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New legislation is to come into force in Spring 2013 allowing a change of use from offices (class B1(a)) to residential (class C3) without the need for planning permission. The new legislation will apply for an initial period of 3 years. Once this three-year period has elapsed, the Government will c...
We are delighted to have acted for Hyde Group on its ground breaking £102m financing with Legal & General for the debt funding of two of the Group's subsidiary members.
The Children and Families Bill proposes to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees who have been employed for 26 weeks or more by their current employer.
The recent EAT decision in Piper –v- Maidstone & Tunbridge NHS Trust held that in some cases a lesser penalty imposed on an appeal did not expunge the employee’s original dismissal.
In January, the European Court of Human Rights handed down judgment in Eweida and ors –v- UK which considered four combined cases about religious rights in the workplace. In order to assist employers understanding of the practical implications of this decision, the Equality and Human Rights Commiss...
Whether an employee can benefit from changes under a collective agreement post TUPE transfer will depend upon whether the agreement is incorporated into their contract of employment.
Tax increment funding (TIF) is a means for local authorities to raise money for regeneration projects by borrowing against the predicted growth in future business rates. In the United States TIF has been a fairly long-standing means of raising finance in the public sector, but so far in the UK we ha...
