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Understanding Employment Terminations: A Comparative Analysis of the UK and Poland

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Termination of employment contracts is a critical aspect of labor law in both the UK and Poland, ensuring that employers and employees alike are aware of their rights and obligations in the event of contract dissolution....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Determining Significant Influence

On 17 January 2025, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal in HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP [2025] EWCA Civ 23 (“BlueCrest”) held that the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) and the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) had made a...more

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Employment News: PCPs, NDAs, unfair dismissal

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Turning a blind eye – one-off act not a PCP - In Ishola v Transport for London the Court of Appeal confirmed that it was not a provision, criterion or practice to require an employee to return to work before a proper...more

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Employment News: harassment, employment status, religion and belief, IP

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Further developments in relation to harassment - The EAT confirmed in Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust that as the law currently stands employers will not generally be liable for third party harassment of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - August 2019

In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including the Court of Appeal's ruling regarding pay for fathers or other caregivers taking shared...more

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UK Supreme Court Revises Test for Evaluating Post-termination Restrictions

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To much fanfare and the great excitement of many employment lawyers, the UK Supreme Court recently delivered its first judgment on employment post-termination restrictions for a century, in Tillman v. Egon Zehnder. The court...more

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Employment Newsletter: NDAs. Suspension, working time

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It's no secret – government planning to regulate NDAs - The government has published a consultation paper containing proposals to limit the use of NDAs in relation to workplace harassment or discrimination claims....more

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Recharacterization of the Relationship Between a Delivery Driver and a Digital Platform as an Employment Agreement

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In a judgment dated 28 November 2018, the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) ruled for the first time on the characterization of the agreement between a delivery driver and a digital platform. The French Supreme Court...more

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Recharacterization of the relationship between a delivery driver and a digital platform as an employment agreement : a real risk...

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In a judgment dated 28 November 2018, the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) ruled for the first time on the characterization of the agreement between a deliverer and a digital platform. The French Supreme Court granted...more

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Restrictive Covenants: An Important Reminder for Employers

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The UK Court of Appeal has just handed down its decision in Rodgers v Sunrise Brokers LLP [2014] EWCA Civ 1373. Although the Court of Appeal rejected Mr Rodgers’ appeal in its entirety, it made some interesting observations,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Court Was Wrong to Re-Write Covenants

In Prophet v Huggett [2014] ECWA Civ 1013, the Court of Appeal has overturned a recent decision of the High Court in which it had re-written a non-compete covenant to give it commercial effect. You may recall that we...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

English Law: When Contractual Limitations on Damages Can Backfire

In AB v. CD [2014] EWCA Civ 229, the Court of Appeal for England and Wales addressed an issue with surprisingly little precedent. It held that a claimant seeking an injunction to prevent an alleged wrongful termination of a...more

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