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Family Mediation Week 2025 - In conversation with The Mediation Space

Jan 31, 2025 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

Family Mediation Week, taking place from 27 to 31 January 2025, seeks to raise awareness of the benefits of mediation for family law practitioners, promoting amicable solutions to otherwise contentious family issues.
GLA : Planning and Housing Practice Note

Jan 17, 2025 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

The GLA, just before Christmas, issued a new Practice Note on the delivery of affordable housing. It is a material consideration in the determination of planning applications and effective from 20 December 2024. It proposes short-term changes to current GLA affordable housing policy – which may change or be withdrawn as the market improves and the replacement London Plan is progressed – to help the delivery of affordable housing.
Update on recent Government Planning Reforms

Jan 16, 2025 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

1. Revised NPPF December 2024Published in December 2024 (with immediate effect) the new NPPF is here, which Labour hopes will drive the 1.5 million homes it aspires to deliver. It contains significant changes to policy – restoring some policies that the Conservatives sought to remove – and shaking up Green Belt (GB) policy in ways we haven’t seen since the protections were introduced in the 1940s.
New Govt Consultations on Business Tenancies Renewals & Building Energy Performance

Jan 15, 2025 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

The Law Commission and UK Government have launched consultations into the right to renew business tenancies and energy performance of buildings respectively. Consultation on right to renew business tenanciesThe Law Commission Consultation on the right to renew business tenancies (again!) looks at whether, and in what circumstances a business tenant should have security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (Act).
Need to Know: November 2024

Dec 2, 2024 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

In the latest edition of our ‘Need To Know’ employment and HR newsletter, we look at protected conversations, the the latest legislative update in the data bill, tips for developing a neuroinclusive workplace and preventing sexual harassment in the workplace in the lead up to the festive season. Top tips for developing a neuroinclusive workplaceProtected conversations: Productive or perilous?
Legislative Update - The Data (Use and Access) Bill

Dec 2, 2024 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

A new bill, the Data (Use and Access) Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords, which has been developed from the previous Data Protection and Digital Information Bill which fell before the UK General Election in July 2024.
Employment Rights Bill: Update for Schools

Dec 2, 2024 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

Following our Employment Rights Bill – What Schools Need to Know briefing in October 2024, further details have emerged about the government’s plans, as the Bill makes its way through the various different stages of debate before becoming law. An Amendment Paper to the Bill issued on 27 November 2024 has provided further details/proposed amendments, to be debated at Committee stage.
Have a Happy, not harassed Christmas!

Dec 2, 2024 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

Christmas – one of the most beloved holiday seasons of the year. The time when children get excited about gifts and snow, adults prepare to shop-‘til-they-drop and companies host lavish parties for their employees, celebrating another profitable and successful year. Everything is wonderful, and nothing could possibly go wrong. Or… could it?
SEND Q&A Series – EHC Needs Assessments - Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Nov 28, 2024 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

The Local Authority (LA) has refused to undertake an EHC need assessment because the child does not have a formal diagnosis. Is this correct? An LA refusal on this basis would be flawed and legally incorrect. Although a child or young person’s formal diagnosis (i.e. ADHD, Autism) would carry some weight when requesting an EHC needs assessment, an absence of this should not be a barrier for them to receive special educational needs support and / or an EHC needs assessment.
Protected Conversations: Productive or Perilous?

Nov 28, 2024 | wslaw.co.uk | Paige Saxton

In the recent decision of Gallagher v McKinnon’s Auto and Tyres Ltd, the EAT considered whether pre-termination negotiations under section 111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) were inadmissible in tribunal proceedings. BackgroundAccording to section 111A of the ERA 1996, employers can commence settlement conversations with an employee to terminate employment, even where no dispute exists (i.e. a protected conversation).