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Articles & Blogs Employment

New Guidance for Disability Discrimination Claims After McDonald's Case

Friday, 10 December 2021

The impact of a condition on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities must be assessed objectively in disability discrimination claims.

Articles & Blogs Employment

Increased Compensation in Maternity Discrimination Case - After Employer Fails to Follow ACAS Code

Friday, 10 December 2021

Where a Claimant brings a successful Tribunal claim involving a disciplinary or grievance process, any compensation may be increased by up to 25%.

Articles & Blogs Employment

Call for Evidence Could Spark a Potential Shake-Up for Umbrella Companies

Friday, 10 December 2021

The Government has announced a call for evidence on the umbrella company market. Umbrella companies need to be aware of what the review could mean for their operations.

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

Staff Participating in Industrial Action Protected From Detriment

Thursday, 09 December 2021

All schools that have recently embarked on strategic staffing projects including restructures, payscale reviews and particularly TPS projects, will be aware of how active the teaching trade unions are...

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

IR35 - Everything Independent Schools Need to Know

Thursday, 09 December 2021

Independent schools have been affected by the new IR35 regulations (also known as 'Off-Payroll regulations') since 6 April 2021.

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

Top Tips for Managing Your School's Reputation

Thursday, 09 December 2021

A school's reputation is one of its key assets and something that governors must take reasonable steps to protect.

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

Stay GDPR Compliant - Data Protection Considerations for Your School

Thursday, 09 December 2021

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, moving lessons and other work online quickly was essential. But the speed at which this happened means some shortcuts might have been taken in respect of information security and other data protection considerations.

Articles & Blogs Independent Schools

Is Your School Up-To-Speed With the Latest Safeguarding Updates?

Thursday, 09 December 2021

Since routine inspections resumed in September 2021, both Ofsted and ISI have focussed on the assessment of the commitment to and teaching of RSE and on how schools address safeguarding issues relating to peer on peer sexual violence and harassment.

Articles & Blogs Charities Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Coronavirus - How Will Changes to the Furlough Scheme Affect Charity Employees?

Friday, 12 June 2020

Since its introduction in March, the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has acted as a financial lifeline to many employers, charities included. But what is going to change?

Articles & Blogs Employment

Can a Historic Breach of Contract Be Used to Support a Claim of Constructive Dismissal?

Friday, 06 April 2018

The answer is "it depends". In a recent case, the tribunals confirmed that historic stand-alone breaches of contract could not be used to support a "final straw" argument, where the final straw on its own was not enough for the claim to succeed.

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs Employment Recruitment

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 Private Client

Who can Challenge the Validity of a Will? Court of Appeal Rules that Creditor of Beneficiary Has Standing in Randall v Randall

Friday, 12 August 2016

The Court of Appeal has upheld an ex-husband’s appeal in the recent case of Randall v Randall, finding that he had sufficient interest to challenge the validity of his mother-in-law’s Will.

Articles & Blogs Public Sector

The Competition and Markets Authority cracks down on bid-rigging in construction Procurement

Thursday, 27 February 2025

With the new Procurement Act 2023 coming into force on 24 February, there is a reminder for local authorities to be vigilant for bid-rigging in tenders.

Articles & Blogs Public Sector

Pre-election notice period restrictions

Thursday, 27 February 2025

The pre-election period begins with the publication of notice of the election. During this period, there are restrictions on the use of public resources by Councils.

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

Q & A: Offsite directions, managed moves and dual registration - 21 January webinar questions

Tuesday, 04 February 2025