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Failure to inform your client of a key employee's resignation could leave a company liable for breach of contract
- Matheson
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- United Kingdom
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- January 13 2010
In Mentmore Towers Limited v Fitzroy Robinson Limited, the High Court in England recently held that an architect’s firm, Fitzroy Robinson Limited ("FRL") was in breach of contract and was guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation, by deliberately withholding from its client, Mentmore Towers Limited, ("MTL") the fact that an employee was resigning
Increase in state pension age
- Matheson
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- Ireland, United Kingdom
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- March 27 2013
The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 provided for increases to the age at which the State Pension is payable. The standard State pension age is
Sick of holidays: recent rulings by the European Court of Justice and House of Lords on the Working Time Directive have implications for Ireland
- Matheson
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- European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom
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- January 13 2010
In Ireland, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 links an employee’s entitlement to paid annual leave with hours worked
Important English High Court ruling on prudential pensions case
- Matheson
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- Ireland, United Kingdom
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- July 6 2011
In April, the English High Court issued its ruling in Prudential Staff Pensions Ltd v The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd and Others
UK EAT rules Asda can vary employment contracts unilaterally
- Matheson
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- Ireland, United Kingdom
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- July 12 2010
The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) in the UK, upheld the Employment Tribunal's decision in Bateman and others v Asda Stores Ltd ruling that Asda could rely on a clause in its staff handbook which reserved the right to amend various contractual terms unilaterally, including those relating to pay
