Joanne Moseley

ICO stepping up plans to fine data controllers who've not registered or paid the correct fee

Are you a data controller? Have you registered and paid the correct fee? One aspect of data protection compliance in the UK that is often...

27/08/19

Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the European Communities Act 1972

The European Communities Act 1972 (ECA) was the domestic UK legislation  that bound the UK to membership of  the EC (now the EU) with...

20/08/19

Joanne Moseley

FAQ’s: Holiday entitlement and pay of term-time and other part-year workers

Last week, the Court of Appeal ruled in Brazel v The Harpur Trust that employers can't pro-rate the holiday entitlement or pay of part...

15/08/19

Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Electronic Commerce

There is a wealth of legislation dealing with e-commerce and so-called "Information Society Services" in the UK and much of it is...

15/08/19

Joanne Moseley

Can an employer rely on a breach of the immigration rules to argue that an employment contract is unenforceable?

It is unlawful to employ someone who does not have the right to reside and work in the UK or who is working in breach of their conditions...

14/08/19

Irwin Mitchell

Treehouse of Horrors or just another little dig at permitted development rights?

Just last week the popular press has reported on a tree house in Lincolnshire being threatened with planning enforcement. The summer...

09/08/19

Joanne Moseley

Workplace Mental Health: The Case For A Proactive Approach

As mental health conditions take over from back pain as the main source of work-related illness, we know the importance of the emotional...

05/08/19