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Varying express declarations of trust in respect of property

Varying express declarations of trust in respect of property

Lindsay Davies explains the importance of documenting any variation of express declarations of trust in respect of property

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Positive action or positive discrimination?

Positive action or positive discrimination?

In Turner-Robson and others v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, an Employment Tribunal has held that the appointment of a minority ethnic Sergeant to a Detective Inspector role without any competitive recruitment process was positive discrimination

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The Right to Switch Off – What Compensation?

The Right to Switch Off – What Compensation?

Slowly but surely, more details are coming to light regarding Labour’s proposed “right to switch off” – but is it much of a right at all?

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ICO launches its privacy notice generator

ICO launches its privacy notice generator

The ICO embraces AI as it launches its own privacy notice generator for use by small businesses

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Assignment and dealings clause could allow novation by conduct

Assignment and dealings clause could allow novation by conduct

The High Court has held that an agreement was novated through the parties’ conduct even though it included a prohibition on dealings without written consent.

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Good News on the Horizon

Good News on the Horizon

Compensation payments to formerly bankrupt sub-postmasters not payable to their Trustees in bankruptcy

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Subscription contracts – new information and cancellation rules are coming…

Subscription contracts – new information and cancellation rules are coming…

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will introduce a new regime for subscription contracts with consumers. Secondary legislation clarifying the new regime and bringing it into force is still to be passed but businesses would be wise to think now about how their interactions with consumers and related processes will need to change.

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Less favourable treatment of a part-time worker was not a breach of the Part-Time Workers Regulations

Less favourable treatment of a part-time worker was not a breach of the Part-Time Workers Regulations

In the recent case of Augustine v Data Cars Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld the Tribunal’s decision that there was no breach of the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, despite agreeing that there was less favourable treatment.

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Financial claims for separated parents

Financial claims for separated parents

Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have announced their separation – what financial claims are available to them?

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Withdrawing a Job Offer for Anti-LGBT Views

Withdrawing a Job Offer for Anti-LGBT Views

In a recent employment tribunal case, a Christian social worker argued that they had been discriminated against, after their job offer was retracted in response to their negative comments on homosexuality.

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TUPE – the requirement for there to be an “economic entity” pursuing an “economic activity”

TUPE – the requirement for there to be an “economic entity” pursuing an “economic activity”

In Bicknell and another v NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Commissioning Board, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that the merger of six clinical commissioning groups did not constitute a “relevant transfer” giving rise to protection under TUPE, as the groups were not pursuing an economic activity.

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Switch to an eVisa now!

Switch to an eVisa now!

Everyone who proves their immigration status in the UK using a physical document is required to switch to an electronic visa by the end of this year.

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