Shared Parental Leave – will more flexibility for families mean complexity for employers?
The draft regulations will apply in relation to children born or adopted on or after 5 April 2015 but the implications can have effect already for expectant parents or adopters. […]
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 come into force later this month
The 2015 Regulations represent some significant changes for purchasers across the public sector, who now have a short window in which to consider the changes that are needed to their […]
Reading the runes – a mixed bag…
The 3 million apprentices that the government hopes to have in place will partly be paid for by the new apprenticeship levy, whereby every employer with a wage bill of over […]
Estate Planning – Inheritance Tax and Gifts
Inheritance Tax is primarily payable on death on the value of your assets at that time. You can reduce the liability by making lifetime gifts and then surviving seven years. […]
Brexit and Charities – what next?
For those working in the third sector, and for us all, the Brexit outcome creates some profound uncertainties, and tells us some difficult truths. There are also immediate practical implications. […]
The rise of the ‘commercial squatter’
Vacant commercial and industrial properties are at greater risk due to the very fact that they are vacant, meaning they don’t benefit from daily occupation by tenants and security personnel, […]
Crown Commercial Service shows quiet support for achieving social and environmental goals through procurement
The guidance is little more than a précis of the social and environmental aspects of European procurement rules as implemented by the Regulations (and, if you don’t want to read […]
Under lock and key
The programme focused on the plight of young people with complex learning difficulties and/or autism who are still being looked after in institutionalised settings. This is despite the Government’s commitment […]
Can disclosures of a private interest satisfy the “public interest” whistleblowing test?
You can read the full Judgment here. Background Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 a worker who makes a ‘protected disclosure’ cannot be subjected to detriment or be dismissed by […]
“She’s my wife! Surely she has Parental Responsibility for my child.” Step-parents and the acquisition of Parental Responsibility
The world of families and relationships have developed substantially over the last couple of decades with second, third (and in the case of Elizabeth Taylor eight!) marriages being a fairly […]
A regional hub for charity law (1)
CLA members in the West Midlands were able to participate in the meeting by video link from our office in central Birmingham and we were delighted to welcome representatives of […]
Simple Maths – the answer to Greg Clark and the Housing Association Right to Buy
In announcing the Government’s new housing association Right to Buy (RTB) policy on the Today programme this morning, Greg Clark left an obvious gap in the Government’s proposals that was left […]