Sports Direct Under Scrutiny for Claims of Race Discrimination (Thursday, 24 August, 2017) - Sports Direct have been accused of indirect race discrimination after an internal notice was distributed to staff banning them from speaking in any language except English, even during personal conversations at work. Sarah Begley, Solicitor in the Employment team at …
Is Retail The Next Big Thing In Planning? (Monday, 21 August, 2017) - Statistics show that planning applications for new retail premises have fallen to an eight-year low amid continued growth of e-commerce, a new study shows. There were 6,525 applications in England in the year to March, almost half the number in … Gender Pay Gap Reporting Should Be a Wakeup Call For SMEs (Wednesday, 16 August, 2017) - The gender pay gap has been hitting the headlines recently, with both the civil service and BBC revealing the discrepancies between what men and women are paid in their organisations. This is part of a new legal requirement for all …
Safeguarding the Vulnerable – Deputy or LPA? (Tuesday, 15 August, 2017) - Denzil Lush, retired senior judge of the Court of Protection, has today spoken out regarding the lack of safeguards in the power of attorney system in England and Wales and has vowed to never sign one himself. Sophie Fenn, Associate …
Court Departs from the ‘Sharing Principle’ in a Divorce Settlement (Thursday, 10 August, 2017) - In a recent ruling, in June of this year, the courts followed an increasing trend for financial settlements of divorcing couples to reflect more accurately the contributions that each partner made to the marriage. In this piece Aaron Keene, Partner …