7/25/2025 10:04:02 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Accessing disability and “substantial adverse effect” following Stedman v Haven Leisure Ltd By Chris Cuckney In the recent case of Stedman v Haven Leisure Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has provided useful guidance that will assist HR...
7/23/2025 2:39:01 PM Guidance on Level of Detail for Gateway Applications By Mark London James King Following on from our earlier article regarding the publishing of new Construction Leadership Council guidance (“CLC”), this article...
7/22/2025 10:09:47 AM Peabody Successful in Court of Appeal Judgment By Alicia Ogborn Will O'Brien Mark London Devonshires successfully acted for Peabody Trust (“Peabody”) in an appeal to the Court of Appeal (see judgment), in Peabody’s claim...
7/17/2025 11:26:15 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Tribunal Rules Dismissal of Disabled Employee Over Offensive Online Messages was Objectively Justified - Duncan v Fujitsu Services By Chris Cuckney The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that an employer was justified in dismissing a disabled employee for making abusive and...
7/16/2025 8:00:31 AM Building Safety Levy Regulations Published By James King The Draft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 have now been published. Set to come into force on 1 October 2026, the draft...
7/11/2025 8:49:42 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: A Week of Government Announcements By Chris Cuckney The last week or so has seen a series of important employment law announcements from the Government. Ban on Using Non-Disclosure...
7/4/2025 9:52:57 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The Importance of Considering Alternative Employment in Redundancy Processes: Hendy Group Ltd v D Kennedy By Chris Cuckney With business costs continuing to rise following the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions in April 2025, redundancy is...
6/26/2025 8:33:50 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The Rise of AI in the HR Process By Chris Cuckney Artificial intelligence (AI) has hit the workplace like a tidal wave, and every day it seems to make its way into a different area of the...
6/25/2025 12:43:01 PM The Expanding Reach of Environmental Criminal Law By Michael Lewis Prateek Sharma Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again. Environmental offences are no longer a side note in...
6/24/2025 1:41:08 PM When Directors Get Burned: Liability for Corporate Misconduct Before and After Office By Michael Lewis Can a director be liable for misconduct that happened before they joined the board, or after they left it? The answer is yes,...
6/20/2025 3:48:43 PM 8 Key Takeaways from our Litigation Risk for Audit & Risk Committees Webinar By Avary Patutama On 18 June 2025, Matthew Garbutt and Avary Patutama of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team delivered a webinar designed to equip...
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...