Posts from April 2023
Joanne Moseley
Do you ask staff to waive latent personal injury claims in your settlement agreements?
Earlier this month, the UK parliament discussed proposals to manage asbestos in workplaces and to introduce measures to protect the...
28/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Term-time worker entitled to National Minimum Wage for 52 weeks
Schools and colleges employ staff on term-time only contracts to reduce their payroll costs. The vast majority agree to work during...
28/04/23
Charlotte Wallage
Part 36 cost consequences when making a liability only offer
The recent case of Mundy v TUI [2023] EWCH 385 (Ch) considered what happens where a Claimant fails to ‘beat’ a Defendant Part 36 offer...
27/04/23
Jeremy Ladyman
Consumer Duty – update and reminder
An industry report published in March 2023 has indicated that many advisers are in a relaxed mood about the new Consumer Duty that will...
26/04/23
Jeremy Ladyman
Open-banking: new recommendations published by the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee
Open banking is a secure way for retail consumers and businesses to give regulated third-party providers (“TPPs”) access to their bank...
24/04/23
Stefano DAmbrosio Nunez
Our view of the Law Society’s Guidance on the Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors
This week, the Law Society of England and Wales published the Guidance on the Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors. This is the first...
21/04/23
Irwin Mitchell
Infrastructure funding: County Councils have a CIL problem. IL will make it worse.
Before Christmas, I wrote about a fight that had broken out in Gloucestershire over CIL funding. The County Council was concerned about...
20/04/23
Graham Thomson
UK cyber security breach survey 2023
The latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey has been released, which is a great source of insights to help businesses address their cyber...
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Joanne Moseley
Third party harassment: new law on the cards for schools and colleges
Under our current laws, it can be difficult for teachers and support staff to bring successful claims against their employers for...
19/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Don't get caught out: not all settlement negotiations are protected by the without prejudice rule
An employer that wants to exit an employee from their organisation will usually enter into settlement discussions on a without prejudice...
14/04/23
Joanne Moseley
Discrimination: increases to injury to feelings awards 2023
Individuals who bring successful discrimination claims are entitled to be compensated for the upset and hurt they have suffered by way of...
11/04/23
Adiba Firmansyah
What the education sector needs to know about the new energy efficiency regulations
Against the background of the Department for Education stating that they ‘are putting climate change at the heart of education’ and...
04/04/23