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- 'Education for All' Bill announced in the King’s Speech 2026
- 'Material change' for Independent Schools - a reset of the relationship with the Equality Act as more schools become co-educational?
- 'Please Sir, may I have some more' - gifts to children - the presumption against double portions and hotchpot
- 'Super-universities' - the new wave of collaboration?
- "Dire and requires urgent attention"
- £100 million boost to quantum hubs to aid life sciences innovations
- £30,000 pay-out as a consequence of inadequate allergy management in a school
- €160m fine warning of dangers of imposing resale prices on customers or interfering with discounts
- 2026 Property industry outlook: Key reforms and market impact
- 23andMe Data Breach: strengthening defences and compliance in the life sciences industry
- 5 essential steps to prepare before applying for divorce
- A claim in simple terms: Your step-by-step guide to a personal injury claim
- A comprehensive guide to heads of terms in leasehold commercial property transactions
- A day of reckoning for landlord's hidden costs
- A recent Ombudsman case concerning a school admission appeal decision
- A reminder for schools to be alert to copyright infringement
- A reminder the College Financial Handbook 2025 becomes effective 1st August
- A silver bullet for inheritance tax: making the most of the 'normal expenditure out of income' exemption
- A step towards fairness: abolishing forfeiture and reforming rentcharges under the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill
- ABPI and UK Government bring forward VPAG pricing review
- Academy Trust Handbook 2025: key updates you need to know
- Academy trust trading companies: time for a compliance health check?
- Acas consults on updated Code for trade union time off and facilities
- Acas launches campaign to support neurodivergent workers
- Acas updates its sexual harassment guidance in light of new duty
- Agency worker status upheld for Ryanair contractor
- Agency workers: consultation on modernising the regulatory framework
- Agricultural workers and the Renters' Rights Act: what landlords need to know
- AI - a tool for sustainability with a resource cost
- AI & Copyright Law: comparing global approaches
- AI and copyright - moving closer to a solution?
- AI and copyright: UK launches working groups – but can common ground be found?
- AI and Copyright: Updates from the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 progress statement
- AI in Higher Education: Are we prepared for chatbot companions?
- Allergy safety in schools - key takeaways from the DfE’s latest update
- Allergy safety in schools: speed read on what schools need to know about the new DfE guidance
- Alterations - key actions and considerations for commercial tenants
- Alternatives to court - options for dispute resolution
- An Overview of the Covid-19 Inquiry – Module 8 and Its Potential Impact on Schools
- Anti-Islamic belief in English nationalism not protected under Equality Act
- April 2025 minimum wage increases confirmed
- Associative Indirect Discrimination: EAT rules Tribunal was not wrong to allow claims
- Assurances about share options can be binding even if the plan rules weren't followed
- Attitudes to AI in the Workplace: Opportunity or Threat?
- Automation or augmentation?
- Autumn Budget 2024 - significant increase in charities' staffing costs
- Autumn Budget 2025
- Avoid penalties, protect your registration: Understanding the new profit cap & oversight regime for children's social care providers
- Avoiding ETA delays - why timely UK travel planning is crucial for travellers and businesses
- Avoiding the contract extension trap
- Back to School: key regulatory updates for the Autumn Term
- Back to School: Top tips for SEND Governance
- Back to school: what academies and maintained schools must do to have compliant policies
- Basic awards and employer insolvency: tribunal determination remains essential
- Beauty treatments: High fashion or high risk?
- Bereaved partner’s paternity leave: draft regulations published
- Beyond notification: best practices after the death of a service user
- BioNTech £1bn investment commitment boosts UK life sciences industry
- Breaking down the English Devolution White Paper: What it means for local government lawyers
- Bristol Practice Management Conference - key takeaways
- Budget 2025: key employment and payroll measures
- Budget 2025: Key Financial Impacts for GPs and GP practices
- Building a construction contract via WhatsApp
- Bursar's Checklist - VAT practical considerations
- Business lasting powers of attorney - Risk management for your business
- Business Relief and healthcare professionals: planning ahead for the new rules
- Business tenancy renewal rights: What the Law Commission's latest proposals mean for you
- But where will I put my Christmas tree?
- Buying a property with someone else? Here's what you need to know
- Byte-sized guide to successfully procuring IT systems
- Calls for changes to street appeals by unregistered fundraisers
- Calls for parental bereavement leave to extend to pre-24-week pregnancy loss
- Can a Deathbed Gift override a Will?
