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All You Need To Know About MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) and EPCs
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) measures the energy efficiency of a property on a scale of A-G. The most efficient properties will be in band A and the least efficient…
Posted on 4 April, 2023 by Ortolan
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April 2023 Employment Update
It’s that time of the year again! Here’s a reminder of all the employment law changes and updates for April 2023. New National Living Wage to apply from 1 April…
Posted on 4 April, 2023 by Ortolan
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Changes to Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
New changes were introduced to the current Money Laundering Regulations 2017 from 1 April 2023. Money Laundering Regulations apply to many business types - typically this…
Posted on 4 April, 2023 by Ortolan
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Government reviews whistleblowing laws
The government has launched a review of the whistleblowing framework of laws. These are the laws that “support workers who blow the whistle on wrongdoing in the workplace”.…
Posted on 4 April, 2023 by Ortolan
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Stress at Work
Often employment lawyers get called upon to advise on stress in the workplace. Whether it is a staff member signed off with work related stress and a query as to when the…
Posted on 4 April, 2023 by Ortolan
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Refocussed Investment Zones
Kwasi Karteng announced plans to reduce taxes and relax planning regulations in around 38 local authority areas in the mini-budget during Liz Truss’s leadership. Like…
Posted on 3 April, 2023 by Ortolan
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Visual intrusion can be a straightforward case of nuisance
In the decision of Fearn v Tate Gallery handed down by the Supreme Court on 1 February 2023, visual intrusion was held to be capable of being a straightforward nuisance. The…
Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Ortolan
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Engaging the services of Independent Contractors?
Employers, particularly those who engage the services of independent contractors, should keep a look out for the latest case given the go-ahead to proceed following the…
Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Ortolan
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Are service charge proportions amendable?
Can the landlord amend the service charge proportions payable under the lease was the question finally answered by the Supreme Court this month in the long-running case of…
Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Ortolan
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Under-funded, overloaded – must the planning system also regulate nuisance?
The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Fearn & Others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery on 1 February 2023 [2023] UKSC 4 on appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 104. The…
Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Ortolan
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The end of “no fault” evictions
The Renters Reform Bill aims to give tenants more security and better-quality housing. Most tenancies in England will be affected save for certain purpose-built student…
Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Ortolan
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A real nuisance!
Fearn and others v Board of Tate Trustees In a well-publicised case owners of four flats, in a block adjacent to the Tate Modern’s viewing platform, complained that Tate…
Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Ortolan
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Case Review: McAllister v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2022] EAT 87
This case gives some comfort to employers choosing to dismiss an employee on long term sickness absence who are concerned about the risks of a disability discrimination…
Posted on 31 January, 2023 by Ortolan
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Levelling Up Funding Allocated and Bidding for Brownfield Release Funding Begins
On 18 January we discovered the list of projects to benefit from funding from Round 2 of the government’s Levelling Up Fund. Headlines covered the award of money to…
Posted on 31 January, 2023 by Ortolan
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Failure to prevent fraud law to be a prosecutable offence
Laws being proposed by the government in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency bill include a newly created offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’ as well as greater…
Posted on 30 January, 2023 by Ortolan