How To Prepare For An Employment Tribunal Preliminary Hearing
The importance of preparing for an employment tribunal preliminary hearing is not to be underestimated. While not designed to bring a workplace dispute to a conclusion, the preliminary hearing is intended to help parties prepare for the final hearing, and decisions can still be made that could affect your ability to defend a claim. The […]
CMA Calls For Emergency Legislation To Pursue Opportunist Retailers
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has called for the UK Government to introduce new emergency legislation to tackle price gouging tactics by companies profiteering from the pandemic. Under current laws, the competition watchdog is unable to pursue retailers for heavily inflating prices of products in response to the virus. The CMA is now asking […]
All Charges Under Coronavirus Act Were Unlawful
Britain’s most senior police officer has apologised after it was revealed every person prosecuted under the Coronavirus Act had been unlawfully charged. Cases against all 44 individuals charged under the new law have now been withdrawn, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). A further 12 people who were charged under the second piece of […]