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Recruitment and Discrimination

Recruitment and Discrimination

Did an oral job interview discriminate against a disabled applicant with a stammer?

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Data Privacy and Cyber Security Outlook 2024

Data Privacy and Cyber Security Outlook 2024

Privacy and Data Security Developments in 2024 – what should organisations be looking out for?

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Exercising options over land and paying deposits

Exercising options over land and paying deposits

Michael Higgin, who leads our Strategic Land team, comments on the IAA Vehicle Services Limited case and looks at the treatment of conditional completions and the payment of deposits in relation to option exercise contracts.

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Re-introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees

Re-introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees

The Government has commenced a consultation on the reintroduction of fees in the Employment Tribunal (ET) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).

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The limits of limitation: the court’s discretion in applications to substitute parties after limitation has expired

The limits of limitation: the court’s discretion in applications to substitute parties after limitation has expired

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Writing the Future – Settling Unknown Employment Claims

Writing the Future – Settling Unknown Employment Claims

Scotland’s supreme civil court has ruled on whether unknown future claims can be settled under the Equality Act.

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Butler v Butler and Needs Cases

Butler v Butler and Needs Cases

Duncan Lomax, a Solicitor in our Family team, considers the recent judgement in Butler v Butler and “needs” cases on divorce.

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Family Mediation Week

Family Mediation Week

As part of Family Mediation Week, our Senior Associate and Mediator, Madeleine Young sets out different ways of mediating family disputes and gives her 5 top tips for successful mediation

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Constructively Dismissed or Contract Affirmed?

Constructively Dismissed or Contract Affirmed?

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision provides important guidance as to when an employee claiming constructive dismissal will be treated as having affirmed their employment contract and undermined their claims.

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Can an employer rely on a “heat of the moment” resignation?

Can an employer rely on a “heat of the moment” resignation?

The EAT has recently allowed an appeal where an employment tribunal erred in finding that an employee’s resignation made in the “heat of the moment” was really intended.

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Draft Code of Practice for Illegal Working

Draft Code of Practice for Illegal Working

The Home Office has published a Draft Code of Practice for Illegal Working, increasing civil penalties associated with Right to Work checks.

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The Rising Cost of Immigration

The Rising Cost of Immigration

Increases in Home Office fees coupled with higher minimum salary requirements are driving up the cost of hiring Skilled Workers.

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