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COVID-19 HK: Employment Update
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it is anticipated that more and more businesses will need to make plans for cost-cutting measures.
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COVID-19: Your workforce – furloughing - act to mitigate the risk of exposure to tax evasion offences as scheme could be open to abuse
Jim Harra, Chief Executive at HMRC, has informed a Treasury Committee meeting that he expects the government's multi-billion pound employee furlough scheme to be targeted by criminals seeking to exploit the £60 billion pledged in Chancellor Rishi Sunak's unprecedented Coronavirus protection package.
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Hot off the Press: COVID-19 - Your workforce: a Q&A on claiming for wage costs through the Job Retention Scheme
On 26th March, HMRC issued guidance on claiming for wage costs through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. We explore some answers to key questions and add some questions of our own.
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COVID-19 Your workforce: a caution against putting equality on the backburner
UK business, like much of the rest of the world, is and will, for some time, remain firmly in the grip of COVID-19's tentacles.
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COVID 19 Your workforce: What on earth is "furlough"?
Meaning of furlough, especially in the context of companies dealing with the impact of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Your workforce: pay and costs - practical ideas our clients are exploring
COVID-19 Your workforce: pay and costs - practical ideas our clients are exploring. These are extraordinary times that place extraordinary pressures on all of us, including dealing with your workforce. We set out below some ideas that we are hearing about from our clients and some areas you may wish to think about in terms of your employee costs.
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COVID-19 Your workforce: supporting mental health when home working
COVID-19 Your workforce: supporting mental health when home working. Many of us are working from home during this crisis and while this can be an effective way of working for some, it is less happy for others; loneliness, caring for vulnerable dependants and challenging home environments are all being experienced. There may be members of your teams who fall into these categories.
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Sharpen your blue pencil: the doctrine of severance in employment cases
In Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32, one such business asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the law and to change it to be fit for modern day purposes. In its landmark judgment handed down in July, the Supreme Court has done so. The core facts of the case are not unusual. Egon Zehnder (EZ) is a global specialist executive search and recruitment business. EZ recruited Mary-Caroline Tillman in 2004. As the High Court judge observed, the company regarded Ms Tillman as “a bit special”. She was recruited into a senior role on a salary of £120,000 and first year bonus of £100,000 and then rose steadily through the ranks of the organisation. By 2012, Ms Tillman was joint global head of the company’s financial services practice and a shareholder in the Swiss holding company.
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Put your little stone in the great mosaic
IWD is a day designed to galvanize such desire for change into real, sustainable action by people, by business and by government. And on Thursday 8th March many of us will pause for thought. In our reflections, one question will come up time and time again: what can I actually do to improve gender equality?
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Thinking - Video
Gender Pay Gap Reporting – are you ready?
Hear Patrick Brodie and Kelly Thomson discuss the requirements on businesses to comply with Gender Pay Gap Reporting legislation.
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Thinking - Publication
Some holiday pay reading
A new decision on holiday pay and commission.
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Employment update, December 2015
Implied terms: when can a term be implied into a contract?
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Employment update, November 2015
Penalty clauses: what is the test where a clause is claimed to be unenforceable?
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Employment update, October 2015
Whistleblowing: A dispute about terms of employment can be a matter of “public interest”
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Employment update, September 2015
HR assistance in disciplinary procedures: how much is too much?
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Restrictive Covenant Clause Enforced Despite it Containing a Drafting Error
The High Court has just handed down its judgment in the case of Prophet Plc v Huggett.
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Different Emails, Read Together, Can be a Qualifying Whistleblowing Disclosure
In the case of Norbrook Laboratories (2B) Limited v Shaw the EAT considered whether emails sent to different recipients could be taken as a whole to amount to a qualifying disclosure for the purposes of a whistleblowing claim.
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British National Working Overseas Has No Right to Bring a Claim in the Employment Tribunals
For employers who engage staff to work overseas, determining whether the can bring a claim in the Employment Tribunals is becoming increasing difficult.
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Collective Redundancy Consultation: Expiry of Fixed Term Contract Does Not Count Towards 20+ Headcount
University College v University of Stirling [2014] CSIH 5.
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Report Card
We're casting our critical eye over the Government's employment law proposals and writing its school report.
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Faith and Freedom
In a debate that has lasted several years, one of my colleagues and I have been at odds on the case of Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to conduct civil partnership ceremonies.