- Can a Personal Injury Compensation Claim Be Made Against the Employer of an Individual Who Injures a Customer?
- Can a Successful Personal Injury Compensation Claim Be Made Against the Employer of an Employee Who Injures Somebody?
- Can coercive control impact a financial settlement?
- Can I bring a personal injury claim if someone has died?
- Can I use covert recordings in family court proceedings?
- Cancellation of overtime was not less favourable treatment of part-time worker, confirms EAT
- Capital allowances and GP Practices: Unlocking tax relief - An insight from Albert Goodman LLP
- Care home employees fairly dismissed following refusal to have Covid vaccination
- Care home terms - making resident agreements work for you
- Case law and Business Relief in the Court of Protection
- Case law update: Arena Television Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Bank of Scotland plc
- Case law update: Court of Appeal judgment in Mather v Rattan
- Challenging 'reasonableness' of landlord service charge decisions
- Championing practice management: The vision behind the Institute of General Practice Management
- Changes to Immigration Rules announced
- Changes to immigration rules: protection of care workers and salary adjustments
- Changes to inheritance tax on pensions: what to expect from April 2027
- Changes to UK medical devices regulation: What is on the horizon for 2025?
- Charities and cause-related marketing - commercial participators
- Charities and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
- Charities, trading subsidiaries and financial distress - what do you need to know?
- Charity Commission decision not to register an esoteric organisation upheld by the First-tier Tribunal
- Charity Commission merges Dudley Mosque charities using rarely used legal powers
- Charity Commission opens statutory inquiry into PCC
- Charity trustee not entitled to whistleblowing protection under employment legislation
- Charity trustees and controversial issues: Lessons from the Defend Our Juries Case
- Chidswell: High Court highlights the importance of publishing Section 106 agreements before issuing permission.
- Child arrangement orders: the importance of a child's wishes and feelings
- Child arrangements: can you have a joint 'lives with' order when the child spends more time with one parent than the other?
- Child Student visa update - Updated guardianship and living arrangement rules from 11 November 2025
- Child Student visa update: UKVI clarifies guardian and living arrangement requirements
- Children and Wellbeing Bill: Proposed MAT-Level inspections and expanded intervention powers
- Children Missing Education: what schools need to know about the 2025 guidance update
- CIPD Calls for a Reskilling Revolution
- City & Guilds - the ongoing saga over the sale of the charity's training and awards body
- Claim missed off list of issues should have been considered by Tribunal
- Claimant not allowed to raise new substantive argument at appeal stage
- Claimant permitted to pursue whistleblowing dismissal and detriment claims in respect of same facts
- Claimant who reasonably believed disclosing disability would harm future career entitled to anonymity order
- Claimant's failure to attach 'grounds of resistance' leads to dismissal of appeal
- Clarifying pay entitlements during employee suspension: tribunal highlights key requirements for withholding wages
- Clarifying the claiming period for PPA drugs under the GMS Statement of Financial Entitlements
- Clarity on overseas pensions lacking from Legislation Day
- Cleaner working double shifts loses unfair dismissal claim over Working Time Regulations breach
- Climate risk in property transactions: Why it matters and how to respond
- CMA publishes updated guidance on collaboration between higher education providers
- CMA supports targeted reform of employment non-compete clauses
- Collaborating in times of crisis: what do higher education providers need to know?
- Collaboration between schools: Rising to current challenges
- Collective consultation duty arises earlier than point of final decision in insolvency context
- Collective consultation thresholds and group structures: lessons from a large-scale redundancy exercise
- Collective consultations - giving you the benefit of NQHR's experience
- Commercial participation: What do charities need to know?
- Commercial property investment - what's not to like?
- Commission disputes and team input clarified by the EAT
- Companies House - mandatory ID verification
- Compensation and causation in discrimination claims
- Complaint, not protected act, was the reason for detriment
- Compulsory retirement and age discrimination: Tribunal rules against law firm
- Concussions in rugby: Why Garry Ringrose put safety first
- Confidentiality redefined: preparing for NDA reforms in the Employment Rights Bill
- Constructive dismissal and discrimination: misleading an employee about their role during sickness absence was a breach of trust and confidence.
- Consultation on new organisation-wide trigger for collective redundancy consultation
- Consultation on protection from detriment for taking industrial action
- Consultation opens for amendments to be made to ET Rules regarding written reasons for decisions and judgements
- Consultation opens on improving access to flexible working
- Contractual controls - what they are and what it means
- Contractual flexibility clause did not entitle lorry driver to additional pay (EAT)
- COP29: What are the key points for the Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences sector?
