News archive: 2018

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7th March 2018

On the whole, social media is a useful and effective tool for sharing information between friends, businesses and the world generally. For most, it is a very positive and welcome innovation, which has developed enormously over the past ...

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22nd February 2018

When an employer is considering ending an employee’s employment, it is vital that regardless of their length of service the employer considers their reasons for dismissing that employee.  Although most employment protection with ...

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31st January 2018

On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the UK.  This  is aimed at strengthening and harmonising data protection laws across the European Union.  It is planned that the UK ...

sexual harassment
15th January 2018

Last year we saw a raft of high profile sexual harassment allegations being made against celebrities and politicians alike. More recently the EHRC has highlighted that they will be getting involved as far as their powers allow to ...