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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
2 August 2012
E-Regulator: Press round-up - August 2012
On 1 August 2012, the Health Professions Council changed their name to the Health and Care Professions Council. This change has been brought about by the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which will see the HCPC take on the regulation of social workers from the General Social Care Council (GSCC). The HCPC is now responsible for the regulation of 16 independent health and care professions.
12 July 2012
E-Regulator: Russell v Bar Standards Board
Visitors of Inns of Court find that panel member of the Disciplinary Tribunal was lawfully nominated and even if he had not been, the principle of ‘de facto authority’ would apply.
3 July 2012
The Operator: Hiring and Firing - are these red-tape measures enough to fuel growth?
The Government has made a big play of its ‘Red Tape Challenge’ and reform of Employment Laws in particular as a way, so we are told, of encouraging business growth led recruitment. To that end, a raft of changes were introduced on 6 April 2012 to improve the way employers
can hire and fire and manage disputes. It remains to be seen if they will in fact have their desired effect, but certainly it makes sense for both managers and employees to be aware of the new provisions.
3 July 2012
The Operator: Five rings to rule them all - marketing and the Olympics
You may have read in the newspapers recently about the abandonment of plans by Jamie Oliver to hold a food and drink festival in Hackney, East London. The “Big Feastival” had been scheduled to take place in Victoria Park in summer this year. However, organisers feared that stalls might breach Olympic branding restrictions and have therefore decided to reschedule the event for September, relocating to Oxfordshire.
3 July 2012
The Operator: R22 Gas phase-out - who pays wins
Service charges, repairing obligations and rent reviews are three common areas of landlord and tenant disputes. One particular area of argument that is increasing in frequency concerns the replacement of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Unfortunately for the food and hospitality industry, because of the central importance that this equipment plays in its day-to-day business, it looms large as a costs time-bomb.