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: analysing the UK Government's March 2026 reports
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: does prohibiting text and data mining protect the UK creative industries?
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: how to protect your interests in the UK
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: the divergence of the EU and UK
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: the end of copyright for computer-generated works
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: the UK's pivot towards a new digital replica right
- Costs Chaos: Is detailed assessment worth it?
- Costs provisions in the Court of Protection: Implications for professional deputies and local authorities following the appeal decision in Riddle
- COT3 settlements can bar future whistleblowing claims based on the same disclosures
- Court of Appeal applies Scottish precedent on part-time worker discrimination
- Court of Appeal clarifies consultation requirements in small scale redundancies
- Court of Appeal clarifies limits of state immunity in employment claims
- Court of Appeal clarifies limits on adverse inferences from missing records
- Court of Appeal confirms Blacklist Regulations protect workers taking industrial action
- Court of Appeal confirms employees can bring whistleblowing detriment claims for dismissal
- Court of Appeal confirms limits of state immunity in embassy discrimination case
- Court of Appeal confirms limits of whistleblowing rights for job applicants
- Court of Appeal confirms MHPS case manager clause was contractually binding
- Court of Appeal confirms school inspector’s dismissal was unfair in absence of policy or training
- Court of Appeal confirms scope of worker status for paid volunteers
- Court of Appeal confirms tribunals are not required to determine unpleaded claims
- Court of Appeal confirms UKVI’s approach to sponsorship licence revocations
- Court of Appeal decision highlights worker status risk for charities using volunteers
- Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in permanent exclusion case - what does this mean for your school?
- Court of Appeal reduces sentence in contempt proceedings arising from Employment Tribunal claim
- Court of Appeal refuses to reopen discrimination appeal following alleged inconsistency with Higgs decision
- Court of Appeal reinforces strict approach to EAT appeal deadlines
- Court of Appeal rules on how to calculate damages in liability clause
- Court of Appeal upholds HMRC’s position on umbrella company tax liabilities
- Court of Appeal upholds key aspects of Tesco equal pay approach
- Court of Appeal: Race discrimination claim upheld against Council
- Court of Session confirms that PHI benefits may remain payable after dismissal and be recoverable as wages
- CPS and SFO update guidance on corporate prosecutions
- CQC & Ofsted Joint Seminar regarding Registration
- CQC SAF: change is the only constant
- CQC Single Assessment Framework - the good, the bad and the ugly
- CQC’s new inspection framework: Collaboration, clarity, and the path forward
- Creating a culture of safety - the new Protect Duty
- Crime and Policing Act 2026 - the extension of corporate criminal liability
- Data, data everywhere - what can we learn from HMRC's inheritance tax liabilities statistics?
- Decisions decisions - what does recent OfS regulatory activity mean for university decision-making?
- Delay alone is not discrimination: EAT clarifies limits of inference under the Equality Act
- Delegated healthcare activities and CQC compliance: where providers can get caught out
- Devolution in focus: Introducing the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
- DfE introduces new 'Form N' to streamline consent process for academies to open third-party operated nurseries on school sites.
- DfE publishes revised guidance on suspensions and permanent exclusions
- Did adjective apply to the whole list or just the first item? Court of Appeal gives ruling
- Digital dose: using social media and online platforms to market and sell medicines and medical products
- Director and PSC identity verification - key Companies House updates
- Discrimination claim dismissed despite failure to make reasonable adjustments
- Dismissal for dishonesty in job application deemed fair
- Dismissal for newspaper Interview breaches Article 10: European Court of Human Rights decision
- Divorce and finance settlements - what's conduct got to do with it?
- DIY divorce: common pitfalls and how early advice can protect you
- Do GP practices always have to pass on pay uplifts to salaried GPs?
- Do healthcare providers need to register their property with the Trust Registration Service?
- Does the law on finances on divorce need to be reformed?
- Draft KCSIE 2026: The proposed changes
- E-Bundles - What Are the New Rules for Solicitors?
