Last month's Budget announced the Government's intention to link increases to public sector pensions in payment to increases in the Consumer Prices Index ("CPI") rather than to increases in the Retail Prices Index ("RPI").

The following provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the "Act") will come into force on 29 July 2013 (see commencement order):

In this recent case the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") held that an employee's unreasonable refusal to accept an offer of settlement can amount to a failure to mitigate loss, however not in the particular circumstances of this case.

Section 40 of the Equality Act 2010, which made an employer liable for the harassment of an employee by a third party in the course of their employment, was repealed yesterday.

Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has announced an increase in the proposed rates of statutory payments for 2010.

The Supreme Court has ruled that members of a Limited Liability Partnership are ‘workers’ under the Employment Rights Act.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married on Friday the 29 of April at Westminster Abbey.

On Tuesday certain employment provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 came into force.

In a written ministerial statement today, Chris Huhne has attempted to offer clarification on the question of consent under the Petroleum Act 1998.

Section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004 contains a power to designate an offshore area as a Renewable Energy Zone ("REZ").

Following a consultation process which closed in December 2010, the Scottish Government has committed to changing the current planning process for onshore hydro schemes of 50MW or less.

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has announced £30 million of funding for carbon reduction projects. The funding comprises a £10 million Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) and a further £20 million for the DECC's existing public sector energy efficiency loan scheme.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has suffered its second court defeat in the ongoing dispute over plans to retrospectively cut the level of feed-in tariff (FiT) subsidy for solar PV installations.

The Committee of Advertising Practice has issued a help note in relation to the marketing of wind energy developments, including wind farms and wind turbines.

The Budget on 24 March did not contain much to excite the energy sector, but notably for the sector the Chancellor announced a £2 billion government-backed green bank to provide investment in, amongst other things, offshore wind projects.

The decision of the "Ridgewood Properties Group Limited v Valero Energy Limited (2013) EWHC 98 (Ch)" case concerned the enforceability of option agreements by the developer against a purchaser from the original landowner.

Ofgem confirmed on 15 June that triad payments for embedded generation customers would reduce from £47/kW to £3-7/kW.

The decision of the Scottish Ministers to grant Section 36 Consent for the construction and operation of the 103 turbine Viking Windfarm in Shetland was quashed on Wednesday 2 October.

As part of its new strategy to improve the public image of the PE Industry the British Venture Capital Association today publicised a new transparency and disclosure regime.

The Competitive Dialogue Procedure has only been around for three years now, but HM Treasury have recently launched a review of the procedure and, in many people's view, the review has been a long time in coming.