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ICO ‘dispenses’ its first GDPR fine
29 January 2020You’d be forgiven for missing it: while the rest of us were busily hanging tinsel and counting down the days to Christmas on our advent calendars, the ICO handed down its first GDPR fine – in the sum of £275,000 – to Doorstep Dispensaree (DD), a provider of pharmacy services to care homes. The decision is of note not just because it’s the first fine issued by Ms Denham, but also because of the other powers she exercised along the way (i.e. Information and Enforcement Notices, in addition to Monetary Penalty). Heralding another first, DD’s appeal against the Information Notice was the first to reach a final determination in the First-Tier Tribunal under the new regime.
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Insolvency issues for directors
31 May 2021All directors owe duties to their companies. When a company is solvent, those duties are paramount but once insolvency is pending, directors must act in the creditors best interests. That difference means that the nature of the directors’ duties undergoes a significant shift when insolvency threatens.
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10 climate issues for HR
11 November 2021As employment practices and laws evolve to address climate change, what HR issues arise? We sum up our thoughts in this one-page guide.
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Ireland: Coronavirus - FAQs for employers
16 April 2020The Coronavirus outbreak is rapidly becoming more widespread, raising numerous issues for businesses. We have prepared a comprehensive set of FAQs setting out guidance on all the main questions we are being asked from employers in Ireland.
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IR35
03 April 2024The introduction of IR35 for the private sector took effect from April 2021 and represented the biggest change to employment tax for decades.
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AI 101: An Introduction
12 March 2024Listen here for the first in our series of podcasts on all things AI in which we’re exploring the key legal issues arising from this hot topic.
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Business Interruption Insurance Claims - The Court Gives a Boost to Business
24 September 2020Many businesses making claims under business interruption insurance policies for losses resulting from business closures, due to the Covid pandemic and restrictions imposed by the Government, suffered a rejection of such claims by many of the insurance companies. Although the insurance companies would base those rejections on interpretations of the wording of the specific policy and the facts on which a claim was based, it was apparent that a number of common grounds were being used by the insurance industry to reject claims.
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Interpretation of exemption clauses
29 May 2024Parties often include provisions in their contracts that seek to exclude (in its entirety) or limit (to a particular level) a contracting party’s liability in respect of certain types of liability or loss. These clauses can serve the useful purpose of allocating risk between the parties and thereby giving the parties certainty as to what their potential exposure is under the contract.
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Factsheet - Innovator Founder
06 July 2023We have produced a useful factsheet on the Innovator founder requirements.
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Industrial action
22 November 2022Economically turbulent times resulting from coronavirus have seen an increase in trade unions’ membership and an increase in them ‘flexing their muscles’ by threatening industrial action over adverse changes in the workplace for their members.
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Calcul des indemnités de congé annuel
13 December 2016La Cour d’appel a récemment émis son jugement dans l’affaire en cours British Gas contre Lock, portant sur les indemnités de congés annuels, et a confirmé que les indemnités de congé annuel devaient inclure les commissions conditionnées aux résultats.
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Brexit: Implications for Commercial Contracts
21 July 2016This note looks at some initial steps that businesses can take to identify and manage risk in existing and new contracts.
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How can I build a house in the countryside?
23 June 2022Creating an exciting new countryside home can be doable and uncomplicated.
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Advertising for betting and gaming
20 January 2017The existing regulation of advertising for gaming and betting is made up of a patchwork of legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
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Brexit – the final countdown (or is it?)
11 March 2019The UK is leaving the EU in two and a half weeks’ time, at the time of writing. Or maybe it isn’t. Your guess is as good as ours.
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Coronavirus – FAQs for advertisers
11 March 2020With the number of cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19) continuing to climb, the financial markets are showing signs of strain and some businesses are already feeling the impact of decreased consumer spending in some areas.
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Coronavirus – FAQs for employers
15 April 2020The content in this article have been overtaken by more recent events and we have subsequently updated our guidance for employers on Covid-19.
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Budget 2024: Into the Chocolate Factory
07 March 2024“There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination!” So sang Willy Wonka, in both his Gene Wilder and Timothee Chalamet incarnations – I have no idea about the Johnny Depp version, that one looked terrifying to me. And the Chancellor seems to have been infected with the same Wonkaesque, starry-eyed enthusiasm.
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Pay Attention Episode 3: workers' representatives and the Pay Transparency Directive
25 June 2024In episode 3 of “Pay Attention”, Tom Heys, David Lorimer and David Hopper explore the significant impact of the role of workers’ representatives in the Pay Transparency Directive.
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CCPA enforcement comes alive!
03 July 2020The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began being enforced on 1 July 2020. Despite calls to delay enforcement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s state Attorney General pressed on with enforcement commenting that businesses had already been required to comply with the law from 1 January 2020.