Reducing property occupier costs, avoiding unforeseen liabilities and ensuring the use of premises remains flexible to service the needs of the business have always been vital.

The Defamation Act 2013 (Commencement) (England and Wales) Order 2013 (SI 2013/3027), which provides that the Defamation Act 2013 will come into force on 1 January 2014, was published by the government on 5 December 2013.

There has been an ongoing debate as to whether post-employment victimisation is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.

The Government has confirmed that NMW rates will rise with effect from 1 October 2014.

Once the obligation to consult under section 188 of the TULRCA has been triggered, the requirement under that section is to consult "appropriate" representatives; that is either representatives of the recognised trade union or employee representatives who can either be elected specifically for the purpose of carrying out the consultation or be members of an existing body.

On 5th February 2014 the Home Office published its guidance on banning the sale of ‘below cost’ alcohol in England and Wales.

The Home Office has commenced a consultation tackling a potential nationwide relaxation of licensing hours during this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

When a chef decides to bake a cake, the expression of his intellectual creation is not the cake but rather the recipe for the cake.

Converting a garage into a habitable room is often a highly desirable way of increasing living space particularly where the garage is an integral part of the house.

The issue of age discrimination has arisen in a number of high-profile cases recently, with celebrities such as John McCririck claiming ageism in decisions made by Channel 4.

A discussion which reports on two race discrimination cases in this issue, both concerning victimisation.

With HR departments increasingly monitoring computer and phone use, using CCTV to keep tabs on employees at work and carrying out alcohol and drug testing, it is no surprise to see that issues around surveillance keep cropping up in the employment tribunals.

The Ministry of Justice has published a report showing provisional figures for claims issued from July to September 2013 which covers the period when the fee system was introduced into Employment Tribunals.

In today's ever more competitive retail market, a distinctive brand, get-up or design can help to achieve an edge over the competition.

The CJEU decided an Internet Service Provider may be ordered to block its customers’ access to a copyright infringing website.

Permitted development rights are to be amended to enable additional changes of use and associated building works to take place.

The Court of Justice of the European Union handed down its decision yesterday on whether providing links to copyright protected materials located on other websites is a copyright infringement.

The EAT have considered a number of jurisdictional issues in the recent case of Dhunna v Creditsights Ltd, which can be summarised as follows.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has reached a landmark decision in relation to collective consultation regarding the words "at one establishment" in section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992 (TULRCA).

It has been 10 years since Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter started to become an intrinsic part of our daily lives and since then we have all witnessed the ensuing news headlines about employees being dismissed for a variety of misuse.