DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.

Most FCA solo-regulated firms will have to implement SMCR by the end of this year. David Sims, employment partner and head of the SMCR practice at law firm DAC Beachcroft tells you everything you need to know.

To many people, "public sector" is not synonymous with "innovative"; a descriptor often reserved for private businesses ...

On 29 October 2019, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") published draft Simplified Merger Notification Guidelines ...

Department of Justice proposes changing the existing discount rate of 2.5% to -1.75%

A recent Supreme Court judgment has dramatically raised the potential exposure of London-listed corporates to issues in their overseas subsidiaries and joint ventures.

Mr Forbes worked at London Heathrow Airport. One of his colleagues, Ms Stevens, posted an image of a golliwog on her private Facebook page with the caption "Let's see how far he can travel

Under the Working Time Regulations, workers in Great Britain have a right to a minimum of 5.6 weeks' annual leave and are entitled to be paid at the rate of a week's pay in respect of this leave.

In-house solicitors in England and Wales are subject to the same professional conduct standards as those in private practice.

An employment tribunal has held that vegetarianism is not protected by discrimination legislation. This is not binding on other tribunals which may come to a different view.

Section 127 of the Insolvency Act renders void any disposition of property by a company made in the period between presentation of the winding up petition and the making of a winding up order on that petition unless...

The coronavirus disease (now known as COVID-19) was first reported in Hubei Province, China on 31 December 2019.

As of 1 May 2019, a new Code for Completion by Post has been implemented by the Law Society in light of last year's decision in Dreamvar (UK) Ltd v Mishcon de Reya and P&P Property

Employers who decide to waive legal privilege over documents that support their case risk inadvertently waiving privilege over other documents which may damage their case.

This is the third decision in this long running litigation.

There has been little regulatory scrutiny of the role of the principal designer since it was introduced by the Construction (Design Management)

Paragraph 11 of the NPPF (2018) and the tilted balance: Where are we now? and Removal of use of section 73 to amend descriptions of development

Tim Ryan, Partner and Head of Technology and Kelsey Farish, Solicitor, look at deepfake, a nascent technology which poses particular dangers to insurance companies.

DACB's technology solicitors support their clients with complex deals in a wide range of sectors. In this second post in a two part series

A dismissal for alleged sexual assault was unfair because the investigating officer failed to tell the decision maker that the complainant had withdrawn her complaint to the police.