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
Employers are entitled to take live warnings on an employee’s personnel file into account when considering the appropriate sanction for a disciplinary offence. However, if the employee already has a ‘live’ final written warning, the tribunal should More...
Emma Cross
26/03/2013
Employment
Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Bill
A number of amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill have been approved or introduced at the House of Lords stage:
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.