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Do low rates of statutory pay for shared parental leave discriminate against the non-birthing partner? Shane Crawford analyses the arguments

Charles Pigott shares a close reading of the Court of Appeal’s ruling on defining the limits of collective bargaining

Low-paid workers are to receive more workplace protections under the government’s ‘Good work plan’, business secretary Greg Clark announced this week. 

Recommendations for the future of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases—Stephen Levinson takes the long view

“Smith gives us the panoramic view, seamlessly welding together old authorities with developments up to the end of February 2019”
Employment lawyers have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that restrictive covenants in employment contracts are likely to remain enforceable.

Ian Smith applauds some recent performances by the Court of Appeal but pans the non-statutory antics of some members of the supporting cast

A survey of employment lawyers has painted a bleak picture of the state of justice in employment tribunals.

The first employment tribunal ruling on positive action poses problems for employers, says Paul McFarlane

The outstanding caseload in the UK’s tribunals has increased by 8% on this time last year, driven by an increase in employment tribunal claims.
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Russell-Cooke—Susanna Heley

Russell-Cooke—Susanna Heley

Legal director appointment bolsters public and regulatory team

Slater Heelis—five appointments

Slater Heelis—five appointments

Firm appoints training partner and four new trainees

Bolt Burdon Kemp—Natasha Orr

Bolt Burdon Kemp—Natasha Orr

Firm strengthens military claims team with senior associate hire

NEWS
Government plans for offender ‘restriction zones’ risk creating ‘digital cages’ that blur punishment with surveillance, warns Henrietta Ronson, partner at Corker Binning, in this week's issue of NLJ
Louise Uphill, senior associate at Moore Barlow LLP, dissects the faltering rollout of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 in this week's NLJ
Judgments are ‘worthless without enforcement’, says HHJ Karen Walden-Smith, senior circuit judge and chair of the Civil Justice Council’s enforcement working group. In this week's NLJ, she breaks down the CJC’s April 2025 report, which identified systemic flaws and proposed 39 reforms, from modernising procedures to protecting vulnerable debtors
Writing in NLJ this week, Katherine Harding and Charlotte Finley of Penningtons Manches Cooper examine Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court ruling that narrowed what counts as matrimonial property, and its potential impact upon claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
In this week's NLJ, Dr Jon Robins, editor of The Justice Gap and lecturer at Brighton University, reports on a campaign to posthumously exonerate Christine Keeler. 60 years after her perjury conviction, Keeler’s son Seymour Platt has petitioned the king to exercise the royal prerogative of mercy, arguing she was a victim of violence and moral hypocrisy, not deceit. Supported by Felicity Gerry KC, the dossier brands the conviction 'the ultimate in slut-shaming'
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