Ebriefings

Inspections HMRC appear to be continuing to carry out inspections in which they indicate that every hour of a sleep-in counts for National Minimum Wage (NMW) purposes (where HMRC believe […]

In the absence of adultery or long periods of separation, those who want to end their marriage need to detail allegations of unreasonable behaviour on the part of their spouse. […]

In R (on the application of DA) and Others v SSWP [2017] EWHC 1446 (Admin), a challenge was raised by a number of claimants who were (or would be) affected […]

The timing of the Medical Protection Society survey (click here to see the MPS article) coincides with ‘Black Wednesday’ – the day when newly qualified doctors start on hospital wards.  […]

This is the first of our two part segment, where we’re taking the opportunity to outline some of the benefits and to dispel some of the myths. Making a lasting […]

As a legal support partner of CBIT in the Midlands, members of staff at ACS organised activities throughout the day including samosa sales and cake sales. They were also challenged […]

Hello to all. It is as ever a busy week for Local Government, and therefore for local authority lawyers. Those involved in the forthcoming Referendum are by all accounts incredibly […]

Sport England has been responding to queries by asserting that it would be published ‘by the end of this month’ and it was. It arrived on Monday 31 October, and […]

Mental health is in the news! It’s great that we are finally talking about a health issue that society often perceives as a sensitive subject. This week the Mental Health […]

Background Most employers will be familiar with the holiday pay headlines over recent years and the scrutiny under which employers’ calculations for holiday pay have been.  A recent Guardian headline claimed […]

Whilst women make up 13% of the construction workforce, only 1% of manual trade workers are women.

Statutory regulation of tenancy deposits was introduced in April 2007 under the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”). s.213 of the Act placed an obligation on landlords to pay their tenant’s […]