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The House of Lord has upheld the appeal by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in relation to equal pension and sick pay rights for over 15,000 part-time retained fire-fighters.

The annual increase in compensation limits for claims in the Employment Tribunal (effective from 1st February 2007) has been announced.

The Government has embarked on a significant legislative programme, designed to offer practical support for working families, while introducing a number of measures which employers have indicated would be helpful for them.

In July this year, Chris Lewin and Ed Sweeney published an independent report which looked at the de-regulation of pensions legislation. The Government has now published its response to the report together with several recommendations for reform.

The recent decision of the Scottish Employment Appeal Tribunal in Tom Findlay Co. Ltd v Mrs M Devlin UKEATS/0071/06 provides a useful reminder of two key points in relation to resignation by an employee.

In Power v Regent Security Services, the EAT (January 2007) decided that contractual variations made by reason of a TUPE transfer are legally enforceable where they benefit the employee, rather than void. This creates the risk for transferees that employees could cherry pick individual improved terms, from a packaged offer, rather than accept the package.

As anticipated in the Second Annual Report on the Implementation of the Energy White Paper, published in July 2005, and later indicated in the keynote address to the Labour Party Conference in September this year, new nuclear generation is now to be considered.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

In November 2007 the Institution of Chemical Engineers launched a suite of standard form process plant contracts for use internationally.

Shell and Norwegian oil company Statoil have agreed to work together on the world’s biggest carbon sequestration project. The proposed scheme would pump 2 to 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by a 860 MW gas-fired power plant at Tjeldbergodden in Norway to two offshore oil and gas fields in the Norwegian section of the North Sea (at Draugen and Heidrun).

The system of Pollution Prevention and Control ("PPC") permits is progressively replacing the system of Integrated Pollution Control ("IPC") authorisations. This is essential for the UK to comply with its obligations under the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control ("IPPC") Directive.