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  • Disclosure in English litigation: a sea change is coming

    09 January 2018

    English rules on disclosure (‘discovery’ in many jurisdictions) are set for a major overhaul. Draft rules were published in November 2017. Once approved by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, the resulting draft is intended to be introduced as part of a pilot scheme lasting 2 years, potentially beginning in April 2018 and running in the Business and Property Courts. This will cover virtually all High Court litigation. It will not be optional.

  • New judgment restricts employers’ scope for responding to industrial action

    30 June 2021

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has interpreted the law on detrimental treatment for trade union activities in a way that limits how employers may respond to their staff taking industrial action.

  • New judgment further restricts employers’ scope for responding to industrial action

    01 December 2021

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal recently interpreted the law on detrimental treatment for trade union activities in a way that limits the scope for employers to respond to industrial action. In another decision, it has now decided that participating staff may also bring claims under separate blacklisting regulations, which entitle employees to potentially far greater compensation in the form of an automatic minimum award of £5,000.

  • Life Sciences & Pharma

    We work with leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies to protect and enhance their most important assets — their ideas, their people, and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities.

  • EDPB doubles down on Schrems II

    27 July 2020

    In its recently released FAQs the EDPB appears to have confirmed the expanded scope of all the potential consequences of Schrems II.

  • In House Data Club: Implications of the CJEU’s decision in Schrems II

    30 July 2020

    Please join us for our fourth In House Data Club of 2020 where we will discuss the implications of the CJEU’s decision in Schrems II, including hearing from Christopher Knight of 11KBW, who acted for the UK Government intervening in the case.

  • Covid 19 - Government schemes in other key European jurisdictions

    03 April 2020

    Many other European governments have introduced schemes, similar to the furloughing scheme here in the UK, with the aim of supporting employers experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and encouraging them to retain staff during the crisis. The below is a brief summary of the schemes in place in the key European jurisdictions.

  • Disclosure Pilot Scheme already making an impact as High Court orders list of “issues for disclosure”

    12 December 2018

    The mandatory Disclosure Pilot Scheme may not start in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales (“BPCs”) until 1 January 2019, but it seems the courts are already taking the new rules into account. In one reported case, the High Court has ordered a separate “list of issues for disclosure”, which will have to be jointly completed by the parties as part of the new Disclosure Review Document required under the Pilot Scheme.

  • Ireland: New paid parental leave scheme from 1 November 2019

    09 October 2019

    The Government has now published the General Scheme for the Parental Leave and Benefit Bill. This provides for paid parental leave benefit, to be used within the first 12 months of a child’s life or 12 months from the date of adoption.

  • Government announces the new Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)

    07 April 2020

    On 3 April 2020, the Government announced a new loan scheme to provide support for large businesses.

  • Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)

    22 April 2020

    The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) opened on Monday 20 April 2020. It provides financial support to mid-sized and larger UK businesses across the UK that are losing revenue, and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Furloughing employees - FAQs for employers on the coronavirus job retention scheme

    25 February 2022

    The furlough scheme is due to end on 30 September 2021, with employer contributions gradually increasing from July onwards. These FAQs cover all aspects of how the scheme operates.

  • Brexit – the “no deal” scenario

    10 December 2018

    On 5th December 2018, the UK Government published its latest policy paper setting out what rights EU citizens will have to reside in the UK in the event the UK exits the European Union without a deal in place.

  • IHELC meeting: Horizon scanning

    03 December 2020

    This event is only open to in-house lawyers who either specialise exclusively in or undertake a significant proportion of employment work.

  • The Great British immigration scandal

    27 February 2013

    In an article for Management Today, Mary Croydon discusses Silicon Roundabout's rich, cosmopolitan identity but is concerned about the squeezing of entry routes into the UK for overseas talent. Mary goes on to warn that unless companies find ways to overcome these hurdles in order to attract the brightest and the best, it is questionable how long Silicon Roundabout will remain open for business.

  • Advertising & Marketing - Notes on a scandal

    22 March 2018

    In the wake of a series of high profile reports into alleged misconduct, it is important for agencies to be prepared should a scandal occur.

  • Lorna Scamman

    Lorna Scamman

    Senior Lawyer

    As a rockhopper lawyer, I am on call, by telephone and email, to advise employers from a variety of sectors on whatever HR or employee relations issues they need assistance with.

  • Joanna Hunt comments for People Management: No-deal Brexit could abruptly end freedom of movement, says Home Office

    20 August 2019

    Joanna Hunt has commented in an article for People Management which discusses the Home Office's announcement that the UK could abruptly end freedom of movement upon leaving the EU on 31 October if no deal is reached.

  • Neighbourhood development plans give communities a greater say

    07 April 2015

    We have written an article for Waste Planning magazine.

  • Brexit bonfire of employment law not needed, say employers

    04 May 2017

    Employers back UK’s existing employment rights framework as negotiations over the country’s departure from the EU begin.

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