Proposals were announced by the Chancellor for a new type of employee ownership arrangement on 8th October 2012. Under these proposals employees would give up some employment rights in return for shares in their employer. The Growth and Infrastructure Bill…
In C-D v S-T ET/2505033/11 the Newcastle Employment Tribunal made a reference to the European Court of Justice concerning whether under EU law, a woman who becomes a mother by way of a surrogacy arrangement should be entitled to paid…
The Government will introduce a health and work assessment and advisory service from 2014. The service will provide: A state-funded assessment by occupational health professionals for employees who are off sick for four weeks or more; Case management for employees…
The Government's consultation on its proposals to simplify and streamline the regulation of the recruitment sector closed on 11th April 2013. The proposals will seek to replace the current regime with a simple regulatory framework which will: Restricts charging fees…
A homeowner who was fined £960 after he failed to comply with a local authority enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unauthorised extension to his property has lost an appeal against his conviction and financial penalty. The Court of…
A patent can only be granted when there is novelty in the thing for which the patent is sought. This is why it is critical that one’s novel designs do not become public knowledge: once they do, a patent application…
The High Court has upheld a classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the ‘homosexual lifestyle’ in front of pupils. In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, a judge rejected an appeal by…
In Simmonds v Milford Club, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that where there is a real concern that an earlier final written warning that was material in the decision to dismiss an employee may have been manifestly inappropriate, it…
The Act is wide ranging. It contains many new measures, such as giving shareholders more say on directors’ pay, making reforms to Employment Tribunal procedures, establishing a new Competition and Markets Authority to tackle anti-competitive behaviour and modernising the UK’s…
In Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning Limited v Hall, the High Court ruled that a restrictive covenant contained in the employment contract of a senior financial adviser was unenforceable. Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning Limited provides financial advice to corporate and high…