid-April 2025. The effect of this is that there will only be 7 bank...
1/15/2025 4:57:40 PM Landmark decision confirms historical Building Safety claims can to go to adjudication By Mark London Kathryn Kligerman The ruling in BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited (2024) is critically important as it has confirmed the wide scope of...
1/15/2025 11:53:15 AM Employment law: What’s on the horizon for 2025? By Chris Cuckney 2025 promises to see big changes to the employment law landscape. Important developments are expected in areas such as artificial...
1/14/2025 5:20:22 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: What factors don't have to be considered where there is an irretrievable breakdown in the employment relationship? By Chris Cuckney There is an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in every employment relationship. This works both ways in that employees need to...
1/8/2025 3:00:00 PM Strategic Decisions Under Pressure: A Guide to Navigating Quick Business Acquisitions By Prasan Modasia The major changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in England and Wales, effective from 6th April 2025, are prompting many business owners...
12/19/2024 4:17:43 PM 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...
12/18/2024 10:18:10 AM 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...