The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has recommended to the Government that the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), which applies to workers aged 21 and over, should rise by 3 per cent to £6.70 per hour from 1 October 2015. The LPC’s report
New Employment Limits Increase As a result of the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2015, employers will need to be aware of the new limits coming in to force as of 6 April 2015. The most interesting increases include: The maximum payment for any
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2015, which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation amounts which can be awarded by employment tribunals, was laid before Parliament on 13 February 2015 and applies where the appropriate date falls on or after
A mental health nurse who was accused of inappropriately touching colleagues and behaving in an unacceptably sexualised manner has been given a fresh chance to prove that her dismissal was unfair. The nurse strongly denied the accusations but was dismissed for gross misconduct by the
In a ruling of interest to tenants of tied properties, an RAF squadron leader’s ex-wife, who was ordered out of her government-owned home after her husband left her, has failed to convince judges that her eviction would violate her human rights. After 15 years of
Members of the public who are pestered by aggressive and unsolicited marketing will be interested to hear that the Government has wide powers to protect consumers against those responsible for the irritating flood of cold calls and junk mail. A company provided an ostensible service
Two companies, each of which claims the other should bear the heavy burden of a cost over-run during construction of a waste-to-energy plant, had to resort to the High Court to make sense of their respective contractual obligations. Company A had employed company B to
Undercover police officers whose jobs often entail making contact with informers at all hours of the day and night have had their right to fair overtime payments for the out-of-hours work they put in recognised by the Court of Appeal. Officers engaged in ‘handling’ informers
In a case which revealed a wrinkle in the law which is bound to cause consternation amongst well-heeled residents of London’s historic garden squares, the High Court has ruled that an extension which was built in strict accordance with planning permission was nevertheless unlawful and
In a deeply worrying case for the tax authorities, a company which ran a successful bonded warehouse has won the right to substantial compensation from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after it was accused of fraud without justification, hit with a tax demand for almost
