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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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Bewley acquire development site on south coast

Bewley acquire development site on south coast

FSP completes the purchase of a development site in Nutbourne in West Sussex for Bewley Homes.

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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tribunal case, a Christian social worker argued that they had been discriminated against, after their job offer was retracted in response to their negative comments on homosexuality.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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HR Networking Forum – September 2024 (in-person)

HR Networking Forum – September 2024 (in-person)

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FSP advises on the sale of land for 104 new homes

FSP advises on the sale of land for 104 new homes

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Force majeure: what are the alternatives?

Force majeure: what are the alternatives?

The Supreme Court recently confirmed that using the term “reasonable endeavours” in a force majeure clause does not mean oblige a party to accept the other’s alternative arrangements. So, what happens next?

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FSP advises shareholders of Chris Knott Insurance Consultants on sale to Jensten Group

FSP advises shareholders of Chris Knott Insurance Consultants on sale to Jensten Group

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