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…

Odour Concerns Lead to Quashing of Chicken Farm Planning Permission

Countryside dwellers understand that farming can be a smelly business. However, as a High Court case showed, the impact of odour on people’s enjoyment of their homes is an important environmental factor that local planning authorities are obliged to take into account. The case concerned a company’s proposal for an…