The European Court of Human Rights has held that a Spanish employer's decision to install hidden video cameras to monitor suspected thefts by a number of supermarket cashiers violated the…
On 3 January 2018, the Department for Education (DfE) published updated privacy notice model documents for local authorities that aim to assist their compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation…
The total value and volume of reported fraud in 2017 hit a 15-year high, at over £2bn, with substantial increases in fraud in the financial services sector, according to research…
The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that an employee who raised compliance issues purely out of self-interest did not make a qualifying disclosure for the purpose of whistleblowing…
A judgment on what is thought to be the largest civil case in Guernsey's history handed down on 4 September by the island's Royal Court cleared Carlyle Capital Corporation, a…
The High Court has found that an employer, Wm Morrisons Supermarkets PLC, was vicariously liable for the deliberate and criminal disclosure of co-workers’ personal data by a rogue employee. This…
For warranty claims to be valid, a claimant must give notice in accordance with the notice provisions for breach of warranty in a sale and purchase agreement. This was underlined…
A recent decision of the High Court has considered legal privilege – the rule in law that communications between a lawyer and solicitor are confidential. In the Matter of Edwardian…
An employee who was told that he was being dismissed resigned and brought a breach of contract claim. The employer had misled the employee as to the real reason for…
The Law Society will seek permission to intervene in a landmark dispute between the Serious Fraud Office and mining company the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation which could reset the parameters…
Arbitrations are often favoured by companies as an alternative to the Courts in order to resolve disputes. The main reason for this preference is that arbitrations subject to English law…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has dismissed an appeal against a lower tribunal's decision that Uber drivers were workers for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the National…