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Thinking - Snapshot
Harmful Online Choice Architecture: ASA criticises Nike and Sky for “dark pattern” tactics
What must businesses do to ensure that their ads do not fall foul of the ASA and CMA’s ongoing investigations into harmful choice architecture and dark pattern tactics?
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Agreements to agree: Price for goods “to be fixed” by agreement results in partially enforceable contract
Where a contract for the sale of goods did not expressly specify the price for a portion of the goods, was the contract for the sale of those goods, or an element of it, enforceable or unenforceable as a mere agreement to agree?
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Influencer posts and affiliate links: the whole marketing chain must know the rules
Why did the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rule against Sainsbury’s on the use of an affiliate link by an influencer (noting that Sainsbury’s had no involvement in the creation of the post) and what steps could Sainsbury’s take to help prevent the problem from happening again?
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Construing material adverse effect/material adverse change clauses
How did the courts go about construing a material adverse effect definition (MAE) in a share purchase agreement (SPA) to determine whether an event constituted a MAE so as to discharge the buyers from their obligation to close the transaction?
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Travel agent found to have misled consumers with “from” price claims
How can advertisers avoid misleading consumers when using “from” price claims?
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Reasonable notice termination not construed or implied into a contract with detailed termination provisions
Where a contract contains comprehensive termination provisions, in what circumstances will the court avoid construing or implying an additional right to terminate on reasonable notice?
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ASA rules against telecoms companies on mid-contract price rises
What steps should be taken to ensure contractual mid-term price rises don’t fall foul of advertising regulations or Ofcom’s existing and incoming transparency rules?
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Effect of a contractual liability cap on set-off and contractual interest
Under a contract’s liability cap, should the cap be applied separately to each party’s liability before any set-off or after calculating the net financial position between the parties?
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Round up of recent green claims
Round up of recent green claims: Key updates and sector-specific updates
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Snapshots Winter 2024
A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.
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Snapshots Autumn 2024
A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.
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Court infers novation despite 'no dealings' clause
Magee and others v Crocker and others [2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch)
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Determining whether a default interest clause is an unenforceable penalty
Houssein & Others v London Credit Limited & Another [2024] EWCA Civ 721
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Agent authority in contract variation
Advanced Multi-Technology for Medical Industry and others v Uniserve Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 1725 (Ch)
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Contract construction – adjective at the start of a list found to qualify the entire list
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co v Yes Bank Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 695
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Updated CAP guidance on when in-game purchases are considered 'advertising'
When and how does the CAP Code apply to the advertising of in-game purchases such as "loot boxes" in apps and video games?
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ASA continues to scrutinise aviation green claims
What can we learn from the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) recent rulings against green claims in the aviation industry?
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ASA rules on impact of historic environmental performance on green claims
How does the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) say about poor historic environmental behaviour in respect of green claims?
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IAB Europe's 12 guiding principles for the 2024-2029 EU legal agenda
What principles will guide IAB Europe in the upcoming EU legal agenda?
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ASA rules that ad is not sufficient where influencers also have business interests
Why could Zoe and Huel not rely on a #ad disclosure in ads promoted by the famous entrepreneur, Steven Bartlett? And what does this mean for brands where the individual featured in their ads has a business interest in them?
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Heating and insulation green claims under CMA review
What is the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) new guidance on the marketing of heating and insulation products and how does this fit into the wider consumer protection picture?
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Snapshots Summer 2024
A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.
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Snapshots Spring 2024
A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.
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Interest clauses – displacing the courts’ wide discretionary powers to award interest on debt or damages
What is the courts’ approach to awarding statutory interest when a contract provides for contractual interest.
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Incorrect invoicing – claiming the difference between sums mistakenly invoiced and sums correctly due under agreement terms
When a supplier invoices a lower sum than the figure due under the agreement, can the customer defend a claim in debt based on incorrect invoicing?
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Excluding statutory implied terms – inequality of bargaining power considerations
In what circumstances is it reasonable to exclude the statutory implied term as to quality?
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Express and implied good faith obligations and relational contracts
Did an express or implied general duty of good faith arise under a relational contract between parties who were also competitors?
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SPA breach of warranty claim – interpreting a no material adverse change warranty
How will the courts assess an alleged breach of a warranty that there had been no material adverse change in the financial prospects of a company?
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