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VWV Celebrates Triple Shortlist for Public Sector Awards

Monday, 11 December 2017

We are delighted to announce that we have been considered for three Public Sector legal awards from leading legal directory Legal 500.

VWV Celebrates Triple Shortlist for Public Sector Awards

Establishing an 'Act Extending Over a Period' in Discrimination Claims

Friday, 27 November 2015

In a recent decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) suggested that different complaints may be considered together in deciding whether there has been an 'act extending over a period'.

Trade Union Bill Update - No Further Regulation for Tackling Intimidation of Non-Striking Workers

Friday, 13 November 2015

The government has responded to the consultation on tackling the intimidation of non-striking workers and will not introduce further regulations on this matter.

Consultation on Taxation of Travel and Subsistence Payments

Friday, 09 October 2015

HMRC has published a discussion paper on the taxation of travel and subsistence payments.

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Identifying People with Significant Control - a Warning Note for Local Authorities

Thursday, 19 May 2016

Local authorities increasingly make use of companies as vehicles to trade and to provide services.

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Court of Appeal Considers the Meaning of 'Inappropriate Development' in the Green Belt

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

The recent case of R (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) v Epping Forest District Council dealt with the issue of how the construction of agricultural buildings in the Green Belt sits with the government's wider Green Belt policies.

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New Report Urges Local Authorities to Amend Planning Charges to Help Smaller House Builders

Friday, 15 April 2016

A new report has concluded that the planning charges set by some local authorities do not take into account the increased costs involved in building smaller housing developments.

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Watford Allotment-Holders Win Landmark Ruling

Friday, 15 April 2016

In a landmark ruling, the High Court has quashed a decision by the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to allow Watford Borough Council to “appropriate”, i.e. take over, 128 allotments at Farm Terrace in central Watford...

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Nuisance Call Prevention Service Fined £50,000 for…Sending Nuisance Calls

Friday, 15 April 2016

A company that sold its service as preventing nuisance calls has been fined £50,000…for making nuisance calls of its own to win business.

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High Court Refuses to Imply Duty of Good Faith in Long Term Services Contract

Friday, 15 April 2016

Portsmouth City Council v Ensign Highways Limited, High Court

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Enabling Closer Working Between the Emergency Services

Friday, 01 April 2016

On 26 January 2016, the government published ‘Enabling Closer Working Between the Emergency Services’.

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Procurement - New Draft Regulations Published

Monday, 14 March 2016

The Cabinet Office has published the government's response to consultations on the UK transposition of:

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First Declaration of Ineffectiveness Made in the UK

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

The Scottish Court has recently ruled that a call-off contract awarded under a framework agreement should be declared ineffective.

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Back to Work - Recovery of Public Sector Exit Payments

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

HM Treasury have published a consultation regarding the government's proposal for exit payments to be recovered if high earning individuals leave the public sector and return within 12 months.

Insolvency Litigation Update - The End of the Exemption

Thursday, 17 December 2015

The exemption afforded to claims by liquidators, administrators and trustees in bankruptcy which allowed them to recover success fees and insurance premiums in litigation will end in April 2016.

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