Phil Linnard

1 month ago | lexology.com | Phil Linnard |Philippa O'Malley |Ian Brown |David Rintoul

The UK Government has published its proposed Companies (Directors’ Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (the Regulations). The purpose of the Regulations is to repeal most of the requirements relating to the directors’ remuneration approval and disclosure regime for UK-listed companies that were added in 2019 to comply with EU legislation. The amendments therefore essentially revert the legislative position back to the regime in force before 2019.

1 month ago | lexology.com | Phil Linnard |Philippa O'Malley |Dave Rintoul |Simon Clark

Court grants injunction to enforce 12 month non-compete covenantSummary: The High Court found that a 12 month non-competition covenant in the post-termination restrictions of energy derivatives traders was enforceable. The duration was no longer than reasonably necessary to protect the employer’s confidential information. 12 months was unreasonably long for other restrictive covenants, however (Dare International Ltd v Soliman).

Nov 22, 2023 | lexology.com | Charles Cameron |Daniel Schaffer |Phil Linnard |Chris Sharpe |Philippa O'Malley |Ian Brown | +3 more

The 2% cut in the main rate of employee’s National Insurance Contributions is likely to be at the forefront of employees‘ minds following the Government’s Autumn Statement today, but there were also other important announcements that employers and pension scheme trustees should consider in the Chancellor’s speech to Parliament. In this briefing, we discuss the practical implications of the Government’s proposals.