Insights

30th April 2018

In this article, Heyma Holmes reviews the recent Court of Appeal case of Moorthy v HMRC regarding taxation of “injury to feelings” in settlement agreements.

30th April 2018

With the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) coming into force on 25 May 2018, the media is full of hype regarding how GDPR will drastically change the face of data protection. But how much of the media coverage is based on fact, and how much is fiction? In this article, Sarah Lee debunks some of the media myths and summarises the key areas you need to focus on to be ready for 25 May.

30th April 2018

In this article Steve Conlay looks at a recent EAT case regarding an employer’s internal policy of not paying enhanced shared parental leave where an enhanced maternity policy was in place.

30th April 2018

In this article Will Carter considers the case of Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood, which considers the question of when written notice to terminate a contract of employment takes effect.

30th April 2018

In this article, we consider the case of Chidzoy v BBC UKEAT/0097/17 in which the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to decide if the Employment Tribunal (ET) had erred in striking out Ms Chidzoy’s claim part way through a hearing because of Ms Chidzoy’s conduct in talking to a journalist whilst under oath during a break in her cross – examination. Ms Chidzoy had been warned on multiple occasions not to discuss her evidence with anyone else whilst under oath.

23rd April 2018

Cheltenham law firm, BPE Solicitors, is celebrating after being voted a finalist in the ‘Law firm of the year: The Independents – South and Midlands’ category of The Lawyer Awards