Articles & Blogs

Employers Beware: Temporary Incapacity may Constitute a Disability Where it is Sufficiently Long-Term

Friday, 13 January 2017

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that there was no reason why the dismissal of a temporarily incapacitated worker, with an uncertain prognosis

Articles & Blogs Employment

Government Launches Review on Modern Employment Practices

Friday, 13 January 2017

The Independent Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy (also known as The Taylor Review) was launched on 30 November 2016.

Articles & Blogs Employment

Statutory Benefit Payments to be Increased from April 2017

Friday, 13 January 2017

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced proposed increases to statutory benefit payments which will take effect from April 2017.

Articles & Blogs Private Client

All Change for Non-Doms

Friday, 13 January 2017

The draft Finance Bill 2017 published this week has confirmed that the days when people could effectively live in Britain for most of their lives yet avoid British taxes is more or less over.

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

Uncertainty Ahead

Friday, 13 January 2017

"Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty"

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

The General Data Protection Regulation and its Effect on Academies

Friday, 13 January 2017

Being data protection compliant is vital, and with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in May 2018, it is important that academies consider the impact in advance.

Redundancy Consultations - The Importance of Handling Them Correctly

Friday, 13 January 2017

In Thomas v BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory and Property Management UK Ltd, the EAT has confirmed that a "perfunctory and insensitive" consultation process can impact on the fairness of a redundancy dismissal.

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Clerks to Governing Bodies and Trustee Boards - What's On Your Agenda?

Friday, 13 January 2017

As schools close for the Christmas period, there is no rest for the wicked as they say, or at least not for clerks and company secretaries, whose thoughts will be turning to the first Governors' or Trustees' meeting of the New Year.

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Grant Agreements - The Risk of Clawback

Friday, 13 January 2017

Conversion to academy status or the re-brokering of an academy from trust to trust without consent on a grant agreement, may give the third party organisation the right to claw back the grant funding - even if the grant was made a number of years ago.

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Apprenticeship Funding: Are You Ready for the Changes?

Friday, 13 January 2017

In April 2017, the way apprenticeships are funded in the UK will change significantly with the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.

SEN Information Reports - Are You Compliant?

Friday, 13 January 2017

Academies and maintained schools sometimes ask us for guidance about the information that they are obliged, by law, to publish on their websites. In this article we highlight one of the more commonly overlooked requirements: the SEN Information Report.

Articles & Blogs Public Sector

Procurement: Balanced Scorecards

Friday, 13 January 2017

The Crown Commercial Service has published Procurement Policy Note 09/16: Procuring for Growth Balanced Scorecard which can help contracting authorities maximise the economic benefit of spending through public procurement in major investments.

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Case Update - Why Break Clauses Are Never Straightforward

Friday, 13 January 2017

Many leases contain break clauses and often these break clauses contain certain pre-conditions, which must be satisfied for the break to be validly exercised.

Case Update - Why Break Clauses Are Never Straightforward

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Addressing Performance Concerns With an Employee on Sickness Absence

Friday, 13 January 2017

It is not infrequent that a Practice's concerns about an employee's conduct or performance will overlap with a period of sickness absence.

Addressing Performance Concerns With an Employee on Sickness Absence

Articles & Blogs Employment

Taxation of Termination Payments - where are we now?

Friday, 13 January 2017

We previously reported on the Autumn Statement and proposed changes affecting employers and employees to be brought in by the Finance Act 2017. One of the most significant areas of reform was in respect of the taxation of termination payments.

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