Think of a building and the chances are that building will be a place of work. Office blocks and factories are obvious working environments, but so are farms, hospitals, shops, bars and restaurants, building sites, campsites and courts of law.

The Government has announced that it will shortly be consulting on new rights for working parents.

We keep reading about the "sandwich generation": hard pressed forty and fifty-somethings who have their hands full (and wallets emptied) in educating their children whilst looking after (and sometimes funding) their elderly parents’ care.

Many have thought that private pensions are protected from a bankrupt’s creditors provided that the bankrupt is not yet receiving his pension (subject to a claim that the contributions were excessive).

The Commission will be investigating whether or not an individual has the right to disappear from the ever-more pervasive technology and e-networks that surround us.

The recent case of Beck Interiors Limited v Dr Russo has highlighted how an improperly drafted guarantee allowed a guarantor to escape liability.

The draft Reform Plan restates the Government's intention to shift power from Westminster to local people. It intends to do this though the Localism Bill which is to be published in November 2010 and is currently targeted as being on the statute books in November 2011.

In response to a request by the former Home Secretary, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today published a report on the new Points-Based System (PBS).

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that a worker who is sick during his annual leave is entitled to take replacement annual leave at another time.

A recent case involving British Airways has highlighted some of the difficulties for employers in flexible working arrangements.

New TUPE regulations have been postponed yet again. New regulations were expected in July to come into force on 1 October but have been delayed until the Autumn to come into force on 1 April 2005.

The Ofulue & Anor v Bossert case considered whether a without prejudice letter sent in prior proceedings could be brought before the court in subsequent proceedings between the parties.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published practical guidance on the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) in an attempt to demystify the DPA and to clearly set out and explain a data controller's responsibilities.

The recent judgment in Pilon v Breyer in the TCC provides a rare occurrence of the Court finding an adjudicator's decision unenforceable in its entirety and provides valuable guidance to parties who deliberately try to reduce the scope of the dispute referred for their own advantage.

In reaching a settlement with one party, you need to be careful how it will affect potential recovery against another party.

No one (except a lawyer) likes a dispute.

City law firm Speechly Bircham and Kings’ College London HRM Learning Board have conducted an annual survey of senior HR professionals. The survey findings revealed that 2010 will be a challenging year for employers and their HR teams.

In our April edition of Inform we examined Advocate General Mengozzi's (AG) opinion in L'Oreal v Bellure, the much-publicised 'smellalike' perfumes case referred to the ECJ by the UK Court of Appeal.

The White Paper gives an insight into the changes which will be brought about by the Localism Bill.

This month we look at the new Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2010, changes to Permitted Development rights for small scale houses in multiple occupation, proposals for streamlining Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) and a brief look at the implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.