Banks left outraged as government rules they must run illegal immigrant checks on all current accounts September 22, 2017 UK banks are quietly outraged about new legislation which will force all banks to run checks for illegal immigrants against their current account customers. Read more: New government rules will force UK banks to search bank accounts for illegal immigrants The government has brought in rules requiring all banks to check their customers against a [...]
A gay man has won equal pensions rights in a landmark Supreme Court ruling July 12, 2017 The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark ruling giving the husband of a gay man the same pension rights as a wife would receive. John Walker, 66, challenged a Court of Appeal decision to support his former employer Innospec. The chemicals firm said it willrefuse to pay his pension to his husband because Walker’s employment [...]
Uber granted appeal in landmark legal case over employment status of drivers as workers or self-employed April 19, 2017 Uber has been granted an appeal in a landmark legal battle over the employment status of its drivers in the UK. The multi-billion dollar startup will return to court later this year to argue against an employment tribunal ruling which last year said that Uber drivers should be classed as workers and are not self-employed. [...]
Avoiding the financial perils of divorce November 29, 2017 If your marriage has broken down, the emotional strain can take its toll. But splitting your finances can make the divorce process a lot tougher. Last year, the number of divorces among opposite sex couples increased by 5.8 per cent compared to 2015, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. But worryingly, [...]
Exclusive: Charlie Mullins says Pimlico Plumbers will “more than likely” appeal court decision February 10, 2017 Pimlico Plumbers is consulting with lawyers over a probable appeal of today's court ruling on the employment status of the tradesmen it hires. Charlie Mullins, who owns and runs the company, told City A.M. he was "quite surprised" by the Court of Appeal decision handed down this morning. He said the group was in discussions [...]
Pimlico Plumbers loses appeal in employment status case February 10, 2017 Pimlico Plumbers has lost its court appeal over the employment status of one of its workers. The case was brought after a ruling in favour of one of the company's "self-employed" plumbers, Gary Smith. Smith had worked as a "self-employed" plumber for the Charlie Mullins-owned company for six years and in 2010, after suffering a heart attack, [...]
City Moves for 20 March 2017 – who’s switching jobs at Keystone Law, MarketInvoice and Sage Group March 20, 2017 Today's City Moves cover legal eagles, peer-to-peer finance and enterprise software. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Keystone Law Chancery Lane-based law firm Keystone Law has appointed five senior lawyers across its residential property, regulatory, dispute resolution, employment and private wealth teams. Katie Cohen (pictured) will join Keystone as residential property partner. She [...]
Forget shirt sales, it’s Neymar’s star brand that will help Paris Saint-Germain pay off world record £200m fee | City A.M. August 5, 2017 Few transfers in history have ever generated as much chatter, news articles or social media posts as Neymar’s world-record £200m move to Paris Saint-Germain. Such an unprecedentedly large fee and the headlines it captures raises questions of whether Paris Saint-Germain have bought Neymar for his brand as much as his ability. The Qatari-owned club has [...]
Uber’s heading to the UK courts over workers’ rights July 20, 2016 Uber and its drivers will head to court today to battle it out in a legal case over workers' rights. The hearing at an employment tribunal is due to begin in London and is expected to rule on the status of some Uber drivers in the first case of its kind in the UK. The action [...]
RBS’ mis-selling fine is certain to highlight American hypocrisy, Worldpay’s bid invitation and no rush for the new Ofcom chair July 7, 2017 It was hard to suppress a laugh last week at the sanctimonious angst of corporate America at the fine doled out by Brussels over Google’s anti-competitive behaviour by favouring its shopping service over those of rivals. Those Europeans, came the wailing from across the Atlantic, are extracting money from flagship US companies with little justification. [...]