Insights

1st March 2016

Whether an employee is “disabled” and therefore protected against disability discrimination by the Equality Act is not an easy or common sense question. It requires considering a number of elements within a “legal” definition, including whether the employee’s “impairment” has a substantial adverse effect on their ability to carry out “normal day-to-day activities”. But what are “normal day-to-day activities”?

1st March 2016

Katy Ponsford asks: When should an employer get involved in a spat between two trade unions? When not doing so would be to the detriment of your employees.

18th February 2016

A round up of last month and what the Construction & Engineering team have been up to recently.

16th February 2016

Our Private Client team does what it says: it looks after the personal affairs of private individuals, many of whom have already got to know us through our services to protect the legal aspects of their business.

16th February 2016

In this article, Katie Pickering looks at “time of the essence” clauses: both express and implied.

16th February 2016

Anna Wood considers how contracting parties can protect their interests /profit margins as construction costs rise.