- Early conciliation and jurisdiction – Court of Appeal clarifies the consequences of non-compliance
- Early conciliation period extended to 12 weeks
- Early years - hidden childcare fees under scrutiny
- EAT clarifies approach to assessing disability in neurodivergent job applicant case
- EAT clarifies approach to assessing future loss in unfair dismissal claims
- EAT clarifies costs rules in discrimination claims brought by litigants in person
- EAT clarifies harassment rules on comments about accents linked to race
- EAT clarifies judicial notice and group disadvantage in indirect discrimination claim
- EAT clarifies scope of maternity leave redundancy protections
- EAT confirms broad approach to deduction of state benefits from discrimination compensation
- EAT confirms dismissal unfair where key element of employer’s reason was not reasonably held
- EAT confirms employee was dismissed after objecting to TUPE transfer
- EAT confirms no implied employment relationship for carer funded through direct payments
- EAT confirms that delay in resigning did not amount to affirmation
- EAT confirms uncapped compensation can flow from discrimination that leads to resignation
- EAT considers prescribed medical cannabis and disability discrimination in safety-critical rail work
- EAT decision clarifies power to make costs awards for Tribunal litigation
- EAT decision highlights value of clear contracts and written variation clauses in consultancy arrangements
- EAT dismisses respondent's appeal in whistleblowing case
- EAT emphasises fairness when dealing with post-hearing anonymity applications
- EAT finds conditional job offer created binding contract with three months’ implied notice
- EAT finds employer could not impose bonus cap after entitlement had crystallised
- EAT finds errors in tribunal’s approach to reasonable adjustments and unfair dismissal
- EAT finds no requirement to reduce compensatory award as a result of employee's contributory fault.
- EAT finds Tribunal erred in assessing injury to feelings award
- EAT grants anonymity order in light of new mental health evidence
- EAT holds that employer should have considered availability of suitable roles arising from upcoming merger before dismissing disabled employee
- EAT issues useful reminder on substitution mindset in Tribunal litigation
- EAT limits personal liability for whistleblowing detriments
- EAT orders rehearing due to tribunal delay and legal errors in whistleblowing case
- EAT overturns finding that criticism of systemic racism was a manifestation of protected belief
- EAT overturns finding that secondee became employee of host company
- EAT overturns key parts of remedy decision in discrimination case
- EAT overturns race discrimination decision after new evidence emerges
- EAT overturns tribunal finding in diabetes case
- EAT provides guidance on worker status and employment status tests
- EAT reconsiders role of duress in wrongful dismissal claim
- EAT reduces £10,000 injury to feelings award to £2,000
- EAT remits Christian applicant case for fresh analysis of belief and manifestation
- EAT remits fitness test discrimination case for reconsideration
- EAT remits whistleblowing detriment claim after errors in tribunal’s reasoning
- EAT rules against worker status for black cab driver
- EAT rules HR consultants not liable for dismissal decision
- EAT rules that a COT3 settled a related appeal, despite not being explicitly mentioned
- EAT substitutes unfair dismissal after “strikingly flawed” appeal process
- EAT supports working days approach to holiday pay calculations
- EAT upholds FCA’s dismissal of employee accused of sending harassing email
- EAT upholds refusal to allow employer to defend claim after 10-month delay
- EAT upholds refusal to allow late disability discrimination amendment
- EAT upholds refusal to lift anonymisation orders
- EAT upholds strike-out of discrimination claims due to inability to have a fair trial
- EAT upholds tribunal decision on TUPE transfer date and insolvency exception
- EAT upholds tribunal's decision to reject race discrimination claim despite error in reasoning
- EAT: Tribunals must consider context when assessing alleged protected acts
- ECCTA: Companies House identity verification goes live 18 November 2025
- Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 - managing fraud risk and the failure to prevent offence
- Education policy changes: accountability reform
- Education Policy update
- Education Policy update for Academies and Maintained Schools
- EHRC consults on updated Services Code following Supreme Court ruling
- EHRC issues interim update following Supreme Court ruling on the definition of 'sex' under the Equality Act
- EHRC launches consultation on updated sexual harassment technical guidance
- EHRC publishes 2025-2028 draft strategic plan
- EHRC publishes guidance on the prevention of workplace sexual harassment
- EHRC takes action on single-sex space policies
- EHRC updates interim advice on For Women Scotland judgment
- EHRC updates technical guidance on sexual harassment
- EHRC’s updated draft Code on Services, Public Functions and Associations laid before Parliament
- Electronic payslips satisfy statutory requirements
- Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rollout: what you need to know
- Embracing enhanced employment rights: building a stronger, more committed workforce
- Employee awarded £470,000 in compensation following dismissal for using offensive language
- Employee Wellbeing - declining steadily since 2020
- Employee with long clean disciplinary record fairly dismissed following racist incident
- Employer's holiday fund savings scheme caused breach of National Minimum Wages rules
- Employers facing significant changes to NICs and Minimum Wage rates from April 2025
- Employment Appeal Tribunal considers scope of sex-related harassment
- Employment Rights Act 2025 – Key April 2026 developments
- Employment Rights Act 2025 impact assessments published ahead of major unfair dismissal changes
- Employment Rights Act 2025 receives Royal Assent: what academies and maintained schools should be focusing on now
- Employment Rights Act 2025 receives Royal Assent: what school employers should be focusing on now
- Employment Rights Act 2025: government publishes updated factsheets
- Employment Rights Act 2025: planning ahead for 2027 changes
- Employment Rights Act 2025: What are the big impacts for universities?
