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Consumer Rights Act

The Consumer Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 26 March, just before Parliament ended for the run-up to the General Election.
28 April 2015

Employment Edit – what's new in employment law

The EAT has held that an employee could reasonably believe that a disclosure affecting 100 employees was 'in the public interest'; BIS has published new changes to adoption leave and pay; and more... 
23 April 2015

Private rented sector Energy Efficiency Regulations made

As anticipated in our earlier report, the regulations which will outlaw letting property with less than an E rated Energy Performance Certificate have now been made. 
22 April 2015

Retailers, consumers, payment cards and interchange fees

Good news for businesses and consumers accepting and using payment cards: the new Payment Systems Regulator and the capping of interchange fees for payments made with debit and credit cards. 
22 April 2015

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for commercial buildings

The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations have now received approval from both Houses of Parliament.
22 April 2015

Employment Edit – what's new in employment law

Employer not liable for an employee's psychiatric illness caused by occupational stress; The Woolworths case; the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill; and more...
09 April 2015

Employers' liability for stress at work

Where an employee suffers a psychiatric illness caused by workplace stress, the employer will be liable if the injury was reasonably foreseeable. The decision in Easton v B&Q Plc examined.
09 April 2015

A phone call led to a legally binding contract, Carlyle v RBS reaches the Supreme Court

Our commercial team reports on Carlyle v RBS in which a phone call led to a legally binding contract.
08 April 2015

New employment law changes

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill received Royal Assent at the end of March. 
07 April 2015

More Government guidance on the new Public Contracts Regulations 2015

Following the introduction of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which were in force from 26 February 2015, the UK Government is issuing a series of guidance notes. 
07 April 2015

Scrabble vs Scramble: Mattel succeeds against Zynga in the Court of Appeal

On 27 March 2015, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the dispute regarding the Scrabble trade marks between JW Spear & Sons Ltd (“Mattel”) v Zynga Inc (“Zynga”).
02 April 2015

New rules on labelling the origin of fresh meat

New rules on the labelling of fresh, chilled or frozen meat (from sheep, goats, pigs and poultry) will apply from 1 April 2015.
01 April 2015

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