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Checklist This Checklist summarises the issues an employer should evaluate when shaping a career break and/or sabbatical policy, and when setting the arrangements to support such leave. The expressions ‘career break’ and ‘sabbatical’ carry no fixed legal definition, and the title used for the break does not dictate its legal character. In practice: ‘Career break’ commonly denotes a longer spell of unpaid absence during which the employment contract may remain in place, though more frequently it does not; and ‘Sabbatical’ typically refers to a shorter period of leave, usually unpaid but potentially paid or partly paid, during which the contract does continue. For detailed information on career breaks and sabbaticals generally, see Practice Note Career breaks and sabbaticals...

ARCHIVED: This archived checklist summarises how the 2012 edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code differed from the 2010 UK Corporate Governance Code. It is not maintained and is supplied for background information only. Checklist—2010 UKCG Code and 2012 UKCG Code compared In September 2012, the Financial Reporting Council issued a new edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the 2012 UKCG Code) following its two-yearly consultation on potential amendments to the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code), which began in April 2012. The 2012 UKCG Code applies to companies with accounting periods commencing on or after 1 October 2012. The points below indicate how the 2012 UKCG Code varied from the version released in 2010 (the 2010 UKCG Code): Governance and the Code: Wording unique to the 2010 edition and the preceding review of the UKCG Code has been removed. Preface: Wording unique to the 2010 edition and the preceding review of the UKCG Code has been removed...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is no longer maintained This tracker outlines the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consultation papers issued in 2023, together with any subsequent rules and guidance. For FCA consultation papers from other years, see: FCA consultation paper trackers. For Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) papers from 2017 and Financial Services Authority (FSA) papers from 2008 to 2013, see: PRA consultation paper tracker [Archived] FSA consultation paper tracker [Archived] Regulation of capital markets CP23/33: Payments to data providers and forms for Data Reporting Services Providers, including Policy Statement for the framework for UK consolidated tape (CP23/15) The FCA has released consultation paper CP23/33. Responses are invited by 9 February 2024. Publication date: 20 December 2023. End of consultation: 9 February 2024. Policy Statement/Handbook Notice: Handbook Notice 117 (5 April 2024). CP23/32: Improving transparency for bond and derivatives markets The FCA has published consultation paper CP23/32, Improving...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: Following the Government’s response to the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) consultation, Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney, the Powers of Attorney Bill was granted Royal Assent on 18 September 2023, becoming the Powers of Attorney Act 2023 (PAA 2023). Once commenced, PAA 2023 will amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005) to provide a more modern lasting power of attorney (LPA) service...

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Mergers The Commission approved KKR & Co. Inc’s takeover of sole control of Encavis AG (M.11542) after a phase I review—see further details in Midday Express. The Commission has received notification of Blackstone/Winthrop Technologies (M.11548) under the normal merger procedure. NOTE—For current merger inquiries before the Commission, consult the EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker. State aid Commission launches consultation on new procedure for access to justice in State-aid related environmental matters The Commission has opened a consultation on a proposed procedure designed to enable public access to justice for certain Commission decisions on State aid measures, for challenges based on alleged breaches of EU environmental law. More specifically, under the proposal, eligible members of the public—ie environmental non-governmental organisations—would be able to request an internal review by the Commission of a State aid decision for purported violations of EU environmental law. Those eligible applicants would have a right of redress before the EU Courts...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR)-UK government publishes Business Model documentation On 27 August 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) released a suite of papers on its proposed Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Business Model and accompanying policy. The Lexis+ Energy team, working with Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, set out the context for the GGR Business Model; its relationship with the Power BECCS Business Model; the technologies the GGR framework intends to encompass; its legal footing and principal features; and how...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency of products Energy for environmental lawyers ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change Defra opens consultation on industrial emissions permitting reforms The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has begun consulting on plans to modernise England’s environmental permitting regime for industrial emissions. The package aims to foster innovation, adopt agile standards, secure proportionate and coherent regulation, boost regulator effectiveness and efficiency, and deliver a transparent system. Suggested measures include a new registration route for low-risk installations, flexible site permits setting overall emissions caps, and faster approvals for time‑limited technology trials. The proposals reflect the Corry Review’s critique of regulatory inefficiency. The Environment Agency intends to roll out changes that could cut permit queues from months to days and lower...

Resource Note This Resource Note signposts key commentary, analysis and materials to aid interpretation and offer practical direction on using Chapter 2 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 2). Where relevant, it draws on: the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook FCA Knowledge Base—Procedural and Technical notes (formal guidance binding on the FCA) FCA consultation and discussion papers, policy and feedback statements, and warnings Primary Market Bulletins and other FCA publications legacy UKLA technical and procedural notes and the UKLA’s newsletter List!, where still pertinent assimilated EU legislation EU Directives and EU Regulations, where helpful to construing a provision Lexis+® UK analysis and resources Setting the scene What it covers: DTR 2 prescribes the framework for issuers to disclose and manage inside information, supporting timely and even-handed release of market-sensitive information. It also identifies specific situations permitting a delay to public disclosure of inside information, together with the safeguards required to keep such information...

