If you are a football fan and interested in employment law, you will no doubt have been eagerly awaiting the outcome of Benjamin Mendy’s claim that his former club, Manchester City (“City”), unlawfully made deductions from his wages. As Employment Judge Dunlop (“EJ Dunlop”) said: “I am fairly…
This matter deals with the Claimant’s (‘TVIS’) allegation of infringement and misrepresentation in relation to its “VETSURE” trade mark by the Defendant (‘Howserv’s’) “PETSURE” trade mark, used for pet insurance. In the first instance decision, the claim was dismissed due to the marks being highly descriptive and “not…
…Following an appeal by USDAW, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal and granted the injunction sought by USDAW…
…the online influential parenting platform, Mumsnet, has launched a legal complaint against OpenAI, the developer of chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the AI company of scraping billions of words and content from the site without consent…
From 26 October 2024, employers will be subject to a new proactive duty to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment of all their employees in the course of their employment
Online influential parenting platform, Mumsnet, has launched a legal complaint against OpenAI, the developer of chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the AI company of scraping billions of words and content from the site without consent. While many organisations have raised concerns about tech companies creating, developing and training AI tools…
In February 2024 the then government published a statutory Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement, and this came into force on 18 July 2024. “Dismissal and re-engagement”, as it is called by employment lawyers, is a tool used by employers
… on 17 July 2024 the new Labour Government’s legislative agenda was made public as part of the King’s Speech. The Speech itself was light on detail (as is often the case), but the Government released a briefing note setting out more of the substance on their plans, which represent the biggest shake-up of employment law in at least 14 years.