Building innovation in the sandbox
We provide an overview of the FCA’s most recent effort to strike a balance between regulation and innovation in the market.
10 May 2016
High Court declines to hear foreign winding up petition on COMI and S.221 grounds
We have become used to courts granting administration or winding up orders in respect of overseas companies which have COMI or an establishment in the UK. This case is a rare exception.
27 November 2014
High Court opens up blocking injunction remedial avenue for trade mark owners
What are the circumstances in which internet service providers can be made to block access to websites selling counterfeit goods? Arnold J has provided some answers in his judgment in a recent case.
04 November 2014
High Court hears first case considering NHS Procurement Regulations
The High Court has upheld the decision of NHS England not to award an interim contract for the provision of gamma knife treatment services to an independent provider.
02 February 2016
Holiday pay - a practical guide to the law
In this article for The Manufacturer online, Choudhry explains why holiday pay has caused board level concern at manufacturing companies and outlines the options available to employers.
18 August 2015
Holiday pay should include overtime
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has today held that non-guaranteed overtime should be included in the calculation of a worker's holiday pay.
06 November 2014
Holiday pay calculations
Luke Bowery looks at the impact of the game-changing decision in Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd and others in this piece for Reward Magazine
17 July 2014
Higher Education sector Call for Information: CMA consultation and guidance
We consider guidance on information provision, terms, conditions and complaints handling in relation to the Competition and Markets Authority's consultation on draft consumer protection law.
27 November 2014
Holiday pay: voluntary overtime under the spotlight
The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has determined that overtime worked sufficiently regularly can be included in holiday pay for the 4 weeks' leave required under the EU Working Time Directive.
30 June 2015
Guide to operational waste and fuelled renewables projects
This guide is for anyone with an interest in the operation and financing life cycle of waste and fuelled renewables projects.
16 May 2017
Guide to joint ventures
This guide provides an overview of the most common legal structures used in joint venture arrangements in the UK. It assumes that the venture itself, its operations and participants are all UK-based.
15 February 2018
Horton v Henry: the impact on a trustee in bankruptcy's power
In this briefing we discuss contradictory rulings about the risk of a bankrupt individual being forced by an Income Payment Order to give up uncrystallised personal pension savings to pay creditors.
12 January 2015