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Legal 500 recognition – social housing

We are delighted that the social housing team at Morgan LaRoche have again been recognised by the Legal 500 for providing “authoritative advice”. The property-related social housing front advise RSLs…

Legal 500 recognition – commercial property

We are very proud of our commercial property team at Morgan LaRoche who have again been commended in the Legal 500 for its “excellent credentials” for a developer-focused client base…

Legal 500 recognition – banking and finance

We are very pleased with our banking and finance team at Morgan LaRoche, who have again been recognised in the Legal 500 for their ability to handle a high volume…

Legal 500 recognition – property litigation

The Legal 500 has again praised our “excellent and dynamic” property litigation team at Morgan LaRoche for its “business-minded approach”. Jason Williams’ “significant experience in property litigation” has seen him deal with…

Legal 500 recognition – health and safety

Our health and safety team at Morgan LaRoche has been praised in the Legal 500 for its “national reputation” of acting for independent early years and social care providers. Andrew…

Legal 500 recognition – corporate and commercial

We are very pleased that our corporate and commercial team at Morgan LaRoche have once again been named in the Legal 500. Their ability to deal with “high-quality mandates” of…

Legal 500 recognition – commercial litigation

We are delighted that our commercial litigation team at Morgan LaRoche have again been recognised by the Legal 500 as being “well-positioned” to advise on “very high-stakes and challenging work”…

Acas published its latest data

Acas has recently published its data on early conciliation (EC) and employment tribunals for England, Scotland and Wales covering April to December 2020. The data reveals that: From July to…

Redundancy protection not yet extended for new parents

Recently in the House of Commons, it was reiterated by Paul Scully MP that the government will introduce legislation offering greater protection against pregnancy and maternity discrimination “when parliamentary time…

Tribunal failed to take notice of childcare disparity

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal failed to take notice of the “childcare disparity” in a recent indirect sex discrimination claim. The disparity is when female…

Latest employment tribunal statistics

The quarterly statistics for the employment tribunal between January and March 2021 has been published and includes the following data: There have been 13% less single claims in this quarter…

Gender critical belief was a “philosophical belief”

An employment tribunal that decided a gender critical belief (including a belief that sex is immutable and should not be conflated with gender identity, and that trans women are men)…

Could flexible working become the default position?

A new consultation will be launched by the government to decide whether flexible working should become the default position. The idea, which has been referred to in the Employment Bill…

Automatic unfair dismissal for raising COVID concerns

Mr Gibson, the claimant, worked as a chef in a restaurant that was temporarily closed following the first COVID-19 lockdown When Mr Gibson was asked to return to work before…

Sexual harassment in the workplace consultation

In response to a consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace that took place between February and October 2019, the government has pledged the following: A provision will be introduced…

Teacher suspected of possessing indecent images of children fairly dismissed

A teacher who was charged, but not prosecuted, with possession of indecent images of children, has been fairly dismissed for “some other substantial reason” (SOSR). Whilst the teacher acknowledged a…

New online tool for shared parental leave

A new online tool has been published to assist expectant parents check their eligibility and pay entitlement under the shared parental leave and pay scheme. The process of checking eligibility,…

John Lewis to introduce the UK’s first equalised parental leave policy

John Lewis plans to launch an equalised parental pay policy from autumn 2021, in what is claimed to be a first in the UK. Any employee who has been employed…

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Legal 500 recognition – social housing

Legal 500 recognition – commercial property

Legal 500 recognition – banking and finance

Legal 500 recognition – property litigation

Legal 500 recognition – health and safety

Legal 500 recognition – corporate and commercial

Legal 500 recognition – commercial litigation

Acas published its latest data

Redundancy protection not yet extended for new parents

Tribunal failed to take notice of childcare disparity

Latest employment tribunal statistics

Gender critical belief was a “philosophical belief”

Could flexible working become the default position?

Automatic unfair dismissal for raising COVID concerns

Sexual harassment in the workplace consultation

Teacher suspected of possessing indecent images of children fairly dismissed

New online tool for shared parental leave

John Lewis to introduce the UK’s first equalised parental leave policy