Financial services firms still have a few weeks to get ready for the new regulatory reference regime that comes into force on 7 March 2017.

This in an interesting decision which shows that an offer to make amends can pull an employer back from the brink of what might otherwise become a breach of trust and confidence.

The case of Drake v Ipsos Mori UK Limited [2012] UKEAT/0604/11 concerned the issue of employment status.

The case of Attrill and others v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd and Commerzbank [2012] EWHC 1189 (QB) concerned a dispute over bonus payments.

A discussion of the court decision following claims against the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that UK law fails to adequately protect employees’ rights to manifest their religious beliefs, as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Setting up a business is hard work: you have limited resources, tons of stuff to prioritise and spinning plates. Here are our top tips for staying above water from a GDPR perspective.

In Logan v Celyn House Limited UKEAT/0069/12, the EAT considered a situation where an employee resigned in response to a number of allegations and then claimed constructive unfair dismissal.

Corporate finance advisors – and their clients – should be aware of recent legal developments relating to success fees.

• On 18 December 2012, the Government announced that the collective redundancy consultation period will be reduced to 45 days (for redundancies involving 100 or more employees) with effect from April 2013.

At the Conservative Party Conference on 8 October, the Chancellor George Osborne announced plans for a new employment status: "owner-employee".

In Abellio London Ltd (formerly Travel London Ltd) v Musse and others UKEAT/0283/11, the EAT has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a requirement for bus drivers to relocate six miles, from Westbourne Park (West London) to Battersea (South West London) following a TUPE transfer, was a substantial change in their working conditions to their material detriment pursuant to regulation 4(9) TUPE.

The most recent company to attract unfavourable scrutiny of its UK tax profile is Starbucks.

HMRC has recently published draft legislation which is designed primarily to tackle perceived tax avoidance relating to employee benefit trusts ("EBT") and employer financed retirement benefit schemes ("EFRBS").

In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, the on-going Eurozone crisis and the recent LIBOR scandal, the financial services sector has seen (and will continue to see) increased regulation and scrutiny including the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/regulation II ("MiFID II"), amongst others.

On 29th June the European Commission published a consultation on a set of changes to the regulatory framework for electronic communications.

A blessing in these uncertain times of social distancing is the ability to stay in touch with family, colleagues and clients through video conferencing apps.

Slogans can be powerful advertising tools, especially if the public becomes familiar with them and they become synonymous with a product.

Slogans can be powerful advertising tools, especially if the public becomes familiar with them and they become synonymous with a product.

On 24 May 2012, the General Court of the European Union handed down judgment upholding the decision by the European Commission (the "Commission") in 2007 that the member bank delegates of MasterCard had collectively set cross border fall back multilateral interchange fees ("MIF").

Although there have not been any major prosecutions under the Bribery Act 2010, anti-bribery and corruption is an increasingly important consideration in any acquisition.