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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill received Royal Assent on 26 July 2007 becoming the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (“the Act”).

You should be aware of the changes being introduced by the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.

With lack of confidence and problems with the availability of cash and/or borrowings, alternative business and deal structures are becoming more prevalent. The recession market favours the flexible.

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that it is to begin a four week informal consultation into the rules which compel companies to fully cover the liabilities of their defined benefit pension schemes where a scheme is wound up or an employer ceases to participate in a scheme.

New figures were recently released by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in relation to white collar crime offences and the numbers reveal that corporate crime is healthy, thriving and the authorities must take heed.

Yesterday, Mr Andrew Behagg, a finance director with Greenvale (a company that supplied potatoes to Sainsbury's) was found guilty of corruption at Croydon Crown Court.

The Bribery Act has been introduced as a result of pressure to reform the law regarding bribery and corruption in the UK as the current law is out of date, ineffective and not suitable for the modern global economy.

A recent EAT decision concerning offensive tweets made by an employee on his personal twitter account, said that the Employment Judge should have taken account of the public nature of Twitter...

Last week, the Treasury confirmed that it is going to restrict the level of pensions tax relief available on contributions made to pension schemes by reducing the Annual Allowance ("AA") for individuals from its current level of £255,000 to £50,000 from the beginning of the next tax year in April 2011.

Most of us like a good "Doctor, Doctor" joke but the ongoing row between Jeremy Hunt and the medical profession is making major news headlines and is certainly no joke for those involved.

The majority of Local Authorities in Scotland operate Arms Length External Organisations ("ALEOs").

To become an "employee shareholder" for the purposes of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013, an agreement must be entered into between the employee or prospective employee and the company.

The Employment Tribunal has ruled that two Uber drivers are "workers" within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

In 2006, hundreds of female class room assistants working for Dumfries and Galloway Council brought claims for equal pay, as they sought payment of bonuses which were paid to male manual workers but not to them.

The EAT has issued its decision in an appeal in which MacRoberts LLP acted on behalf of the successful local authority Appellants on the extent to which an equal pay claim need correspond with the supporting grievance in order to comply with Section 32 of the Employment Act 2002 (now repealed).

On Wednesday, the first prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 resulted in the conviction of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings, following a three week trial at Winchester Crown Court.

The Government has launched its consultation on proposals for Early Conciliation (EC), the implementation of which will require prospective Tribunal Claimants to notify ACAS of their claim prior to lodging it with the Employment Tribunal.