- Employment Rights Bill introduces significant reforms for workers and employers
- Employment Rights Bill update - Royal Assent within sight
- Employment Rights Bill update – Royal Assent delayed until October
- Employment Rights Bill: Bill returns to the Commons once again
- Employment Rights Bill: clarification on 'excepted agreements' under new NDA rules
- Employment Rights Bill: further Lords defeats signal continuing deadlock
- Employment Rights Bill: Government amendments progress at Lords Committee stage
- Employment Rights Bill: Government stands firm on Lords’ challenges
- Employment Rights Bill: Government U-turn on day 1 unfair dismissal rights
- Employment Rights Bill: implementation roadmap published
- Employment Rights Bill: implementation roadmap published (1)
- Employment Rights Bill: key amendments and future consultations as Report stage nears conclusion
- Employment Rights Bill: key amendments and what they mean for employers
- Employment Rights Bill: Key implications for the Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Sector
- Employment Rights Bill: latest developments following Commons debate
- Employment Rights Bill: latest government amendments signal further change
- Employment Rights Bill: Lords’ rejections and what happens next
- Employment Rights Bill: proposed amendments at House of Lords Committee Stage
- Employment Rights Bill: questions raised over third-party harassment provisions
- Employment Rights Bill: Recent amendments and upcoming consultations
- Employment Rights Bill: recent amendments and where we are now
- Employment Rights Bill: updates from the fourth sitting of House of Lords report stage
- Employment Rights Bill: what are the implications for higher education institutions?
- Employment Tribunal finds charity trustees are not entitled to whistleblower protections
- Employment Tribunal has jurisdiction despite absence of Early Conciliation
- Employment Update April 2025: Statutory neonatal care leave
- Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates - why GP surgeries need these in place
- Engaging with collective voice: navigating union rights under the Employment Rights Bill
- Environmental impact assessments and downstream emissions
- Equal Pay: Asda retail workers carry out work of equal value to distribution centre workers
- Equality (Race and Disability) Bill: call for evidence
- ERA 2025 - key industrial relations reforms move a step closer
- Error in tribunal’s ‘last straw’ analysis leads to successful appeal in constructive dismissal case
- Everyday evidence that can strengthen your personal injury claim
- Executors beware! Rising concerns over misappropriated assets
- Expulsion in partnerships: navigating litigation risks and key lessons
- Extension of Permitted Development Rights for higher education institutions
- Fair Work Agency - what schools need to know
- Fair Work Agency report highlights widespread labour market non-compliance
- Fair Work Agency sets enforcement direction and priorities for transitional year
- FAQs - Does a Will trump an Inheritance Act claim?
- FAQs - Updating Land Registry titles for Unincorporated Charities
- FCA and SRA publish joint statement to representatives involved in motor finance claims
- FCA consultation on motor finance compensation scheme
- FCA launches motor finance redress scheme
- FCA motor finance redress scheme leads to substantial decrease in FOS complaints
- FCA publishes findings on review of risk assessment processes
- Fees for planning applications set to increase
- Fees in Advance schemes - what is the update?
- Female newsreaders appeal Tribunal decision blocking new claims against the BBC
- FIA schemes and VAT update
- Fighting fire with fire: what should higher education institutions consider when using AI tools to spot whether students are using AI to write their dissertations?
- Finance Bill 2026: strengthening action on umbrella company tax non-compliance
- Fire and re-hire protections delayed until January 2027
- Fire and re-hire: Government revives draft order on increased protective awards for failure to follow statutory Code of Practice
- Fire and re-hire: how much is the government really scaling back?
