Insights

The Department for Business and Trade has released a detailed working paper exploring four potential models for reforming non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The paper invites views from employers and other stakeholders by 18 February 2026.

The EAT has confirmed that an Employment Tribunal was entitled to refuse an application to revoke or vary a long-standing restricted reporting and anonymisation order.

The Government has reversed its manifesto pledge to introduce day one unfair dismissal protections in a bid to keep the Employment Rights Bill on track. 

The Office of the School's Adjudicator's (OSA) annual report provides admission authorities with a timely reminder to check their admission arrangements ahead of the statutory consultation window opening on 1 October. 

In the recent case of Bradley v Abacus Land 2025, the Court of Appeal assessed if a landlord had exercised its discretion unreasonably, in breach of contract. The Court found that, in residential service charge cases, a landlord's decision would be unlikely to be overturned on grounds of reasonableness, unless the decision was one that no reasonable landlord could have made. This case highlights the high threshold leaseholders must meet in residential service charge cases, to successfully challenge a decision as being unreasonable.  

In these articles, we will explain the basic concept of overage and the specific events commonly used as trigger points which cause an overage liability to be payable.