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Is the government backtracking on equality duties, asks Charles Pigott

When does an employee owe fiduciary duties, asks Felicia Epstein

Ian Smith confronts some familiar HR horrors in the redundancy pool

Melanie Adams considers how to end an employee’s contract without telling him

Could time be up for the Taplin test, asks Mark Benney

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden report on the recent flurry of reforms introduced to UK employment law

A recent Supreme Court ruling leaves working Brits abroad on tenterhooks, says Charles Pigott

Ian Smith reports on fixed-term employees legislation & an EAT decision on dismissal justification

David Tyme provides a timely update on TUPE & pre-packed administrations

Parliament should tread carefully when considering calls to reform TUPE regulations, say Chris Bryden & Michael Salter

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Payne Hicks Beach—Craig Parrett

Payne Hicks Beach—Craig Parrett

Insolvency and restructuring practice welcomes new partner

Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty

Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty

North East firm welcomes employment specialist

Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey

Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey

Partner joins commercial and technology practice

NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) has restated a fundamental truth, writes John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke, in this week's NLJ: only authorised persons can conduct litigation. The decision sparked alarm, but Gould stresses it merely confirms the Legal Services Act 2007
The government’s decision to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the Single Professional Services Supervisor marks a watershed in the UK’s fight against money laundering, says Rebecca Hughes of Corker Binning in this week's NLJ. The FCA will now oversee 60,000 firms across legal and accountancy sectors—a massive expansion of remit that raises questions over resources and readiness 
The High Court's decision in Parfitt v Jones [2025] EWHC 1552 (Ch) provided a striking reminder of the need to instruct the right expert in retrospective capacity assessments, says Ann Stanyer of Wedlake Bell in NLJ this week
Paige Coulter of Quinn Emanuel reports on the UK’s first statutory definition of SLAPPs under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023in NLJ this week
In this week's NLJ, Sophie Houghton of LexisPSL distils the key lesson from recent costs cases: if you want to exceed guideline hourly rates (GHR), you must prove why
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