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Tom Walker

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Tom Walker, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Tom Walker, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Constructive dismissal upholds the law of contract, but with a human touch, says Tom Walker

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall consider the length of restrictive covenants

Should employees be paid to sleep? Tom Walker reports

Tom Walker & Phillip D’Costa review the status of LLP members

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall explain why some employees may have less waiting time between jobs in future

Employers can now act with greater flexibility in a redundancy exercise, says Tom Walker

Does UK plc have the right to strike? Tom Walker reports

Tom Walker shares a cautionary tale or two about “protected conversations”

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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