Update – Redactions in judicial review litigation
10 January 2024
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8 January 2024
Introduction On 29/11/2023 the Court of Appeal delivered its much anticipated judgment in Churchill v. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.[1] Much anticipated because for the first time in about 20 years it tackled (at Court of Appeal level) whether a court can order parties in litigation to ; (a) mediate or undertake some other form…
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In June 2023, we discussed a number of Bills and Acts that were of key interest to employment law practitioners, HR departments and employers as a whole. In what seems like an early Christmas present from the government, the regulations are being published at breakneck speed to augment and expand on the Acts. We have…
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We have had a welcome injection of interest in Employment law, with draft regulations being laid before Parliament on changes to the Equality Act, welcome action on holiday pay, which may be the biggest shakeup of the Working Time Regulations since they were introduced some 25 years ago and also consideration of the TUPE regs….
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On 19th December, the Government issued PPN 11/23 (the “PPN”) relating to the threshold values at which public procurement opportunities are subject to regulation under UK procurement legislation. These thresholds are updated every two years, and the PPN sets out the values which will take effect from 1st January 2024. Note that since the introduction of the…
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Our associate, Michael Comba and paralegal, Shyann Sheehy examine key case law relating to the NEC suite of contracts, building on the topics explored by our colleagues in this series previously. How much case law is there? We are often asked why there is relatively limited case law on the NEC suite. Compared to…
Read more12 December 2023
What has changed? The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act makes amendments to the Employment Rights Act 1996 (“ERA”) and under the new legislation: Employers must consult with their employees before a flexible working request can be turned down; Employees can make two flexible working requests in any 12-month period -employees are currently only able to…
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Introduction On the 29th of June the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (the ‘Act’) received Royal Assent. The Act makes provisions for changes to the operation, status and content of Retained EU Law (‘REUL’) which was created under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (‘EUWA’) based on EU and EU-derived law that…
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