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From 1 October 2026, the time limit for bringing most employment tribunal claims doubled from three months to six months. This significant procedural change affects unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing detriment and unlawful deductions from wages claims. While the reform aims to provide more opportunity for workplace disputes to be resolved before litigation, it creates practical challenges around evidence preservation, document retention and settlement strategy that employers must address now.

Generative AI is fundamentally reshaping employment disputes, enabling employees to produce sophisticated grievances and legal documents with minimal professional assistance. As AI tools become more accessible, HR professionals and employment lawyers face new challenges around confidentiality, data protection, and the risk of disputes becoming increasingly technical rather than human-centered.

Manchester City faces 115 alleged Premier League rule breaches spanning nine seasons, raising unprecedented questions about financial regulation, sporting integrity, and governance in English football. Could titles be stripped, what compensation claims might follow, and why does this case represent far more than just a sporting dispute?

Seismic changes to UK employment law will make dismissing employees far riskier from January 2027, particularly for high earners with valuable benefits like share options. Could Employee Shareholder Status, a little-used legal reform from 2013, provide employers with an elegant solution to manage these new risks?

The global financing landscape has undergone a structural transformation as private credit has evolved from a niche institutional allocation to occupy a central position in leveraged finance. Capital solutions has emerged as one of its most dynamic sub-strategies, offering bespoke hybrid instruments at the intersection of debt and equity that serve critical functions in complex capital structures.

A former midwife describes her harrowing experience during cataract surgery at SpaMedica that left her essentially blind in one eye, detailing excruciating pain during the procedure and a series of medical errors.