10 years of the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Testamentary capacity – all change ahead?
The Mental Capacity Act (“MCA”) came into force on 1st October 2007. The Act sets out important principles affecting how we should approach decision making with a person with impaired […]
Ilegal Immigrants: New Rules for Landlords
Although the guidance does refer to “private rented accommodation” it will also impact upon private registered providers of social housing in some circumstances. The Code relates to the Immigration Act […]
Asset and Liabilities Registers – amplified by the Code
The specific requirement of the Standard is:- “To maintain a thorough, accurate and up to date record of their assets and liabilities and particularly those liabilities that may have recourse […]
Work, rest and overtime pay – the impact of the changes.
How far should the decision lead you to change the approach to the calculation of holiday pay where overtime, premium payments and commission may be paid to your workforce? This […]
Does time spent travelling to and from work count as working time under the Working Time Regulations (WTR)?
Background The WTR set minimum health and safety requirements in areas such as: rest breaks and rest periods; limits on the number of hours to be worked on average each […]
Deprivation of liberty, and paying lip service to equal rights
You can view Sheree’s full article on the Justice Gap website.
Special Measures and the CQC: “Are You Inadequate?”
[media id=653]Well, we can all feel inadequate on a bad day and it may sound a bit of an old advertiser’s cliché, but in this case it can have disastrous […]
Pitfalls and perils for tenants wishing to exercise a break clause
This case is about the tricky and contested issue of break clauses. Often, the exercise of a break option is conditional on the tenant paying the rent in full for […]
Draft gender pay reporting regulations published
This information could well prompt questions or even equal pay claims by employees or their representatives and could cause reputational damage if unexplained. Background Equal pay for men and women […]
The rise of pre-nuptial agreements
What is a pre-nuptial agreement? A pre-nuptial agreement is a contract that a couple enters into before marriage which sets out their rights to property, assets, debts and income acquired […]
Staying together for the children at Christmas
Evidence suggests that more than one in four parents make an effort to hide relationship problems at Christmas and stay together for the sake of their children. It’s perhaps no […]
Liberty and Protection – The Law Commission’s report on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty has now been published
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – the bespoke authorisation process for people deprived of their liberty in care homes and hospitals – were described by the House of Lords […]