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  • Flexible working update

    Following on from our recent article on Flexible Working Requests the government has now published their response to their consultation on the same subject - Making Flexible…

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    Posted on 12 January, 2023 by Ortolan

  • Data sharing and protection

    New consultation opens The government has launched a new consultation called the Draft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information)(Identity Verification Services)…

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    Posted on 12 January, 2023 by Ortolan

  • Autumn Statement

    Hot on the heels of the last mini-budget came the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, with his Autumn Statement on 17 November. Among his announcements, employers may…

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    Posted on 30 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • ICO Consultations on employee data

    The ICO has highlighted how change affects employers, employees and their data, particularly in relation to remote working, monitoring technologies and AI. In an effort to help…

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    Posted on 30 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • Pilkington Principle and Hillside

    Hillside Parks Ltd (Appellant) v Snowdonia National Park Authority (Respondent) 2022 UKSC, handed down in November 2022, raises important issues in planning law regarding the…

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    Posted on 30 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • NIMBYism (or is it?)

    The progress of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill was delayed last week during the report stage.  The reason for the delay? The perennial problem of housing, the lack…

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    Posted on 29 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • ‘Tis the season… for a HR headache?

    It’s that time of year again and, after the last few years of relatively quiet festive periods as a result of the global pandemic, there are bound to be big Christmas…

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    Posted on 29 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • Supreme Court Ruling Provides Clarity On The Need To Consider The Interests of Creditors

    The Supreme Court handed down its decision in BTI v Sequana [2022] UKSC 25 on 5 October 2022 in which it dismissed the appeal from the Court of Appeal decision in 2019 and…

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    Posted on 16 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • Flexible Working Requests / Hybrid Working Agreements

    Whilst many bad things have resulted from Covid19 (understatement of the year!), many employees agree that one thing that appears to have changed for many employers is the…

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    Posted on 14 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • IP Rights in Meltdown

    Many will remember last year’s battle between Aldi & M&S when M&S accused Aldi of copying their Colin the Caterpillar cake.  Whilst Aldi and M&S managed to settle their…

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    Posted on 4 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • Investment Zone Expressions of Interest Submitted

    The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities invited expressions of interest for Investment Zones from 2 October to 14 October 2022.  The Zones will benefit…

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    Posted on 4 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • Menopause in the workplace

    Following on from our article about the Menopause Workplace Pledge, in which at the time of writing more than 600 companies had signed up to, which was followed by a House of…

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    Posted on 4 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • Proof required to reclaim VAT

    The Supreme Court recently and unanimously agreed that for a taxpayer to reclaim VAT they must first be able to prove how much VAT they have incurred. In HM Revenue and Customs…

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    Posted on 4 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • IR35 not to be repealed after all

    Last month we reported on the reforms to IR35 in the Government’s “mini-budget” where  it was announced that the IR35 reforms introduced in 2017 and 2021, …

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    Posted on 4 November, 2022 by Ortolan

  • The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022

    The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 22nd September 2022 and aims to remove retained EU law from the statute books by the end of…

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    Posted on 6 October, 2022 by Ortolan

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