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A recent employment tribunal decision held that a former Marketing Director of a company with over 800 employees and a turnover of £76 million was discriminated against when she announced her pregnancy and took maternity leave. The claimant was awarded £30,000 in damages.

Some interesting legal issues arise in relation to the claims made by Virginia Giuffre against the Duke of York.

Since the start of Covid-19 there have been many schemes introduced by the government in an attempt to support the country’s economy during this unprecedented pandemic. Furlough has been the most notorious and, in some opinions, helpful scheme that the government have implemented and it has aided a substantial number of companies to remain afloat...

A recent Supreme Court (SC) decision brought some calmness back to the tech world by overturning what was deemed to be a surprising decision by the Court of Appeal (CoA). The CoA had caused a stir when their interpretation of a liquidated damages clause removed the predictability and certainty that such clauses should provide; and...

INTRODUCTION In this increasingly globalised and, in some ways, borderless world, an increasing amount of trade is done with sovereign governments, otherwise known as states or countries.

Working these days with large amounts of data, staff based remotely or using a range of devices to link with the office brings a range of technical, legal and regulatory issues and potential headaches from a data handling perspective.

Possibly, depending on the circumstances. A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision has held that an employee was discriminated against when her employment was terminated after she refused to work at weekends.

Don’t step in the jurisdiction accidentally – to avoid a judgment becoming enforceable If you are an English company or person resident in England, there may be an alternative to defending proceedings in a foreign court at great cost.

Aleksej Gubarev, XBT Holdings SA and Webzilla Inc v. Buzzfeed Inc and Ben Smith Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, wrote what has become known as “the Trump Dossier”. The dossier is a collection of reports concerning alleged Russian efforts to influence the United States Presidential election, and possible links between Russia and the then...

A recent employment tribunal decision held that employees with anxiety should be allowed to listen to music as they work.