Our new team member, Karina Holland, has been assisting a number of clients with alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) and offers a guide to ADR for employment disputes.
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Biodiversity Net Gain – requirements for developers have now become law
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Agriculture
From 12th February 2024 mandatory biodiversity net gain requirements, part of the Environment Act 2021, became effective meaning that developers must ensure a minimum 10% net gain in biodiversity
Written by
Caroline Waller
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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month: Early Diagnosis and Treatment
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Every day around 45 people in the UK will die from bowel cancer. In this article our team summarises symptoms to look for and the treatments available.
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Business Interruption Insurance (“BII”) claims – Six months on from the Supreme Court judgment
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We have noticed a tail off in commentary on this issue in the legal and mainstream media. However, we still see BII claims as a fast-developing area of law. We are currently advising and representing clients with BII claims across a wide variety of sectors.
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Business interruption insurance claims: choose your battles carefully
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Many lawyers, insurers and policy holders have been following the progress of the Financial Conduct Authority’s test case on business interruption (“BI”) claims which will now go to the UK Supreme Court on appeal on 16 November 2020.
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Case law update – Courts pivot to mandatory dispute resolution
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Social housing providers
On 29 November 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in the matter of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416 confirming that the court can stay claims and compel parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution.
Written by
Emily Hope
,
Matthew Wilson
and
Lindsay Felstead
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Case law update: An employee who said “I’m done” and handed in her keys had not resigned
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If an employee resigns using clear and unambiguous language, their employer is entitled to accept it. That said, the courts are aware that sometimes it may be necessary to take a more detailed look at the context around the words that were spoken.
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Government plans to claim £4bn from property developers to fix cladding issues are ‘light on detail’ and ‘important questions remain unanswered’, says Peter McHugh.
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