Nov 28, 2024 Checklist and action plan to assist employers in preventing sexual harassment By Rachel Collins The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have introduced a checklist and action plan to assist employers in complying with the new...
Nov 27, 2024 Thames Water’s debt swap dilemma By Lucy Trott Thames Water’s financial troubles rumble on: Thames Water’s board is currently weighing up two refinancing offers with a view to keeping...
Nov 27, 2024 Legal fee frenzy: A Judge's call for sanity in divorce spending By Victoria Batstone In another case of excessive and disproportionate legal fees, Deputy District Judge Mark Harrop urged a divorcing couple in a recent case...
Nov 19, 2024 Say goodbye to Community Designs - EU design law changes are incoming! By Jessica Gregson On 18 November 2024, the EU Design Legislative Reform Package was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The underlying...
Nov 19, 2024 Spyware, sovereignty and state immunity: Landmark ruling in Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain By Miranda Joseph In the recent case of Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain[1], the Court of Appeal addressed whether a foreign state, whose agents remotely...
Nov 18, 2024 NIC increases: A tipping point for hospitality and retail? By Charlotte Gunn Following the national insurance contribution (NIC) increase to 15% and lowering of the earnings threshold at which employer NICs are...
Nov 07, 2024 Guidance on the New Offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud under the ECCTA 2023 By Miranda Joseph Yesterday, the Home Office issued new guidance on the offence of “failure to prevent fraud,” introduced under the Economic Crime and...
Nov 06, 2024 False promises: directors beware of “insolvency avoidance" schemes By Helen Martin The Times reported yesterday on the continued promotion of an “insolvency avoidance” scheme, despite efforts by the Insolvency Service to...
Nov 05, 2024 Negotiations complete – The UK and EU’s new “Competition Cooperation Agreement” By George Harrington Jeremy Kelly Gustaf Duhs On 29 October 2024 the UK and EU concluded negotiations on a new agreement that will enable increased cooperation between the UK’s...
Nov 04, 2024 From Milan to the Moon – intellectual property considerations in Prada’s collaboration with Axiom Space By Jessica Gregson In a pioneering collaboration, Prada and Axiom Space (Axiom) have unveiled the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit,...
Nov 01, 2024 Uncertainty continues in the litigation funding market By Michael Frisby Funders had hoped that the uncertainty caused by last summer’s Paccar decision in the Supreme Court would be removed when the Litigation...