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Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, European Union, etc. | 25 Feb 2022
Whistleblowing: a global compliance guide (private sector)
A high-level guide on private sector whistleblower rights and regulations in the UK, USA, Canada, EU, Switzerland, and Australia.
RPC | Hong Kong | 7 Dec 2021
Recent judgment on ad hoc admission of overseas counsel tells of wider covid-19 story
Re Robertson QC is the latest reported judgment dealing with an application for ad hoc admission to the local bar, pursuant to section 27(4) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159). There appears to have been fewer applications by Queen's Counsel based in England for ad hoc admission to the local bar in 2021, as was the case in 2020 – therein lies a covid-19 story of (among other......
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, Canada, etc. | 24 May 2021
Compliance management: key updates (15 – 22 May)
How to establish effective fraud risk controls for China-based businesses, five key facts about FATCA, a new AML database in Europe, and criminal enforcement under the Biden administration, plus other key compliance management updates.
Stevens & Bolton LLP | United Kingdom | 21 May 2020
Can an employer take the decision to start disciplinary action part-way through an investigation?
In the case of Sattar v CitiBank, the Court of Appeal held that a decision to take disciplinary action part-way through an investigation did not…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | United Kingdom | 4 Mar 2020
Withholding facts and the fairness of a disciplinary investigation
If an investigator fails to share a material fact with a decision maker, can this affect the fairness of the dismissal? On the facts of this case…
Taylor Wessing | United Kingdom | 4 Feb 2020
Important changes to employment contracts from 6 April 2020
A fundamental change to employment contracts, taking place from 6 April 2020, may go unnoticed by many employers. Partly because the law in this area…
Garrigues | European Union, Spain | 7 Nov 2019
Dismissal for absenteeism: the right to physical integrity against the right to productivity
Recent news that the Constitutional Court supported the objective dismissal of a worker who had clocked up nine days’ sick leave over a period of two…
Fieldfisher LLP (Ireland) | Ireland | 31 Oct 2019
I’m bringing my lawyer…or maybe a clown!
A recent piece in the Law Society Gazette reported on how an employee involved a redundancy consultation process in New Zealand brought a clown…
DavidsonMorris Solicitors | United Kingdom | 29 Oct 2019
Questions to Ask at a Disciplinary Meeting
The Disciplinary meeting, or hearing, forms an important stage in a fair and lawful Disciplinary procedure. A Disciplinary meeting should usually be…
Hill Dickinson LLP | United Kingdom | 6 Mar 2019
Suspension of teacher accused of using unreasonable force was not a breach of implied term of trust and confidence
Did a school commit a repudiatory breach of the implied term of trust and confidence, when it suspended a teacher so that it could investigate her…
