When a person relies on a promise made by another person to their detriment, the law provides a mechanism by which the promise made can, when the circumstances permit, be legally enforceable. Such cases are particularly...
Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA), whether or not dismissal for a reason connected with an employee's conduct is fair or unfair depends on whether, in the circumstances, the employer acted reasonably or...
As of 30 June 2014, all employees now have the right to ask their employer for a change to their contractual terms and conditions of employment in order to have flexible working arrangements, irrespective of whether or not...
Under Section 4A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), employers had a duty to make reasonable adjustments if a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) placed a disabled worker at a substantial disadvantage...
Yet another attempt by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to persuade the court that a gift of a property from parent to child should be a 'gift with reservation of benefit' has failed. Where any asset is gifted from a person...
A photographer who had taken a picture of pop stars Ke$Ha and LMFAO has received a settlement of £20,000 after the Patents Court ruled that his copyright had been infringed. When he discovered that the picture was being...
The Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 came into force on 31 January 2014. They amend the provisions relating to collective redundancies in the Trade...
When a man's wife died, his decision to execute a new will less than a month later led to a legal challenge. Two earlier wills had made his wife his principal beneficiary and provided that, should she predecease him, his...
Regulation 8(7) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) disapplies the normal rules that apply when there is a relevant transfer of a business if 'the transferor is the subject of...
When a woman transferred the lease on her Knightsbridge flat into a trust for the benefit of her two sons, the intention was to provide a benefit to them which would, over time, be free of Inheritance Tax (IHT). Such gifts...