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In the second of a series of podcasts on redundancy procedure, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss how to consult on the business case in a...

FCA publish new guidance for solo-regulated firms as first conduct reporting deadline under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime approaches

Recently, I wrote about the new immigration system that will apply to work visas from January 2021, and mentioned that businesses would need to start...

Promontoria (Chestnut) Ltd v Simpson and another

With support for employees via the Job Retention Scheme ending soon , David Walker and David Hossack discuss the options open to employers to try and...

Dual-qualification and becoming an attorney in the United States may not be something you have considered before or you may already be thinking about...

The Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 includes photographs in the definition of an "Artistic Work". Copyright is an intellectual property right...

English High Court corrects a drafting error so as to make security accession deeds effective

In our latest Employment Law podcast, David Hossack and Alan Delaney discuss the latest guidance from the ICO on how it plans to exercise its...

Tax planning for the entrepreneur is challenging. This article highlights five things of which every business owner should be aware in the post Covid...

In the last few months, we've all become familiar with the term "key worker" and who it covers, but in the next six months I think there is going to...

Last month the ICO updated its guidance on the regulatory approach it intends to take during the current Covid-19 crisis. This guidance provides...

As we have seen the construction sector continue to operate on a restricted basis in England, we too have started to see a rise in certain types of...

Regulations which will affect all public sector bodies where employment terms are subject to UK Government approval will come into force shortly.

In Scotland, it is a well-established legal principle that in order for a claim of negligence to succeed, three separate elements of the case must be...

One could describe in a number of different ways, the immense contribution which James made to Morton Fraser, in the almost 40 years since joining...

The English High Court has ruled that a lease to a school was beyond the powers of the school (the ultra vires doctrine) and that the lease contract...

In our weekly employment law podcast, Innes Clark and David Hossack discuss the key elements of a fair redundancy process.