- Fire and rehire: consultation on expenses, benefits and shift patterns
- Fire safety: an overview of the duties imposed on the "responsible person" by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- First Use of Crypto Asset Freezing Powers under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
- First-tier Tribunal decision upholds disqualification of de facto trustees
- Fitting out your space: A practical guide for charity tenants
- Five Top Tips for CPSEs
- Food allergy laws: Natasha's Law and Benedict's Law
- Football referees held not to be employees despite Supreme Court findings on mutuality and control
- Forthcoming changes to QTS – Navigating grey areas and preparing for the future
- Foster carers permitted to bring whistleblowing and discrimination claims
- Frameworks under the Procurement Act - FAQs
- Fraud audits: how to get started and practical tips for your charity
- Fraud fallout: Can lease break clauses survive payment interception?
- Fraud trials - efficiency over fairness?
- From heads of terms to handback: A guide to managing your charity's lease
- From patchwork to programme – The DfE’s estates strategy and the race to remove RAAC by 2029
- Funding challenges for early years providers: a practical guide for nursery owners
- Gender questioning children guidance: where are we now?
- Gender-questioning children under draft KCSIE 2026: a safeguarding perspective
- Generalised health and safety concerns did not amount to protected whistleblowing disclosure
- Getting VAT ready in the lead up to January 2025
- Governance reform – Committee system set to be phased out under new legislation
- Government confirms framework for statutory trade union right of access
- Government confirms plans to boost regulation of umbrella companies
- Government confirms plans to introduce mandatory pay reporting for large employers
- Government confirms timetable for unfair dismissal reforms
- Government considering introduction of an office of the whistleblower
- Government consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting
- Government consultation: Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Union Ballots
- Government consultation: Enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers
- Government consultation: Implementing the Employment Rights Bill’s duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union
- Government consultation: Implementing the Employment Rights Bill’s provisions on trade union access to workplaces
- Government consultation: Leave for bereavement including pregnancy loss
- Government consults on key reforms under the Employment Rights Bill
- Government consults on restricting the misuse of NDAs in harassment and discrimination cases
- Government corrects statutory Code of Practice on fire and re-hire
- Government Industrial Strategy targets UK in top three life sciences economies in 10 years
- Government launches call for evidence on TUPE reform
- Government launches consultation on carers' rights and leave for parents of seriously ill children
- Government launches consultation on disability support and workplace adjustments
- Government launches consultations on Employment Rights Bill proposals
- Government launches review of parental leave and pay
- Government opens new consultation on zero-hours reforms
- Government pauses implementation of regulations on the interpretation of EU law
- Government plans to double qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain
- Government plans to extend ban on NDAs for victims of crime
- Government proposes ban on upwards-only rent reviews in commercial leases (1)
- Government proposes new Charity Commission powers to combat extremism - charity sector bodies express concern
- Government publishes 2023 report on National Living Wage and Minimum Wage enforcement
- Government publishes detailed framework for gender equality action plans
- Government publishes guidance on gender equality action plans
- Government publishes working paper on non-compete reform
- Government reportedly reviewing plans to reintroduce employment tribunal fees
- Government responds to concerns over third-party harassment duty in the Employment Rights Bill
- Government responds to WEC proposals on bereavement leave for pregnancy loss
- Government response to Women and Equalities Committee on misogyny in music
- Government revives plan to ban NDAs in higher education
- Government seeks costs assessment before approving updated EHRC Services Code
- Government sets out Low Pay Commission’s remit for 2026 NLW and NMW rates
- Government shelves predictable T&Cs framework in favour of stronger contractual rights
- Government signals review of UK whistleblowing framework by 2027
- Government still considering EHRC Code of Practice on Services
- Government to restrict higher-level apprenticeship funding to under-22s
- Government unveils apprenticeship levy overhaul
- Government unveils life sciences sector plan - will it achieve great things?
- GP landlords - key actions and considerations for consents to lease assignments
- GP Premises options for future planning
- Handling confidential information in schools: key lessons from a recent case
- Harassment and indirect sex discrimination arising from access to single-sex changing facilities
- Has your charity done all it can to prepare for the mandatory requirements to verify trustee identity?
