Wind turbines marching across the countryside are not to everyone’s taste and are a constant source of controversy. However, it was concerns about aircraft safety, not the visual impact on the landscape, which resulted in
The Government has updated its statutory guidance on calculating the National Minimum Wage (NMW). This covers eligibility for the NMW, calculating the amount payable, the working hours for which the NMW must be paid and
A leading UK fashion retailer which took an ethical stance and withdrew its business from an overseas supplier which it believed was putting its workforce at risk has succeeded in fighting off a High Court
Off the record briefings to the press by public officials are a fact of modern political life but one such meeting between national newspaper journalists and a top civil servant led to a test case
In an important victory for local democracy, one of the first ‘neighbourhood plans’ adopted under the Localism Act 2011 proved instrumental in blocking plans for more than 100 new homes on the outskirts of a
On 10 March 2015, legislation came into force making it a criminal offence to require an individual to exercise their subject access rights under Section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) to gain
Almost nobody would want a waste plant near their home but the weight of rubbish created by the modern world means that they have to be built somewhere. In a case which illustrated the point,
A company director who breached his employer’s trust by misusing its resources to aid his son and daughter-in-law in establishing a new, and potentially competing, business has been ordered to pay more than £90,000 in
Contrary to what some may believe, the Internet is not a free-for-all and those who register web addresses which breach the rights of others are playing with fire. One businessman found that out to his
A disabled IT specialist who was cut out of the communication loop by his employer whilst on long-term sick leave has triumphed in a discrimination claim and will receive thousands of pounds in compensation following
