An inquiry into court and tribunal fees has been launched by the Commons Justice Select Committee, with a specific emphasis on whether access to justice has been affected through the introduction of fees. There are noticeable differences between the Commons...
West Midlands Police v Harrod & Ors The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) confirmed in this case that it is not indirectly discriminatory on the grounds of age to retire police officers entitled to receive a pension, in order to cut...
Plumb v Duncan Print Group Limited The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held in this case that an employee on sick leave is not obligated to show he was unable, by reason of illness, to take holiday for it to be carried forward. However the...
Landlords in the West Midlands became the first to operate the pilot scheme to make immigration checks before renting a property. This trial scheme started in December last year and a study conducted by ‘Property Let by Us’ has shown that nine...
It doesn’t matter if you have been running a business for years or are about to start one – it is essential to get some legal protection for it. A non-disclosure agreement will protect your ideas, financial information, copyrights, patents and...
The Government has confirmed that it will legislate under the Equality Act 2010 to make it necessary for companies with 250 or more employees to publish gender pay gap information. A consultation paper has been published on the detail of the regulations to...
ACAS has recently revealed statistics of the impact of the first year of Early Conciliation. Through the introduction of the new Employment Tribunal fees regime in July 2013 and the new ‘Early Conciliation’ service in April 2014, the landscape in...
Shopping from your armchair can be a lot more appealing than trawling the high street but how can you make sure you’re not being ripped off? Try and choose a website of a retailer that you know (or one that has been recommended to you by friends). An...