6/18/2025 12:57:34 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Employment Appeal Tribunal: External HR Consultants can be personally liable when acting as agents of the employer By Chris Cuckney It is more common than most people might think for companies to appoint external consultants to carry out investigations. For example, if...
6/13/2025 11:26:36 AM Recent Prevention of Future Death Report Highlights the Importance of Internal Investigations By Narin Masera On 20 May 2025, a Prevention of Future Deaths Report (PFD) was made by the Coroner in Birmingham and Solihull Coroner's Court following a...
6/10/2025 5:20:24 PM Carers Week 9 – 15 June 2025: Caring About Equality By Chris Cuckney Carers Week is an annual event designed to highlight the challenges faced by carers and highlight the vital role they play in families...
5/23/2025 1:40:14 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: The Government’s White Paper on “Restoring Control over the UK Immigration System” By Chris Cuckney In response to growing public and political concerns that the current levels of legal migration are sustainable, last week the Government...
5/21/2025 2:38:41 PM Supreme Court publishes decision on URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd By James King Will O'Brien Story so far… URS was the structural engineer for BDW in relation to residential tower blocks that were developed between 2005 and 2012. ...
5/15/2025 9:11:37 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: EHRC Publishes Important Guidance on Single Sex Facilities Following the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Definition of “Sex” By Chris Cuckney Few can have missed the Supreme Court’s recent judgment that “sex” and “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) means “biological sex.”...
5/1/2025 7:59:55 AM Private prosecutions: What they are, how they work, and why they matter By Matthew Garbutt Private prosecutions are a little-known but powerful legal tool. They allow individuals or organisations to bring criminal proceedings...
4/30/2025 2:44:54 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Government consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting By Chris Cuckney 30 March and 4 April are the annual reporting deadlines by which large employers have to report their gender pay gap information. As we...
4/25/2025 2:47:14 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Government Crackdown on Illegal Working in the Gig Economy. By Chris Cuckney Most people are aware that there are severe consequences for employing someone who does not have the right to work in the UK. Employing...
4/25/2025 9:01:16 AM Act Fast or Face Prosecution: SFO’s New Corporate Guidance By Matthew Garbutt The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has issued new SFO External Guidance on Corporate Co-Operation and Enforcement in relation to Corporate...
3/21/2025 8:16:37 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Indirect Discrimination and childcare disparity following Marston (Holdings) Ltd v Perkins By Chris Cuckney Indirect discrimination remains an important consideration for businesses who are looking to implement new workplace policies or ways of...
3/6/2025 9:01:32 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Ramadan 2025: Supporting workers in the workplace By Chris Cuckney The holy month of Ramadan started on 28 February 2025 and will conclude on the evening of 30 March 2025. For millions of practicing...