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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 11 Feb 2021
Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review 2020
2020 also saw some significant changes proposed to two important procedural aspects of litigation the preparation of witness statements and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 11 Dec 2020
UK: new Government consultation on non-competes
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has opened a consultation exercise into the use of non-compete provisions, and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 7 May 2020
High Court finds in favour of novel duty of care on employers (or quasi-employers) to protect against economic loss by providing an “ethically safe” work environment
In a recent decision, the High Court has awarded a former partner of Ernst & Young (EY) damages exceeding $11 million, broadly equating to past and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 11 Mar 2020
Round-up of UK employment law developments 2020/1
Our updates are also posted on our blog Employment Notes, which offers the opportunity to choose what jurisdictions you want to receive alerts for…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 9 Aug 2019
Round-up of UK employment law developments 2019/4
The Supreme Court in Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd has upheld an appeal against the Court of Appeal's strict approach to severance in relation to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, Germany, Italy, etc. | 8 Jul 2019
Inside Arbitration: Issue #8 of the publication from Herbert Smith Freehills’ global arbitration practice
In our last issue we took an in-depth look at arbitration in Latin America and we have decided to once again take a regional focus, turning to Europe…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 3 Jul 2019
UK: Supreme Court upholds non-compete covenant, overruling Court of Appeal’s restrictive approach to severance
This morning the Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Tillman v Egon Zehnder, ruling that the ‘blue pencil’ test permitting severance of words…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 18 Apr 2019
Round-up of UK employment law developments 2019/2
The deadline for the second year's gender pay gap reports has now passed, with roughly the same number of employers as last year's total meeting the…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 4 Mar 2019
ADR for employment lawyers: lessons from the Civil Justice Council?
With the abolition of tribunal fees, the number of claims has increased considerably. But greater access to justice is only meaningful if that system…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 7 Feb 2019
UK: ECJ cases raise doubts over the inclusion of regular voluntary overtime in holiday pay calculations and over record-keeping requirements
Comments made in an ECJ judgment on a German working time case have raised doubts as to the correctness of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal’s rulings…
