Publications

Welcome to the latest edition of the Litigation Know How brief, prepared by Devonshires’ Commercial Litigation team.

Devonshires Construction Team is pleased to present the 2018/19 Commercial Litigation Seminar Programme.

In this edition of Leasehold Brief, we highlight notable recent decisions in the Tribunals regarding interim fire safety measures as well as highlighting the issues arising out of lease extensions and the difficulties faced with an absentee landlord. Our “Ask the Expert” section looks at recovering aged service charge arrears and we also consider whether

A Bunch of Fives: Punchy and practical training by Devonshires

Welcome Welcome to our latest round up of employment law and cases. In this edition we consider the important judgment relating to shared parental leave and whether it is discriminatory to pay enhanced maternity pay but only statutory shared parental pay. We have also considered the important changes in relation to the tax treatment of

In two key cases, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that it is not directly discriminatory to pay enhanced maternity pay but only statutory shared parental leave pay. However, there is a risk that such a practice could be indirectly discriminatory. Direct Discrimination: Ali v Capita Mr Ali’s wife suffered from post natal depression and

Taxation of Termination Payments. From April this year, all payments in lieu of notice (PILON) are now subject to tax. This change is designed, in the words of the government, to “simplify and tighten” the rules around the taxation of termination payments and represents is a significant change from the previous position where different arrangements

The case of The Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey is an important reminder that an individual does not always have to have a particular protected characteristic in order to be discriminated against on the basis of that characteristic. In the first case of this kind, a police officer was found to have been discriminated

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that the effective date of termination of an employee who is summarily dismissed and then given notice will be the date of the summary dismissal and not when the notice expires. When does a dismissal occur? Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, an employee will be dismissed if their

On 25 May 2018 the much awaited GDPR came into force. This piece of EU legislation will have a significant impact on the requirements employers must fulfil in order to lawfully collect and process personal data about their employees. It’s therefore important that employers are not only aware of the changes and new rights for

Welcome 2017 saw Devonshires’ Commercial Litigation team involved in some of the leading cases in the UK courts. For example, in June 2017 we acted for Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Limited in successfully defending a substantial claim for damages and quantum meruit for £5m. We also acted for the partner of Sergei Pugachev, ‘Putin’s banker’,

The publication of the Paradise Papers put the spotlight on the world of tax havens and has led to increased scrutiny of companies’ tax practices. This has already led to changes in the law, such as the Criminal Finances Act 2017. In this article, Pauline Lépissiér examines the impact of this and how businesses must