Insights

3rd July 2018

In this article, we consider the case of Kocur v Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd, in which the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether agency workers should be granted the same leave and rest break entitlements as permanent employees who were paid a lower hourly rate of pay.

3rd July 2018

In this article, Heyma Holmes reviews the recent case of Quintiles Commercial v Barongo, and considers whether a decision to dismiss is reasonable if prior warnings were not issued to an employee.

2nd July 2018

The commercial property team at BPE Solicitors LLP has acted for Stobart Group, one of the largest infrastructure companies in England, on a sale and lease-back agreement of an industrial facility and office headquarters in Widnes, Cheshire.

28th June 2018

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act has received Royal Assent and we now have some certainty on the way legislation will be affected.

28th June 2018

Following a recent story of two children left in a car in high temperatures, Iain Garfield discusses the ICO guidance on using 'vital interests' as a ground for processing personal data.

25th June 2018

There has been a case recently that called into closer scrutiny the process of signing a will – looking at what is required both from the testator (the person making the will) and from their witnesses. The legal requirements are not necessarily complicated but aren’t explained that clearly in the Wills Act of 1983.