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In a recent judgment, the court decided that an assurance by the director of a company that he would pay the fees it owed was not a guarantee of those fees. This was in spite of a letter he signed at the same time, which included a term stating that the directors would be directly liable where the company failed to pay.

In Thomas v Farr plc and Hanover Park Commercial Limited the Court of Appeal reviewed recent case law on restrictive covenants and upheld a 12 month non competition clause even though the employment contract also included non solicitation and confidentiality clauses.

In the recent case of Astbury v Gist Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") has examined the question, raised by the Court of Appeal in Dacas v Brook Street Bureau, whether an express contract for services between a worker and an agency precluded an implied contract of employment between the worker and the end user.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that TUPE is capable of applying where an undertaking in the UK is sold to a foreign buyer and immediately shifted to a new location abroad.

The health and safety calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major health and safety issues in the UK and EU.

The health and safety calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major health and safety issues in the UK and EU.

In Scott-Davies v Redgate Medical Services the EAT confirmed that there is no statutory provision conferring jurisdiction on Employment Tribunals to consider free-standing complaints that there has been a failure to comply with the statutory dispute resolution procedures. So employees with under the one year's service normally needed to claim unfair dismissal do not have a claim if the statutory 3-step procedure is not followed.

In Morrish V NTL Group Limited (3rd July 2007) the Inner House of the Scottish Court of Session (equivalent to the English Court of Appeal) has confirmed that there is no implied term in an employment contract to make a payment in lieu of notice (PILON).

Amendments have been published to the employer debt regulations. These are the regulations which set out how much an employer will have to pay when it leaves an underfunded scheme or when such a scheme is wound up.

In Jackson v Computershare Investor Services PLC the Court of Appeal has confirmed that TUPE and the Acquired Rights provisions aim at preventing the employee in an undertaking from being prejudiced as a result of the transfer.

The latest environment law bulletin summarises some of the recent developments in environment laws and policy of the United Kingdom and the European Union under appropriate headings.

Electricity consumers are expected to bear much of the cost of the reduction of the UK’s CO2 emissions in Phase 2 (2008-2012) of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The UK Environment Secretary, David Miliband, announced on 29 June 2006 the cap on the annual carbon dioxide allowances that will be set under the UK's National Allocation Plan (NAP) for Phase 2.

The High Court recently decided that the administrative receivers of an insolvent tenant could not be required to personally enter into an authorised guarantee agreement (AGA).

The UK Government has announced that the existing principles of onshore electricity transmission should be extended to offshore. This follows the conclusion of an industry-wide consultation on the establishment of a regulatory regime to encompass offshore transmission.

What has happened in the world of litigation over the past year? What can we expect in the next year? Our litigation annual review 2006 looks at issues that may have affected you in the last year and what may be heading your way in the next twelve months.

The BBC’s new Editorial Guidelines and the new Ofcom (Office of Communications) Broadcasting Code came into force on 25 July 2005. The single, simplified Ofcom Code is the product of extensive consultation and modernises and unifies the six codes inherited from Ofcom’s broadcasting regulator predecessors into a framework of clear rules and principles.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is consulting on its draft Annual Plan for 2006/7, in which it confirms its renewed interest in the construction area.