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Jul 2020
On 17th June 2020 a long-running campaign spearheaded by Resolution, the national organisation representing family lawyers, came to fruition and resulted in the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill passing through the House of Commons. This new legislation will result in the overhaul of the divorce process in England and Wales and removes the current requirement to assign…
09
Jul 2020
The marriage discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 largely reflect the protection afforded from discrimination for married persons as set out in the original Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Marriage and civil partnership discrimination occurs when there is direct discrimination, indirect discrimination or victimisation on the basis of the union. Compensation is uncapped and not…
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Jun 2020
Employers may take steps to monitor employees using CCTV, bag searches, drug testing or checks on websites or emails. The extent of the monitoring should be set out clearly in the employee handbook/contract of employment and should not be a surprise to the employee; the employer should also ensure that the monitoring is compliant with…
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Jun 2020
General Data Protection Regulation came into force in the UK on 25 May 2018 and was enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018 (with some slight modifications including on enforcement action). GDPR was originally published in 2016 so there is an argument to say organisations and businesses have had four years to get their data…
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Jun 2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has sought to adopt a somewhat flexible approach for employers when dealing with subject access request’s (SAR’s) and general queries; however even in these unprecedented times, there is still no excuse not to keep on top of such serious matters. All businesses and organisations should,…
09
Jun 2020
There is a significant misunderstanding out there now about the concept of force majeure which, in the vast majority of cases, is unlikely to have any application at all! A contract is a contract and whether it is difficult to perform or not. Once it exists, if it is not completed in accordance with its…
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