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Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms narrow scope of “special circumstances” defence for not consulting on collective redundancies
28 October 2021In a case arising from the sudden collapse of the construction company Carillion, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed the narrow scope of the “special circumstances” defence that may be available if an employer has failed properly to consult on collective redundancies. Special circumstances must involve something “out of the ordinary” or “uncommon”, and a gradual financial decline leading to insolvency is unlikely to meet this test.
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Privacy and publicity: seeing justice done in the Employment Tribunal
21 September 2022It is now almost a century since Lord Hewart’s famous comment that “justice should not only be done but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done”. This principle of natural justice has established an open legal process, with public access to judicial hearings an important hallmark of a fair society. But how this principle applies in practice in the Employment Tribunal, particularly in the digital age, can be a difficult question.
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Mock Employment Tribunal - January 2024
16 January 2024Numbers of Employment Tribunal claims remain high and many hearings are still taking place entirely online.
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Employment Tribunal fees: the government strikes back
01 February 2024The government has published a consultation proposing to reintroduce ‘modest’ fees in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.
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Russians put the Olympic ideal on trial
28 July 2016Sports lawyer, Richard Berry has commented in The Times which discusses the legal issues surrounding the Rio Olympics, in relation to the recent decision around Russia's participation. The article examines the legal and regulatory relationship connecting World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Olympic Commitee, the individual sporting bodies and the Court of Arbitration in Sport.
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Trespassers will be prosecuted.....or will they?
19 December 2018Trespassers or “squatters” can present major issues for owners of commercial land and buildings.
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Are Smart Buildings becoming trendy?
19 January 2024Before we dive into the trends surrounding Smart Buildings, we should take a step back and look at what the Smart Building market is doing, and it’s safe to say it’s growing. In fact, it’s predicted that the market for Smart Buildings is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.5% from 2023 to 2030. That’s an impressive rate – as a comparison - Netflix had a compound quarterly growth rate (CQGR) of 27.5% between 2016 and 2021.
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Postponed - Mergers & Acquisitions: Current trends in agency deals
19 May 2020The M&A landscape in the A&M sector continues to evolve with the traditional network holding companies, consultancies and, increasingly, private equity all jockeying for position.
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Hotels: Clearing the air – green trends in the hotel industry
01 September 2023Fuelled by the climate crisis, green-minded stakeholders are applying ever-increasing pressure on hotel companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This is not surprising given that, according to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the carbon emissions generated per room per night in UK hotels are as high as 10.4 kg CO2e.
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Lewis Silkin's 12 tech trends and predictions for 2024
02 January 2024Welcome to this year’s technology predictions!
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Litigation trends
11 January 2024Our Dispute Resolution team has compiled an overview of some of the key themes we are seeing in the litigation landscape of England and Wales.
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Proptech – once a trend, now a necessity
10 November 2022The real estate sector has, for a long time, been reluctant to embrace technology. While the rise of property tech start-ups did go some way to open people’s eyes to the possibilities and fuel their imagination, it took something as monumental as a global pandemic to force many, who work within the sector, to move away from traditional (and often outdated) working practices into a more modern way of thinking and working.
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Cliff Fluet comments for The Guardian and Trebuchet Magazine: Could Gary Glitter really make hundreds of thousands from the Joker film?
09 October 2019Cliff Fluet has commented in articles for The Guardian and Trebuchet that discuss how convicted paedophile Gary Glitter could profit from the use of one of his tracks in a key scene in the new Joker movie.
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Could Mourinho really go to jail over Schweinsteiger treatment?
09 August 2016Sports lawyer, Richard Berry has been quoted in an article by City AM which examines the impact of Jose Mourinho's treatment of Bastian Schweinsteiger after the 32-year-old German has been banished from Manchester United's first team training and pre-season fixtures.
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Tax treatment of termination payments - the sting in the tail
16 August 2016In 2015, the Government launched a consultation to simplify the tax and national insurance (“NI”) treatment of termination payments. As previously reported, following that consultation the Government announced that it proposed to amend the rules with effect from 6 April 2018.
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Tax treatment of termination payments – simplification at last?
29 November 2016The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement included some welcome news regarding the forthcoming reform of the tax and national insurance (“NI”) treatment of termination payments. The Government launched a consultation to simplify the rules in 2016.
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Tax treatment of termination payments – draft legislation published
20 December 2016Over the past couple of years, the Government has been consulting on proposals to make a number of changes to the tax and national insurance (“NI”) treatment of termination payments.
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Bonuses of contention: the treatment of incentive schemes in gender pay gap reporting
09 March 2017Carolyn Soakell blogs for Practical Law’s Employment Blog - Bonuses of contention: the treatment of incentive schemes in gender pay gap reporting
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Finalisation of prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures for banks: how will this impact the market?
22 December 2022Banks will benefit from greater clarity and certainty now that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) has finalised its prudential standard on the treatment of banks’ exposures to cryptoassets.
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Lewis Silkin advises TreasurySpring, a London-based fintech company, on their latest investment round
25 September 2019Lewis Silkin advises TreasurySpring, a London-based fintech company, on their latest investment round