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Imposition of a landlord redevelopment break during renewal proceedings - Ministry of Sound v The British and Foreign Wharf Company Ltd
08 Jan 2026Ministry of Sound is an iconic venue that opened in 1991 at 103/105 Gaunt Street, London ("Property"). It was the UK's first nightclub dedicated to house music.
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Delay alone is not discrimination: EAT clarifies limits of inference under the Equality Act
20 Jan 2026The Employment Appeal Tribunal has overturned a finding of direct race discrimination based on delayed promotion feedback, reaffirming that delay and poor handling, without more, are not enough to shift the burden of proof in discrimination claims.
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Pay parity after insourcing - when differential treatment becomes unlawful
04 Feb 2026The EAT draws a clear distinction between pre- and post-transfer obligations, confirming when a failure to align pay following insourcing can amount to indirect race discrimination.
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COT3 settlements can bar future whistleblowing claims based on the same disclosures
11 Feb 2026The EAT has confirmed that a broadly drafted COT3 can prevent an employee from bringing later whistleblowing detriment claims, even where the alleged detriment occurs after the settlement and in a different role, provided the claim is rooted in the same underlying disclosures.
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EAT overturns finding that secondee became employee of host company
03 Mar 2026The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an Employment Tribunal erred in concluding that a secondee’s employment transferred from the parent company to the host entity.
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The UK government’s updated Fraud Strategy for 2026-2029
13 Mar 2026Fraud remains one of the most prevalent crimes in the UK, affecting individuals, businesses, and costing the UK economy billions each year. To address this growing issue, on 9 March 2026, the UK Government published the "Fraud Strategy 2026-2029: Disrupting Crime, Supporting Economic Resilience and Delivering Justice". This strategy sets out the Government's updated approach to tackling fraud, replacing the earlier strategy "Fraud Strategy: Stopping Scams and Protecting the Public", which covered the period 2023 to 2025.