The Court of Appeal has decided, in the recent case of Cripps v Trustee Solutions that any pension rights accrued during a “Barber window” of service should be honoured by creating a right to a pension, but only on that particular period of service.

Despite the conspicuous absence of the sunshine over the UK for much of this summer, the heat has been well and truly rising for employers struggling to cope with underfunded defined benefit pension schemes over recent years.

The implementation of the new look Local Government Pension Scheme ("LGPS") in England and Wales took another step towards becoming a reality via the LGPS (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2007 ("Regulations"). These came into force on 30 June 2007 and amend the LGPS Regulations 1997 (the "1997 Regulations").

Santa stared with scarcely-concealed loathing at the young barrister elf across the desk from him in the Tribunal room. Sharp suit, shiny shoes and a knot in his nasty nylon tie almost as big as his head. David Beckham had a lot to answer for, Santa thought grimly.

After much debate, countless consultations and numerous redrafts, the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007 (the Regulations) hit the statute books on 6 April 2007. In this article we consider the impact the Regulations will have principally on the power generation sector, although of course the Regulations have a far broader remit.

A contact list contained in Outlook or some other similar programme as part of an employer’s email system belongs to the employer. Furthermore, it is “highly desirable” that employers publish and communicate an email policy.

In RDF Media Group plc & Another –v- Clements last month, the High Court mercifully confirmed that it is not yet the law that an employer is prohibited from thinking even negative and unworthy thoughts about an employee on his payroll.

Outside of case law tweaks to the aging legislation, it is rather rare that anything significant happens in the world of enfranchisement. June 2022, however, is different.