Aug 2019 - ESAPA Client eNewsletter
Bangladesh Contributed by FM Associates By Al Amin Rahman, Managing PartnerAnti corruption law in Bangladesh The Anti Corruption Commission is working towards a corruption-free Bangladesh by...
View ArticleCalculating holiday pay for irregular workers: Court clarifies correct approach
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an employer was wrong to cap holiday pay at 12.07% of annualised hours for a zero hour contract employee working term-time. Instead, it should have based it on...
View ArticleSerious Fraud Office clarifies its view of cooperation
The SFO finally issues long-awaited definitive guidance as to the expectations for corporate defendants seeking to gain cooperation credit The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the UK authority responsible...
View ArticleCrypto-matters Volume 2 - Legal developments on crypto-assets and Blockchain...
Bringing our clients the latest important legal developments related to crypto-assets and the use of Blockchain technology in financial services and markets Legislative and regulatory developments FCA...
View ArticleEducation briefing Court of Appeal decision on calculating holiday pay for...
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an employer was wrong to cap holiday pay at 12.07% of annualised hours for a zero hour contract employee working on a term-time only basis. Instead, it should...
View ArticleOpen Consultation UK Implementation of the European Electronic...
Precis The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) have opened a consultation[1] which seeks stakeholder’s views on the proposed approach to the implementation of the European...
View ArticleUK consults on RAB model to finance nuclear new build
On 22 July 2018, the UK Government issued its consultation on a proposed new funding model for new nuclear power plants, as an alternative to the contracts for difference regime which supported EDF’s...
View ArticleEducation briefing Government consults on changes to the law to support...
Amongst the various consultation exercises commenced by the Government in July 2019 was one dealing with sickness absence in the workplace. “Health is everyone’s business” seeks views on different...
View ArticleLawbite: A case of mistaken identity
Seafood Shack Ltd v Alan Darlow [2019] EWHC 1567 (Ch) A lease of restaurant premises was granted to a company that did not exist; there was no legal basis for correcting the lease, and the...
View ArticleInvestor's Legal Brief, July 2019
1. The government has adopted significant amendments on the Law on the Legal status of AliensIn the middle of the July the government has adopted significant amendments on the Law on the Legal...
View ArticleEducation briefing - Ill health early retirement the importance of a...
A recent determination by the Pensions Ombudsman has suggested that employers could be liable for losses employees suffer where they take ill health retirement but payments under the pension scheme do...
View ArticleGood faith in commercial contracts: another development?
Introduction In April we reported on a High Court case that implied a duty of good faith into a commercial contract, with the result that a party may be potentially restricted in the way it acts in...
View ArticleImpact on lenders of final proposals for breathing space and statutory...
Summary: HM Treasury has announced its final proposals on Breathing Space and Statutory Debt Repayment Plans. The final proposals will go before Parliament for approval by the end of 2019, with the...
View ArticleFinal proposals for breathing space and statutory repayment plans unveiled
Summary: In November 2018, we commented on the Government’s consultation document setting out a policy proposal for Breathing Space and Statutory Debt Repayment Plans. Th...
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