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Lord Young’s 65-page report on health and safety Common sense, common safety, published in October, is a breath of fresh air and it is to be hoped it will blow […]

A recent case emphasised that the traditional approach of assessing damages prevails: tenants cannot rely on making offers which may have no substance as a way of getting around dilapidations […]

Since the Competition Act 1998 came into force, certain agreements relating to land have been exempt from anti-competition rules. That exemption is to be revoked next year. From 6 April […]

The recent case involving Huntingdon Life Sciences laboratory provides an example of a situation where company directors would prefer to keep their home addresses out of the public domain. In the […]

The main elements of Harriet Harman’s Equality Act 2010 came into force in October, introducing some new and tricky areas for employers, says a Willans solicitor. The Act purports to […]

Flexible working From April 2011 all employees with children under the age of 18 years will have the right to request flexible working. Currently the right applies only to carers […]

As most employers will know, a worker’s right to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing extends only to a work colleague or trade union representative. There is nothing in either […]

Commercial pressures often mean work starts on a project before the terms of the contract have been formally agreed. The terms of trading are then uncertain and in the event […]

Few will have been able to avoid the news that the default retirement age (DRA) is to be scrapped. Currently the plans are only proposals and subject to consultation but […]

When a judgment has been obtained against a debtor and you wish to enforce it, the first task is to choose the most appropriate method. This will largely depend on […]