Legal Insights

It has been two years since legislation came into force allowing parents to share parental leave between them when a baby or newly...

The political debate over which political party should run the country is certainly increasing as the general election draws nearer. What...

Job interviews can be as difficult for the interviewer as for the interviewee, but that's no excuse when it comes to discriminatory...

Our Employment trainee solicitor, Kashif Aslam, looks at what exactly a zero hour contract entails and what this means for both the...

Following a legal challenge from Southwark Council, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid has lifted his...

Planning permission for the Thames Garden Bridge expires in December, and while Sadiq Khan does not have the authority to scrap the...

An employee tells you that you’re doing something wrong. Not just any wrong, but a serious wrong such as a criminal offence or creating a...

With general election campaigning back in full swing, employers might be struggling with employees spending more time debating and...

2 weeks to go.

Tied in with employment rights, immigration is fairly intertwined.

Here are a few pledges from three of the parties:

Labour

When does harmless 'banter' become something more serious that employers need to tackle? Two recently reported stories making headlines...

The legal sector has oft been called one of the most ripe for innovation. Traditional to the point of archaic, and hierarchical to the...

Fox Rodney Search is delighted to welcome Jonathan Fort to its London team as Director. Jonathan brings a wealth of experience to the...

We are not going to pretend to do an economic assessment of the employment effects of the parties' manifestos, but we thought this piece...

Having done a snapshot on some of the proposed changes by the Labour and Conservative party, I am mindful to include a brief synopsis on...

On Wednesday, DC Circuit Court judges will hear arguments over the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). ...

Despite unemployment being at its lowest for decades, there are often many more candidates for jobs than there are jobs available....

There was a king who had 10 wild dogs. Once, one of the ministers made a mistake.  The king ordered for the minister to be thrown to the...

Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has announced that employees at Southern Railway, Merseyrail and Northern (Arriva Rail North)...

Last October, the government commissioned Matthew Taylor, the chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts, to review the changing labour...

A part-time worker (Maria McKeith) for Ardoyne Association who was dismissed in March 2015 has been awarded £18,886 in damages.

An...

With the general election gathering pace and the polls being watched carefully by some, workplace talk might turn to who should win,...

Our Employment associate, David Sheppard, outlines the most significant employment law proposals from the Conservative and Labour manifestos

Parents need to be aware of the issues and law regarding taking their children abroad to avoid being unknowingly embroiled over issues of...

Deepmind have been back in the news again recently for their inappropriate gathering of training data from the NHS. Currently, under...

The 8th June 2017 will come upon us all a lot quicker than we may realise. Between now and then, a whole host of rhetoric and promises...

Yes. 

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It is not a typo.

The Law

Employees have a statutory right to be accompanied to a grievance or disciplinary hearing by either a...

A London court has awarded a woman almost half of the £1 billion fortune that she and her husband amassed during the course of their...

The Court of Appeal are being asked to decide whether the wife in this case should have received more than the 37% of the matrimonial...

Over the past four years, the UK and European Courts have been confirming and redefining the rules on holiday pay. With all the...

Mental Health Awareness Week comes to a close on Sunday. 

I have seen articles which have suggested that being a Lawyer can be one of the...

In the latest of a string of high profile claims, John Lewis is the unlikely perpetrator of a breach of the national minimum wage rules.

In addition to lobbying Bankers to relocate to Paris, President Macron is promising to overhaul the labor market, simplify the French tax...

An Order has reportedly been made by the Family Court in Central London giving the wife 41.5% of the matrimonial pot. 

This equates to an...

The "no fault based" divorce campaign is raging on and has now finally reached the ears of politicians in time for the upcoming election....

Our Employment partner, Richard Thomas , looks at the news that  the John Lewis employee group has set aside £36m over possible minimum...

Our Employment solicitor, Angharad Aspinall, looks at the recent case which found that sleep in care workers may be entitled to the...

A lot of media focus remains around fintech and the huge advances that are being made in service delivery and customer interaction and...

BarkerGilmore, a New York-based boutique executive search firm specializing in building corporate legal and compliance teams from the top...

The Chair of Resolution has urged the major political parties to make clear pledges to change family law within their manifestos. 

With...

Our trainee solicitor for Employment, Andrew Rees, looks at Labour's pro-worker promises, including banning all zero-hour contracts 

In...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has published an information note following consultation with the Workplace...

Our Employment solicitor, Angharad Aspinall, discusses Theresa May's promise to protect pensions if the Conservatives win the general...

Our Employment associate, David Sheppard, looks at the concern within government that the growth in the gig economy is adversely...

Our trainee solicitor for Employment, Andrew Rees, looks at the five things you need to know if you are going through a redundancy procedure

Statistics have revealed that parents will be involved in more than 25% of housing transactions across the UK in lending their children...

One of the first actions of the incumbent Government after the last General Election was to put in a place a “Productivity Plan”...

The President's team hints that carried-interest,  the rule that allows financial managers at PE firms to pay capital gains tax rate,...