- In Bryan Robson Limited v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 56 (TC), the First-tier Tribunal held that consideration paid under a composite agreement properly attributable to licensed image rights, not for the personal performance of services, was outside of IR35 but all the agreement's terms (including those relating to the image rights) should be considered in determining […]
- We have published new content on the immigration aspects of corporate transactions.
- On 20 January 2025, detailed regulations were laid to bring into force the right to statutory neonatal care leave (SNCL) and statutory neonatal care pay (SNCP) on 6 April 2025. Eligible employees will be entitled to up to 12 weeks' SNCL and SNCP.
- In Afshar and others v Addison Lee Ltd ET/3306435/2020, an employment tribunal decided that Addison Lee drivers were workers for the purposes of holiday pay, national minimum wage and deductions from wages claims. It went on to find that the two-year backstop on deductions from wages claims in section 23(4A) of the Employment Rights Act […]
- In Abel Estate Agent Ltd and others v Reynolds [2025] EAT 6, the EAT held that, on a proper construction of section 18A of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, a claimant's failure to comply with the requirement to undertake Acas early conciliation does not deprive the tribunal of jurisdiction to hear their claim.
- The UK government has published a third parliamentary report on the revocation and reform of assimilated law (which is known as retained EU law as regards all times before the end of 2023) and has updated the retained EU law and assimilated law dashboard.
- The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024 (SI 2024/1272) came into force on 20 January 2025.
- On 21 January 2025, the House of Commons Justice Select Committee announced that it has re-launched an inquiry and call for evidence examining the work of the County Court amid ongoing concerns over capacity and resources. The call for evidence closes on 13 February 2025.
