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UK failure to inform and consult: maximum award not appropriate for technical breach over election of representatives, nor where urgency due to insolvency

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 14 2013

The EAT has reduced an award for failure to inform and consult on a TUPE transfer from seven weeks' pay to three weeks' pay, where the employer had

High Court makes “unless order” for disclosure citing increased emphasis on compliance

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 14 2013

In a decision handed down last Friday, the High Court granted an extension of time to comply with a disclosure order but made an "unless order" that

The UK Supreme Court rules on whether properties held by companies controlled by the husband can be subject of an ancillary relief order (and provides important guidance on “piercing the corporate veil”)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 14 2013

On Wednesday (12 June 2013) the UK Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in Prest v Petrodel Resources Limited and others 2013

UK age discrimination: partnership mandatory retirement age of 65 lawful

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 14 2013

Readers will be aware of the Supreme Court ruling in Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes that a mandatory retirement age of 65 in a law firm partnership

UK unfair dismissal: employers should follow ACAS Code on discipline where conduct or performance issues lead to a “SOSR” dismissal

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 14 2013

Recent case law has highlighted risks for employers dismissing an employee for a breakdown in trust and confidence, for example where the employer is

Civil penalty settlement agreements: a new approach ASIC v Ingleby

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • June 14 2013

The recent decision of ASIC v Ingleby in the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal signals a new approach by Victorian courts to negotiated settlements

Hong Kong court decides on whether a son or a daughter-in-law may rely on the presumption of advancement (and makes some findings on survivorship clauses)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • June 14 2013

There have been a number of recent cases in which family members have argued that funds provided by or held jointly with parents or parents-in-law

UK Supreme Court confirms corporate veil can be pierced in some circumstances

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 13 2013

The Supreme Court has confirmed that a court can in very limited circumstances pierce the corporate veil. According to Lord Sumption, the principle

UK Supreme Court confirms power to issue an anti-suit injunction even when no arbitration is underway or proposed

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 13 2013

The Supreme Court has confirmed that the English court has jurisdiction to injunct the continuation or commencement of foreign proceedings brought in

UK: multi-site collective redundancies: EAT ruling extends application of consultation obligations

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 12 2013

It has been reported that the EAT has ruled that the obligation to inform and consult for collective redundancies applies whenever an employer