The UK Government has published its response to the Law Commission's 2014 report on reforming the regime governing groundless threats of IP infringement proceedings

The Department for Transport has issued safeguarding directions for the vast majority of Phase 1 of the HS2 project.

Many schemes are still grappling with the issue of the equalisation of retirement ages between men and women.

Governments have been critical of the interaction between shareholders and companies for some time, particularly since the onset of the financial crisis.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that an employer can make age-related contributions to an occupational DC scheme, as long as the difference in treatment can be objectively justified.

A two-for-the-price-of-one judgment from the Court of Appeal in O'Brien v Ministry of Justice and Innospec v Walker has confirmed that current UK restrictions on backdating benefit entitlements do not breach EU law.

Regulations have been laid enabling trustees to modify schemes by resolution, with employer consent, to bring bridging pensions in line with changing state pension ages.

Having only just got to grips with the new pensions flexibilities, further big changes could be afoot. HM Treasury has issued a consultation on the shape of future pensions tax relief.

Pension schemes providing DC benefits (other than where the only DC benefits are AVCs) must have a chair of trustees (the Chair) in place by 5 July 2015.

When employing a young person (anyone under the age of 18), employers have the same responsibilities for their health, safety and welfare as they do for other employees.

Although the Act permitting same-sex marriage has received Royal Assent, most of it is not yet in force, and the Government announced that the first same-sex marriage is unlikely to take place before summer 2014.

The new Pensions Ombudsman (Anthony Arter), in post for only a month, has issued guidance on how he will approach awarding redress for non-financial injustice caused by maladministration.

HMRC has made it more difficult for sham schemes to gain registration, and the courts are putting schemes under close scrutiny.

The case of Olympic Airlines has highlighted the difficulty for a pension scheme with an overseas employer in gaining entry to the PPF.

The Olympic Airlines case highlighted a major problem in accessing the Pensions Protection Fund (PPF) for schemes with an employer based in the EU.

The number of prosecutions that the HSE takes each year as a consequence of injuries caused by inadequate guarding remains astonishing.

The Pensions Regulator has issued details of additional information which trustees will be required to include in Scheme Return submissions.

The government has recently published its latest list of 115 employers who have failed to pay the national minimum wage (NMW) to all their workers.

The FCA has published policy statement on payments to platform service providers and cash rebates from providers to consumers.

The Government has introduced new legislation in an attempt to prevent the loss of drinking establishments that provide community benefit.