Articles
Melanie McGuirk
13/05/2013
Intellectual Property
In the Queen’s speech on Wednesday, 8th May 2013, it was announced that the Government will be introducing a draft Bill to Parliament which will "make it easier for businesses to protect their intellectual property".
Emma Cross
26/04/2013
Employment
Can employees who have covertly recorded conversations with managers and colleagues rely upon the recordings in support of their employment claims? Possibly, confirms the EAT, in a case concerning covert recordings made of various discussions More...
Emma Cross
26/04/2013
Employment
Does an individual need to establish a medical cause to be disabled? Can obesity be a disability in its own right?
Emma Cross
26/04/2013
Employment
The EAT has confirmed that an employer had unfairly handled a redundancy selection process when it chose to give weight to a recruitment style competency assessment which didn’t consider past appraisals or feedback from managers.
Emma Cross
26/04/2013
Employment
Does an employer risk indirect age discrimination claims when it sets seemingly neutral criteria for promotion – in this case a requirement to hold a degree - which has a greater impact upon older employees?
Emma Cross
26/04/2013
Employment
The Government has announced its intention to introduce legislation so that certain old and minor cautions and convictions will no longer be disclosed on criminal record checks.
10/04/2013
Commercial Real Estate
The Government's decision to reduce the threshold on which business rates are required to be paid from £18,000 to £2,600 for financial year 2011/2012 is likely to have significant consequences for owners and occupiers of commercial and industrial More...
Emma Cross
26/03/2013
Employment
The EAT has held that the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) does not provide protection against post-employment victimisation.
Emma Cross
26/03/2013
Employment
There have been longstanding uncertainties surrounding the TUPE transfer of collective agreements, e.g. wage bargaining arrangements, from the public to the private sector. Do they transfer as they stand at the date of transfer, with the employer More...
Emma Cross
26/03/2013
Employment
In this case, the EAT had to consider whether it was a reasonable adjustment for an employer to exempt a disabled employee from their absence management policy.