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The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published a joint statement by the Bar Council's Commissioner for Conduct, the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ) of...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published its response to the June 2025 consultation on establishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted guidelines on anonymisation and on web scraping in the context of generative artificial...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025)-related trade union developments, including...
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
Does a change of employer within a group of companies give rise to a TUPE transfer?Relevant transfers under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006) are:•business transfers—involving the transfer of an undertaking or business, or part of an undertaking or
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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