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Ian Smith unpacks Agnew…the long awaited decision of the Supreme Court claiming unpaid holiday pay from yesteryears

The eagerly-awaited Supreme Court decision of Agnew is the main subject of Ian Smith’s Employment law brief, in this week’s NLJ

Caroline Field covers recent developments in the use of non-compete clauses to control ex-employees

In the EAT, as in life, the pendulum may ‘swing’ one way or the other, and then later swing back. Ian Smith explains all in this month’s update

In this week’s NLJ, Ian Smith traces the latest trend in the employment tribunal as a common theme in three recent cases, covering termination by agreement, time limits and the form of judgments

Employment lawyers have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that gaps of three months or more do not break a series of holiday underpayments when employees are bringing claims

Thomas Beale sets out the legal routes available to tackling bullying & harassment in the workplace

Nicholas Dobson reviews a recent case involving wrongdoing during a one-week work experience stint

Gaps of three months or more do not break a series of holiday underpayments when employees are bringing claims, the Supreme Court has held

Repeated extensions of a dismissal date were ‘unusual but not unfair’: Charles Pigott considers absence management & the band of reasonable responses test

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Birketts—Nathan Evans

Commercial and technology team in Cambridge strengthened by partner hire

Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta

Hampshire firm appoints head of new family department

Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale

Firm strengthens securities practice with partner return

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NLJ this week: Mazur and more—inside the litigation frontline

From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed

NLJ this week: Social media bans for children spark legal dilemmas

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation

NLJ this week: Leasehold reform risks creating ‘forgotten freeholders’

Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies

NLJ this week: Court of Appeal clarifies when a claim truly begins

Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid

NLJ this week: Split FDRs could ease pressure—and boost settlements

The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation

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Employment

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—Nathan Evans

Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta

Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale