Why businesses should understand fintech
The financial services sector is undergoing a fintech evolution. Celine O’Connor explains what fintech is and why businesses should understand the importance for UK growth.
27 March 2017
Why all businesses need to be aware of the new Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice
Everyone who produces waste has a “duty of care” over that waste. Defra and the Environment Agency have published an updated Code of Practice on how to comply with this legal duty of care.
17 March 2016
The importance of making reasonable adjustments during a redundancy process
In London Borough of Southwark v Charles, the EAT recently upheld a Tribunal decision that an employer failed to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee in a redundancy exercise.
28 August 2014
Guidance on publishing gender pay data
Many organisations will discover that their own data discloses a gender pay gap, which will put the spotlight on pay equality in the workplace and could trigger equal pay claims from workers.
10 September 2015
The importance of distinctiveness: Enercon fails to secure trade marks
Global wind turbine manufacturer, Enercon, fails to register EU trade marks due to lack of distinctiveness.
02 August 2017
The impact of Brexit on intellectual property
The referendum has come and gone, Britain voted Brexit to leave the EU. What implications does this now have for intellectual property rights holders across the UK and EU?
24 June 2016
Brexit Bonfire: Retained Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022
The Retained Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 is intended to remove remaining EU laws after Brexit, slash red tape, and boost innovation and investment
31 October 2022
Groceries Code leads the way
Dispute Resolution Festive Forecast: today, we look at improvement in the balance of power in the grocery supply chain.
02 December 2016
High street health – the latest prescription
Think tank Policy Exchange has published a review into the problems besetting the British high street. The report adds to suggestions put forward in the Portas Review and by Bill Grimsey.
03 October 2013
Whose terms apply?
The recent case of Transformers & Rectifiers v Needs had to look at whose terms applied.
24 March 2015
Crying Over Spilt Milk - The Power of Mediation in Farming Cases
Mediation, undertaken by a specialist family law trained mediator, can be extremely effective in resolving complex farming divorce cases
22 June 2022
You may not be able to enforce liquidated damages, even if they are agreed under contract
The recent decision in MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Cottonex Anstalt has cast doubt on the ongoing recoverability of liquidated damages following a repudiatory breach of contract.
23 February 2015