Insights 11 November 2014
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Review: Banks targeted SMEs with “swap” mis-selling
Prior to the recession, many SMEs and individuals were encouraged to purchase complex products, sold as “protecting” them from increasing interest rat...
Insights 11 November 2014
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Insights 11 November 2014
“For the times they are a-changin”
Proposed reforms to contract drafting by the Scottish Law Commission
Insights 6 November 2014
EAT ruling confirms employers must include overtime in holiday pay
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now given its long-awaited judgment confirming that overtime is part of normal pay and must be reflected in payments for holiday.
Insights 29 October 2014
Employers can avoid punitive damages by correctly identifying deductions on payslips
Employers must accurately itemise salary deductions due to them to avoid the risk of punitive damages, even though the employer is entitled to make th...
Insights 25 September 2014
Employee succeeds with constructive unfair dismissal claim when in breach of contract
The EAT found in favour of an employee, who was in material breach of their employment contract, resign and claim constructive unfair dismissal due to...
Insights 12 September 2014
Change of location – not always a substantial change in employees’ working conditions
The EAT confirmed that a change of location is not always a substantial change in working conditions to an employee’s detriment in a recent case regar...
Insights 29 August 2014
Landlords to share responsibility for checking illegal migrants UK status
The Immigration Act 2014 could make landlords legally responsible for checking the immigration status of any new adult tenants. Neglecting to perform...
Insights 22 August 2014
Surrogacy and the facts of life
It may still be rarer than adoption, but more people encountering difficulties in conceiving or giving birth naturally are choosing to use surrogates ...
