Vulnerable workers are to benefit from increased protection following a crack down on employers who abuse staff and attempt to undercut other businesses.

The new ACAS Code on which consultation ended recently, has been criticised for being too complicated and hard to understand by small businesses.

In an Employment Appeal Tribunal case the EAT have concluded that where an employer stopped pay to an employee who was suspended prior to the conclusion of a Compromise Agreement, the date of termination was not the date when pay was stopped.

Unreasonable delay has been examined in the Court of Appeal in terms of whether or not this creates a failure in the Statutory Dismissal Procedure.

A rather timely reminder in the Employment Appeal Tribunal has been issued in relation to consultation on redundancy and the considerations a Tribunal should have when looking at that consultation.

Last week also saw the publication of the Government's consultation paper focusing on amendments to the proposed Dispute Resolution Bill.

In its decision last week in BPE Solicitors and another v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Gabriel) [2017 UKSC 21, the UK Supreme Court revisited the leading case in this area, SAAMCO.

A fascinating case has emerged where the Prohibition on discrimination on the grounds of sexuality has clashed with the Rule prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of religion.

This oft-quoted proverb illustrates the common-sense wisdom affirming the pointlessness of dwelling on counterfactuals. Most people in their day to day lives don't need to dwell on what might have been, but prefer to focus on what is.

Green issues are considered more, not less important, in times of economic stress. That is the announcement coming from shadow ministers this week.

In an interesting development the GMB Union has lost in the Court of Appeal after a member pursued the Union for Indirect Sex Discrimination

The problem that the SAAMCO principle was established to address was colourfully illustrated by Lord Hoffman in the SAAMCO case itself.

This article, by Ian Masser and Ben Spannuth, considers the key points of the judgment and its potential impact on construction professionals (which has recently been the subject of much comment...

The Court of Appeal has recently handed down its judgment in the case of Main & Ors v Giambrone & Law.

Solicitors breached their duty to exercise reasonable skill and care when advising a client on a loan.

The negligence claimant must also show that the loss suffered was within the scope of the defendant's duty.

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an auditor was not liable for break costs incurred as a result of its negligent advice in relation to the accounting treatment of interest rate swaps,

Court of Appeal reverses project monitor's share of losses on finding that funder failed to adhere to elementary banking principles.

In one of the first cases to apply the long established SAAMCO principles recently clarified by the Supreme Court in the widely reported case BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland [2017] UKSC 21 ("BPE")...

In the recent case of Assetco plc -v- Grant Thornton LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 1151, the Court of Appeal clarified the extent of losses for which an auditor was liable for ...