Charles Pigott
Professional support lawyer
Charles Pigott, professional support lawyer, Mills & Reeve LLP. (charles.pigott@mills-reeve.com; www.mills-reeve.com)
Professional support lawyer
Charles Pigott, professional support lawyer, Mills & Reeve LLP. (charles.pigott@mills-reeve.com; www.mills-reeve.com)
Where does the Supreme Court’s decision in Mercer leave us in terms of the law on union-related detriment? Charles Pigott reports
Final fire & rehire code treads carefully through a legal & policy minefield, says Charles Pigott
How is the EU law thread in Agnew to be applied to the rest of the UK? Charles Pigott reports
Repeated extensions of a dismissal date were ‘unusual but not unfair’: Charles Pigott considers absence management & the band of reasonable responses test
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on gender-critical beliefs has brought human rights to the fore: Charles Pigott analyses a significant development for discrimination claims
Are employers entitled to restrict their employees’ private expression of opinions online or elsewhere? Charles Pigott examines freedom of speech & workplace censorship
How much change will the fire & rehire code deliver? Charles Pigott assesses the government’s draft code of practice
Domesticating retained EU law: practical necessity or ideological project? Charles Pigott considers the mammoth task ahead
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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