Legal opinion

Legal expert says BBC's new impartiality drive has lessons for businesses worried over brand damage from employees' posts.

The claim launched by McDonald’s against its ex-CEO highlights the need for care in agreeing exit packages.

Social media has grown in use exponentially since Facebook was launched 16 years ago, and so has the risk to...

The Covid-19 crisis has exposed directors to a new level of vulnerability and liability, writes Ivor Adair.

Employers could be exposing themselves to allegations of discrimination if they require employees who live with a clinically vulnerable person to return to work.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was created at such speed that it created many unanswered questions. The government has...

The amount that an employer should pay towards a departing employee’s legal fees for taking advice on a settlement agreement...

Supreme Court hears final appeal in significant vicarious liability case with a verdict expected in February.

There is ambiguity over whether claims of associative discrimination can succeed under the Equality Act 2010 but EU law offers some encouragement to...

As the debate over Brexit reaches a crescendo and leavers and remainers disagree on what should happen next, Richard Fox...

An apparent sharp rise in the number of sexual harassment complaints involving solicitors has drawn attention to law firms' misuse of gagging orders.

Home Office cannot afford to ignore the lessons of the Windrush scandal and suffer the resulting reputational damage.

Consultant editor Darren Newman considers whistleblowing in the NHS, focusing on the public interest test and the danger of working...

An EU and employment law barrister has described Theresa May’s purported guarantee on workers’ rights after Brexit as “meaningless” in...

Consultant editor Darren Newman considers the current system of labour standards enforcement and suggests that the Government could play a...