The Government's decision to delay offering the Green Deal loan scheme to businesses when it launches this October has been made for good reason, believes Jennifer Chappell, associate at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP.

Lifetime legacies, taking the form of the charitable remainder trust (‘CRT') and its mirror image, the charitable lead trust (‘CLT'), have long featured in the toolkit of philanthropic tax-planners in the USA.

When faced with a crisis organisations will often reach for the apparent solution of an inquiry to look at the problem

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published the Government's response to the Green Paper consultation on corporate governance reform.

CIOs are a new legal form of charity, introduced by the Charities Act 2006, but which are only now being brought into effect.

Lifetime legacies, taking the form of the charitable remainder trust (‘CRT') and its mirror image, the charitable lead trust (‘CLT'), have long featured in the toolkit of philanthropic tax-planners in the USA.

Under EU Regulations, an employee may sue an employer either in the courts of the member state where the employer is domiciled, or in the courts of the place where the employee habitually carries out their work.

Some commentators have seized on remarks made by the Court of Appeal judges last week to proclaim a new era of industrial relations law in which employers can no longer use technical breaches of the law to stop industrial action.

In Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (MPS) v Denby, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a manager who influenced the decision-maker to act in a discriminatory way...

Since the Employment Rights Act 1996 is silent as to its territorial scope, it has been left to the courts to provide guidance on whether employees working overseas have statutory employment rights in the UK.

A discussion on the proposed reforms to the TUPE Regulation.

The announcement last week that Siemens, a German company, has won preferred bidder status to build 1,200 new trains for Thameslink placed blame at the door of procurement rules set out by the previous government - but Nick Maltby, commercial partner, believes that's not the case.

A discussion on the Government's proposals for the coastal projects and investments.

Our last blog entry focussed on the many documents making up the Environmental Statement (ES) which was deposited with the hybrid Bill last week.

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are familiar as the power that an individual can give to a trusted family member, or friend or professional, to deal with their affairs if they develop problems with mental capacity,

This is entry number 275, published on 15 September 2011, of a blog on the Planning Act 2008 infrastructure planning and authorisation regime.

The Cabinet Office has launched a consultation on the appropriate time limits for commencing proceedings in procurement cases. This follows the decision of the European Court of Justice in Uniplex (UK) Limited v NHS Business Services Authority in January 2010.

Last week's Review of Waste Policy betrays the tension between the Government's localism agenda and the need for new waste infrastructure says solicitor Duncan O'Connor.

Today's entry reports on the launch of a new government-sponsored infrastructure forum.

The first application for a nationally significant infrastructure project is trundling its way through the six-month period for examination by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), clocking up a series of firsts as it goes.