The government has promised Brexit won’t affect employment rights—but under what timescale? Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Pigott, professional support lawyer at Mills & Reeve, examines the assurances that have been given and concludes that, deal or no deal, there is unlikely to be a major impact. In the longer term, however, he writes, ‘there is no doubt that the looser the long-term relationship the UK has with the EU, the greater the scope there will be for divergence between the UK and the EU in relation to employment rights currently derived from the EU’.
19 September 2018
Brexit effect on workplace rights
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
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Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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