Kate Gardner, Partner in the HR and Employment team at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, looks at the Tesco equal pay claim and what it could mean for employers across the UK. Last week’s news that Tesco may have to pay enormous sums of compensation for failure to provide equal pay for women employed […]
Who owns the property next to you? The answer could be more surprising than you think. An investigation by an anti-corruption group has found that nearly 38,000 properties in London are owned by offshore companies. Critics are now concerned about the number of properties not registered in the UK and say it's sometimes used as […]
Russian athletes may not be able to compete in this year’s Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Russia from participating because of doping violations. Recent reports indicate the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal by 47 Russian athletes and coaches against a ban on participation in the […]
With the Global Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) coming into force across the European Union on May 25th, businesses should be well underway in their efforts to achieve compliance. However, meeting the demands of GDPR is easier said than done and a substantial proportion of businesses are still showing a worrying lack of preparedness. Andrew Lintell […]
The total value of fraud has risen 538% to £2.11bn in the last 15 years and is up 6.5% from £1.99bn in 2016, according to new research from BDO LLP. When it comes to type of fraud, BDO’s FraudTrack report found 550 cases of UK fraud were tax-related and the reported value of these cases […]
Brexit raises many issues in almost every legal field and family law is certainly no exception. Alex Critchley is a Solicitor in the Family Law Team at Morton Fraser. He regularly advises on issues of international jurisdiction in family cases, and below discusses the potential prospects of family law post-Brexit. The term reciprocity will seem […]
Pro bono is derived from the Latin term pro bono publico which can be translated as ‘for the public good’. In a professional and legal capacity, lawyers provide free legal services to members of the public who are unable to pay. Below Francine Ryan, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at […]
Below Alison Conley, Head of Retail & Consumer at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, explains some of the prospects for UK retailers at either side of the Brexit deal outcome. The sums at stake for retailers as a result of Brexit are huge. With the value of UK imports from the EU and the rest of the world […]
French dairy giant Lactalis recently reported that baby milk produced at its Craon factory could have been contaminated with salmonella for more than a decade. Last week the company said in a statement that Salmonella Agona was found in one of the baby milk drying towers at the north-western French plant. The same strain was […]
Bringing Lawyer Monthly expert barrister knowledge every month with our #WednesdayWisdom, here Scott Haley, Family Practice Manager at One Pump Court, discusses the meaning and history behind ‘taking silk’. The award of Queen's Counsel is known informally as “taking silk”, which is why QC’s are often colloquially known as ‘silks’. An example of meritocracy at the Bar, […]
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