A contractor or designer can become liable for design in three main ways, under the express terms of a contract that he has entered into; by the imposition of a common law term; by the statutory imposition of a term.

In the first episode of this new series of 'Katch Up With Kash', Kash Dosanjh, Senior Associate in our Employment team answers some common questions he gets asked by company clients.

Employers within Great Britain have both statutory and common law duties in relation to health and safety within workplaces which extend beyond employees, to workers, self-employed contractors and visitors. Individuals should, however, also take steps to protect their own health and safety as well as that of others within their place of work.

When faced with a legal problem we all want it resolved as soon as possible. Achieving this may depend on who we engage to help us. If professional advisors do not have sufficient and up to date knowledge of all the areas of law that influence a particular matter, one problem may evolve into several others.

In this Valentine's Day special, Kash Dosanjh, Senior Associate in our Employment team dives into the complexities of workplace relationships and the potential implications that can arise when love enters the office.

A leading Midlands law firm has strengthened its private client team with four key appointments.

A service occupancy agreement is a licence to live in a property provided specifically as part of a person’s employment, such as a farm worker. The term normally extends for as long as that person is employed; if the person leaves their job, they will also have to leave the property.

In Seawell Ltd v Ceva Freight (UK) Ltd the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a single employee who spent all of his time working on a contract for a client was an "organised grouping of employees" for the purposes of a TUPE transfer and the service provision change test.

Taking a dispute to tribunal is costly, time consuming and distracting, which is why more and more employers are actively embracing mediation as their preferred way to resolve disputes with employees. Under the Employment Tribunal Rules, tribunals are actively required to encourage parties to use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) routes, such as mediation.

Employment Benefit Trusts (“EBT”s) have been successfully pinned down by HMRC as tax avoidance schemes. HMRC’s stringent approach to EBTs was bolstered by the recent Supreme Court Rangers tax case decision .