This Resource Note spotlights commentary, analysis and materials to aid interpretation and give practical guidance on applying Chapters 1, 1A, 1B and 1C of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules: DTR 1, DTR 1A, DTR 1B and DTR 1C respectively. Materials referenced here include, where pertinent: the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook FCA Knowledge Base guidance—Procedural notes and Technical notes (constituting formal guidance and binding on the FCA) FCA consultation papers, discussion papers, policy statements, feedback statements and warnings Primary Market Bulletins and other FCA publications former UKLA technical and procedural notes and the UKLA newsletter List!, where still relevant to interpreting or applying a provision assimilated EU legislation EU Directives and EU Regulations, where relevant to interpreting a provision Lexis+ UK analysis and resources Setting the scene What it covers: DTR 1 sets out the Disclosure guidance, explaining its scope and purpose; DTR 1A sets out the transparency rules with their scope and purpose;...

Governing legislation The process of transferring undertakings is regulated by SI No 131/2003 European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (Ireland) (SI No 131/2003 (IRL)), commonly known as the TUPE Regulations 2003 (IRL). These 2003 Regulations superseded SI No 306/1980 European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees’ Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 1980 (Ireland), as later amended by SI No 487/2000 European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees’ Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (Ireland). The earlier regime gave effect to the EU Acquired Rights Directive 77/187/EEC in Ireland. Relevant transfers Numerous European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings have clarified what amounts to a transfer for the purposes of Directive 77/187/EEC and, in turn, the TUPE Regulations 2003 (IRL). A detailed review of that body of caselaw lies outside this Practice Note and is not attempted here. In essence, a transfer arises where the undertaking keeps its identity after the handover; in other words, where the undertaking is passed on as a going concern,...

1 Introduction 1.1 This policy explains how [ insert name of organisation ] (the Company) will handle the statutory entitlement that permits employees to take unpaid time away from work to organise or provide care for a dependant with a long-term care need, and sets out the steps you should follow if you need to request this leave. 1.2 [ This policy applies solely to employees. It does not extend to agency workers, consultants [ , contractors ] [ , volunteers ] [ , interns ] or casual workers. OR This policy applies to all employees, officers, agency workers, consultants [ , contractors ] [ , volunteers ] [ , interns ] and casual workers. ] 1.3 This policy has been [ agreed OR introduced following consultation ] with [ [ enter name of relevant trade union(s) ] OR [ enter name of works council ] OR [ enter name of staff association ] ]. 1.4 In some circumstances, you may have the right to take...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued draft guidance on recruitment and selection, which was open to consultation until 5 March 2024, and has also removed the employment practices code and its supplementary guidance from the employment information page. For further details, see Practice Note: The UK GDPR and DPA 2018: key data protection issues for employment lawyers—Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidance. This Precedent will be updated in due course. [ Insert name of organisation ] This notice sets out what personal data (information) we will hold about you, how we obtain it, and how we will use and may share information about you during the application process. We are required under data protection legislation to provide you with this information. Please ensure you read this notice (also referred to as a ‘privacy notice’) and any similar notice we may give you from time to time when we collect or handle personal data about you. Who collects the data [ Insert name of...

1 General Date of meeting Chair Persons in attendance (names and roles) 2 Agenda General business Apologies and announcements Matters arising from the previous health and safety consultation minutes not listed elsewhere, and approval of those minutes For information Details of significant health and safety incidents since the last consultation meeting Confirmation of immediate remedial measures taken and/or future actions to reduce the chance of recurrence Outcomes of any health and safety testing or investigations completed since the previous meeting Confirmation of changes that may materially affect employees’ health and safety (e.g. alterations to procedures, equipment or working methods, or the introduction of new machinery or technology) and any newly identified risks Future action points set to mitigate these risks and secure employees’ health and safety Details of upcoming training or other events For discussion Concerns raised by employees about...

Under section 193 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 Employers are required to inform the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) before issuing any redundancy notices and, in any event: where 20 or more dismissals are contemplated within 90 days, no less than 30 days before the first dismissal takes effect where 100 or more dismissals are contemplated within 90 days, no less than 45 days before the first dismissal takes effect For BEIS notification purposes, the full 30- or 45-day interval must pass before the first dismissal occurs. Notification is made on Form HR1, submitted to The Insolvency Service. For additional details, see Practice Note: Collective redundancy—statutory information and consultation obligations, under the heading Obligation to notify BEIS (Form HR1). As stated in the Advance notification of redundancies: guidance for employers accompanying Form HR1, the notification date is ‘the date on which we receive your completed form’. Forms with any required information...

Given the timescales, the matters at hand give rise to questions requiring careful evaluation of factual circumstances and professional judgement. The grant of planning permission and the issue of a building regulations completion certificate confirm that the requisite approvals were secured in 1996, after due consultation with the relevant authorities, at which point the siting of the sewer would have been taken into account...

For information: on information and consultation duties under the Transfer of Employment (Protection of Employees) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), SI 2006/246, see Practice Note: TUPE—information and consultation on TUPE protection from dismissal, see Practice Note: TUPE—protection against dismissal on unfair dismissal claims generally, see Practice Note: Entitlement to claim unfair dismissal on reasons that make a dismissal automatically unfair (no qualifying period), see Practice Note: Automatically unfair reasons and Checklist—unfair dismissal claims requiring no minimum qualifying period A dismissal is automatically unfair under ERA 1996, s 104(1) where the reason, or main reason, is that the employee brought proceedings to enforce, or alleged an infringement of, a relevant statutory right. The two-year qualifying period does not apply where s 104(1) (read with ss 104(2)-(3)) applies (s 108(3)(g)). Relevant statutory rights appear in s 104(4), including rights conferred by TUPE 2006 (s 104(4)(e)). It does not matter whether the right exists or has in fact been breached, provided: the...