The introduction of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime ("SMCR") a year ago has seen an increased focus on accountability and standards of fitness and propriety.

It's not often that the art world intersects with technology law. But that's exactly what happened when artist Helen Knowles staged a performance of The Trial of Superdebthunterbot.

The proposal for reform of the EU's privacy and data protection laws look to be very ambitious and far reaching.

Earn-out mechanisms are commonly used in M&A transactions involving the sale of shares or assets where the price (or part of it) is determined by reference to the future performance of the target company or business.

The UK Government begins its consultation for potential changes to law on corporate criminal liability for economic crime

The EAT has held, in Novak v Phones 4U Ltd that two sets of Facebook postings about a fellow employee on long-term sick leave following an accident at work were part of a continuing act of discrimination, meaning that the employee could bring a claim about both incidents, even though more than three months had passed since the first incident.

Until now, it has been widely understood that the expiry of a fixed term contract would count towards triggering the obligation to collectively consult about redundancies.

In light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Geys v Societe Generale, we’re advising employers to check the wording of their pay in lieu of notice clauses in contracts of employment.

The case of USDAW and others v WW Realisation 1 Ltd (in Liquidation) involved the liquidation of the Woolworths retail chain.

The Government is consulting on reducing the minimum consultation period for redundancies involving 100 or more employees within 90 days at one establishment.

In a recent case, the claimant, who was a part-time marketing manager, went on a period of maternity leave during which her duties were picked up by other members of the team.

In Vernon v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the claimant alleged that the employer had directly discriminated against her on the grounds of her race by failing to promote her.

In the case of Taurus Group Ltd v Crofts and another the employee claimed he had transferred from one security company to another under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ("TUPE") in circumstances in which the customer to whom the security company was providing services also changed

In Redfearn v United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights has stated that UK law violates article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (which gives individuals the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others) because UK law does not specifically protect employees dismissed on the grounds of their political beliefs or affiliation.

A compulsory retirement age of 67 has been introduced by the University of Cambridge for its academic staff.

Although this case is in the context of a commercial transaction, rather than an employment relationship, the High Court in Baldwins (Ashby) Ltd v Maidstone [2011] EWHC B12 (Mercantile) has given some useful guidance on the meaning of "canvassing or soliciting" in a restrictive covenant.

In Cavenagh v William Evans Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 697 the Court of Appeal held that an employer is not entitled to withhold payment of a contractual payment in lieu of notice even though it later discovered that an employee had committed acts of gross misconduct prior to dismissal.

In Readman v Devon Primary Care Trust UKEAT/0016/11/ZT, the EAT have re-visited how to determine whether an employee has acted unreasonably in refusing suitable alternative employment so that they forfeited their right to statutory redundancy pay.

LawWorks approached us with a matter on behalf of a client who needed some advice in relation to a dispute he was having with a private secondary school over unpaid school fees.

In the wake of the Brexit vote, companies (and their lawyers) have been dusting off a once overlooked piece of EU law to aid their Brexit restructuring plans.