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FinTech By Tim Ryan What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing By Tim Ryan The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
New guidelines dramatically reduce Irish general damages By James Colville On Saturday 6 th March all 166 Irish Judges met virtually to vote on whether the Personal Injuries Guidelines drafted by a committee of 7 Judges should be implemented. The vote was passed by a majority of the Judges however, there was a sizeable…
Reflecting on 2020: The top climate change stories By Emma Lidstrom As we embark on a new year and reflect on the past 12 months there is certainly a lot of news to digest. It is no surprise that the dominating news this year concerned the global coronavirus pandemic, but there was also a considerable amount of news…
UK Listings Review (2) – The Ten Most Important Recommendations to Improve UK Capital Markets. By Clive Garston The recommendations to the UK Listings Review led by Lord Hill were published yesterday, 3 March 2021. DAC Beachcroft had responded to the Call for Evidence and we are pleased to learn that a number of our recommendations have been considered and…
Employment Matters: Public Health - March 2021 By Hilary Larter DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
Employment Matters - March 2021 By Hilary Larter DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
Constructive Dismissal: Engaging in a grievance procedure does not undermine a constructive dismissal claim By Hilary Larter An ex-employee who had engaged in his employer’s grievance procedure before claiming constructive dismissal had not affirmed his employment contract
Confidential Information: The dangers of using information provided by new members of staff Employers receiving information from new staff members should question whether they are on notice that the information is confidential to the previous employer.
Indirect Discrimination: “Particular disadvantage” involves looking at those impacted by the policy By Hilary Larter When determining whether a policy was indirectly discriminatory against women because of their greater childcare responsibilities, a tribunal erred in considering that the policy applied equally to men and women. It should have considered whether…
Discrimination: “Stale” diversity training By Hilary Larter An employer’s diversity training had become stale and needed refreshing, leading the tribunal to reject the employer’s reasonable steps defence. BACKGROUND: An employer will not be liable for an employee’s discriminatory actions if the employer…
Toombes v Mitchell: wrongful life v wrongful birth By Katy Barraclough Jones Can a disabled person ever claim damages on the basis that they would not have been born but for a defendant’s negligence? This is the question that was considered by Lambert J in the recent case of Toombes v Mitchell [2020] EWHC 3506 (QB).
