Supreme Court ruling on discrimination claims against regulatory bodies
02/11/17
The Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in the case of Michalak v General Medical Council
Police officers can bring claims in employment tribunal following dismissal by a misconduct panel
02/11/17
The supreme court has ruled that, under EU law, police officers have the right to bring claims in the Employment Tribunal (ET)
Theresa May announces the scrapping of the housing benefit cap for supported housing and the wider social housing sector
26/10/17
Local housing allowance (LHA) cap on supported housing.
Employment tribunal fees refund scheme begins
23/10/17
The government announced the first details of the employment tribunal fees refund scheme
New corporate offence of failure to prevent criminal tax evasion in force from 30 September
19/10/17
Criminal Finances Act 2017, which came into force on 30 September
How do you send your sensitive information?
18/10/17
Greater Manchester Police has been fined £150,000 after 3 DVDs containing footage of interviews with victims of serious violent crime failed to reach their intended recipient, the National Crime Agency.
Facility time publication requirement – are you up to speed?
17/10/17
The Regulations require nearly all public sector employers to publish information on how much time is spent by their trade union officials on paid “trade union facility time” over the course of the relevant 12-month period.
Learning from mistakes and effective serious incident investigation
16/10/17
Serious incident (SI) investigations are a critical post incident analysis tool
Monthly housing case law October 2017 update
09/10/17
The court of appeal has held that a secure tenant was not entitled to a statutory
The state of the care sector: ‘winter is coming’
06/10/17
An article written by Jamie Cuffe, Partner in our Commercial team.
Doctors and family who agree on withdrawal of feeding no longer need to apply to Court
26/09/17
On 20 September 2017, Mr Justice Peter Jackson (before moving on to the Court of Appeal) handed down a judgment that clarifies the law, for a difficult and emotive aspect of treatment, for both practitioners and families alike.
Unfair practices in the leasehold market – Capsticks’ response to DCLG consultation
14/09/17
DCLG is currently running a consultation on proposals to stamp out unfair practices