The new strengthened Acas Code, while being preferable to the ongoing statutory rules, still leaves employers bound by strict procedures.

There have been a number of cases dealing with TUPE (now the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) issues in recent months. The House of Lords’ decision in Celtec (North Wales Training and Enterprise Council Limited (t/a Celtec) v Astley and others (2006)) is one which is of particular interest to employers.

Establishing when a dismissal takes effect is important when an employer is seeking to dismiss an employee before they have one year’s service, so that they do not have the requisite length of service to bring an unfair dismissal claim.

The UK has for many years lagged behind other countries in the severity of its anti-bribery legislation but this will change when the Bribery Act 2010 ("the Act") comes into effect.

(Re)insurers will welcome recent clarification in the long-running pleural plaques and Employers' Liability 'Trigger Litigation' cases.

The House of Lords this week delivered an important judgment in HM Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Barclays Bank plc (21 June 2006) in which the issue was whether a bank, notified by a third party of a freezing order against one of the bank's customers, owes a duty of care to the third party to comply with the terms of the order.

Claims to recover losses on derivatives are often as speculative as the trades themselves.

In recent years Rule B relief in New York has gained the reputation for being an effective and low cost means by which to obtain security for a maritime claim through the attachment of US Dollar electronic funds transfers (“EFTs”) transiting the New York banking system.

This article looks at recent developments in Health & Safety.

It is now accepted that the global climate is changing and that man-made carbon emissions are the cause. The February 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recently reinforced the already overwhelming evidence for this link.

In the recent first instance decision of <B>Re Spectrum Plus Ltd., sub nom National Westminster Bank Plc ("NatWest") v Spectrum Plus Ltd ("Spectrum") (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) </B>the Vice- Chancellor, Sir Andrew Morritt, dismissed an application by NatWest for a declaration that the debenture granted to it by Spectrum created a fixed charge over Spectrum’s book debts and their pro

On 15 December 2008, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had written to senior partners and managing partners of leading UK accountancy and legal firms asking them to report suspected fraud.

On 12 July 2011 the Government published its White Paper "Planning our electric future: a White Paper for secure, affordable and low-carbon energy" (the White Paper) as the formal Government response to the Electricity Market Reform consultation in December 2010.

Reactions to last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil disaster continue to redefine regulatory, commercial, insurance and other arrangements in the shallow and deep water oil and gas industry, internationally.

The proposed reform of the legal profession has taken another step forward following publication of the latest draft of the Legal Services Bill at the end of November 2006.