A clash of conventions? Ship recycling debate continues
29 February 2024
The IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009 (Hong Kong Convention) will enter into force on 26 June 2025...
29 February 2024
The IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009 (Hong Kong Convention) will enter into force on 26 June 2025...
28 February 2024
Welcome to our February HRizon employment law newsletter. This month we: Outline the new statutory code or practice on dismissal and re-engagement, which is expected to come into force later this...
28 February 2024
The EHRC has published new guidance for employers on menopause in the workplace...
28 February 2024
The Government has published its response to its 2023 consultation on the draft statutory code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement, and placed an updated draft code before Parliament for...
28 February 2024
An employment tribunal has awarded £470K to a dyslexic employee after his discriminatory and unfair dismissal for using a racial slur in a race awareness training session...
28 February 2024
An employer had not discriminated against a disabled employee when it failed to adjust its promotion selection process on account of his stammer. Although the employer knew that the employee was...
27 February 2024
On 12 December 2023, the Senior Coroner for Berkshire issued a Report to Prevent Future Deaths (PFD) to Ofsted, Reading Borough Council and the Department for Education (DfE) following the...
27 February 2024
The sudden and unexplained deaths of children (SUDC) represent an incomprehensible tragedy, leaving families devastated and grappling with profound grief. Inquests into such cases are inherently...
27 February 2024
Imagine a time when your digital footprint is a 3D representation of you, which owns valuable digital fashion, digital land, stores countless digital memories and has a digitally recorded ...
26 February 2024
Research published by Unison last week found that 30% of women working in the public sector (including the NHS) have had their flexible working requests denied, with 25% of those workers having...
26 February 2024
Finality and ease of enforcement of arbitral awards have long been considered a major advantage of international arbitration. At the same time, it is also recognized that challenges to awards must...
26 February 2024
The increasing use of electric vehicles (EVs) globally in the past decade has led to a rise in the number of EVs being transported by sea, resulting in a growing concern about the associated risks...