Articles by ‘Malcolm Gregory’

AIG Europe Ltd v OC320301 LLP (UKSC 2016/0100)
Wednesday, 22 March, Supreme Court of Justice

There have been a number of high profile cases where migrants have entered the UK without proper background checks. The Government is extending its requirement for criminal record checks to Tier 2 visa applicants, in an attempt to be seen to be protecting the public from ‘unsuitable’ people from outside the EU.

From April 2017, skilled overseas job applicants seeking work in the education, health and social care sectors will be required to provide criminal record certificates as part of the visa application process. So what do employers planning to sponsor skilled workers need to know?

An unseen army of agency workers, contractors and temps are helping to fuel business growth in Oxfordshire – and making a significant contribution to the UK’s rapidly-rising gig economy.

The nation is still in the dark about the exact details of Brexit, and there is more confusion with the High Court ruling that MPs must vote to trigger Article 50.

A recruitment company discovered that one of its senior employees had transferred significant amounts of confidential client data to his personal email account.

Shockwaves are being felt in the retail industry following an employment tribunal decision, which could hit the pockets of one of UK’s biggest supermarkets to the tune of £100 million.

Dismissing an employee can be a daunting prospect. There are numerous horror stories about aggrieved employees successfully clawing large compensation pay-outs from their ex-employers, with the employer left wondering what they did wrong. Our previous article on disciplinary and grievance will help you know what process to follow in such circumstances. But what if you want to avoid the process altogether? Or, your reason for dismissal isn’t as watertight as you first thought?

AIG Europe Ltd v OC320301 LLP (UKSC 2016/0100) Monday 10 October 2016 – Court 2, Supreme Court of Justice A landmark professional indemnity insurance appeal brought by AIG Europe Ltd against private investors will…

Employee sickness absence is an inevitable reality that all employers face. It can often be disruptive to the business and put undue stress on other employees to pick up additional work.

It’s a scenario which sends shivers down the spine of UK businesses. Immigration officers swooping on a busy retailer, manufacturer or haulage firm to find a horde of illegal immigrants working behind the scenes.

As with all other areas of law, the exact implications for Brexit on your business in the context of any current or future commercial disputes will depend on the outcome of the Government’s negotiations with the remainder of the EU.

In Amaryllis Limited v McLeod it fell to the EAT to look at the point at which an assessment was made as to whether there was an organised grouping of employees whose principle purpose was to carry out the transferring activities, where a service provision change potentially existed under TUPE. It held that this point must be immediately before the change of provider and not historical.