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Transferred from One Employer to Another? You Have Legal Rights!

Corporate takeovers, restructuring exercises and the like routinely result in workers being transferred between employers. However, as an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling showed, workers have a right to expect that such a move will not impact detrimentally on the terms and conditions of their ongoing employment. The case concerned…

Residential Landlords Effectively Criminalised Without a Fair Hearing

Health and safety and licensing rules that apply to houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are strict and landlords who fail to abide by them can expect stiff financial penalties. However, in an important decision, the Upper Tribunal (UT) found that the landlords of three HMOs were effectively criminalised without a…

Indecent Assault Convictions Quashed on Basis of Fresh DNA Evidence

Books and films are replete with fictional tales of innocent people being misidentified and convicted of serious crimes. Such events are, in the real world, extremely rare but, as a Court of Appeal ruling showed, they are always possible. The case concerned a troubled young man who was found guilty…