- Health Bill 2026: Real estate implications for the Healthcare Sector and Primary care providers
- High Court clarifies that legal advice privilege can extend to internal client communications
- High Court confirms disclosure of private information in harassment complaint was lawful and proportionate
- High Court confirms online talent directory is not an employment agency
- High Court confirms share option assurances can give rise to enforceable rights under proprietary estoppel
- High Court confirms TUPE transfer does not trigger early pension entitlement
- High Court examines data protection rights of employees where data is obtained deceptively
- High Court finds former employee in contempt for fabricating discrimination and harassment allegations
- High Court finds franchisor breached duty of good faith towards driving instructors
- High Court upholds EHRC interim update following For Women Scotland
- High street rental auctions - local authority powers
- High-risk contracts - what schools should know
- HM Treasury updates public sector guidance on special severance payments
- HMRC publishes new guidance on umbrella company reforms
- HMRC revises CEST employment status tool and guidance
- Holiday pay enforcement moves a step closer
- Home Office consults on updated right to work code to prevent discrimination
- Home Office provides new restrictions on passing immigration fees to sponsored workers
- Home Office removes invitation requirement for eVisa applications
- Home Office to increase enforcement action against sponsors and employers to reduce net migration
- Homes for London: A package of support
- House of Commons Committee calls for reforms to improve employment opportunities for disabled workers
- How can you get a divorce or dissolution if you have lost contact with your spouse or civil partner?
- How charities can claim their costs in personal injury claims
- How do you change your child's name?
- How lifetime gifts can cause problems on a future estate administration - double portions
- How long can partners claim reimbursement for maternity leave? Is it six or 12 months?
- How new Companies House ID requirements are working in practice
- How the new Labour Government proposes to impact the Healthcare Sector
- How will the Renters Reform Bill affect school accommodation?
- How's it going for pharma SMEs in the EU?
- Hugely significant legislation day looms
- I think my charity is in financial distress - what do I need to know?
- ICO publishes audit framework to help employers with data protection compliance
- Immigration Law Update for Charities - what do you need to be aware of?
- Immigration update for university HR teams - preparing for extended right to work checks
- Immigration update: important changes coming to Child Student Visa rules affecting care arrangements
- Immigration White Paper published: what HR teams need to know
- Implications for charities of the Employment Rights Bill
- Important changes to Employment Tribunal and EAT rules
- Important changes to the Academy Trust Handbook regarding confidentiality clauses
- Imposition of a landlord redevelopment break during renewal proceedings - Ministry of Sound v The British and Foreign Wharf Company Ltd
- In or out of the Procurement Act? What higher education institutions need to know
- Increase in UKVI compliance activity - how can you protect your school's Student Sponsor Licence?
- Increase of limits on tribunal awards and statutory payments from April 2026
- Increase of limits on tribunal awards from 6 April 2025
- Increase to small company threshold for off-payroll working rules
- Increased scrutiny on sponsorship arrangements
- Independent Schools: Preparing for the August 2025 VAT Return
- Individual liability in discrimination cases
- Industrial action reforms take effect under Employment Rights Act 2025
- Industrial relations reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025 and what they mean for academies and schools
- Industrial relations reforms under the Employment Rights Act 2025 and what they mean for higher education providers
- Information sharing measures under ECCTA
- Inheritance Act claims - A recent example of a successful claim by an adult child - a man in his 70s…
- Inheritance Challenges: Can a high rolling lifestyle continue after death?
- Injecting compliance: A tightening regulatory grip on GLP-1 medicines?
- IP scams: protecting your charity’s intellectual property
- IR35: Upper Tribunal confirms employment status in doctor's hospital engagement
- Is a successful personal injury claim only about the money?
- Is a successful personal injury claim only about the money? (1)
- Is it about to become easier for charities to send fundraising emails?
- Is it safe for your business to embrace AI?
- Is the end finally nigh for chancel repair?
- Is your GP Surgery property in order?
- Jhoots Update 14 November 2025
- Judicial review decision on Kids Company inquiry report
- Keeping children safe in education – 2025 update expected soon
- Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025: key changes and what schools need to know
- Keeping your GP surgery property in order - is your buildings insurance up to date?
- Key changes in UK’s non-domicile regime overhaul
- Key Deadlines for the Windsor Framework: what you need to know about medicine regulations
- Key employment law developments for early 2025
- Key employment law developments for early 2025 - care providers should act now to prepare for change
- Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023
- Key insights from our workplace culture survey
- Key Issues that may invalidate buildings insurance over GP surgery premises
- Key points for tenants when undertaking alterations
- Key post-election dates
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