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This Practice Note draws on the information and guidance that are currently available to date, and will be revised to reflect the new ICO guidance once it has been finalised. Responsibility for recruitment If the employer lacks a dedicated personnel or HR team within the organisation: who will oversee and manage the recruitment process, and who will participate at the different stages of selection? are they fully familiar with the principles of sound recruitment practice, in particular concerning discrimination and other prohibited conduct under the Equality Act 2010, and with data protection under Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK GDPR and DPA 2018, or do they require training? Ensure intended HR staff, line managers and supervisors who will be involved in the recruitment process are available, and that provisional dates, eg for shortlisting and interviews, are diarised in good time as necessary Job description and person specification How has...

This Checklist sets out the principal time limits practitioners should note when lodging claims with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). For fuller guidance on filing a WRC complaint, see Practice Note: Ireland-Making a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)... Employment related claims Complaints arising under the Employment Equality Acts 1998–2015 (Ireland) (EEA 1998 (IRL)) or the Pensions Acts 1990–2015 (Ireland) (PA 1990 (IRL)) must be made by completing the online complaints form available on the WRC website. See the WRC website for further information on employment related claims... Type of claim: Employment related claims Time limit: Six months from the date of the alleged discrimination; where multiple alleged incidents occur, the relevant date is that of the most recent incident...

Brexit highlights The UN Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has released draft conclusions that the UK breached Articles 3 and 8 during the development of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, following a 2017 Friends of the Earth complaint. Required consultation timeframes were not met The draft Bill was not made available for public scrutiny Opportunities for public feedback were not provided If adopted by Convention member states in November 2025, these findings would be binding in international law and require the UK to introduce legislative changes to guarantee effective public participation in future environmental law-making. The government may choose to act on the recommendations ahead of the November 2025 meeting. See: LNB News 25/07/2025 10...

People with significant control (PSC) regime The architecture of the people with significant control (PSC) regime, which first commenced on 6 April 2016, is contained in Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Its purpose is to tackle worries about the lack of transparency in corporate ownership, where historically the register captured only the legal holder of shares, not always the beneficial owner. By requiring a PSC register, more precise and up‑to‑date details are available about who ultimately owns and directs companies and other bodies, and this information is made public via the central register at Companies House and remains accessible to the public. It assists prospective investors in their decision‑making. It likewise aids law enforcement bodies with money laundering enquiries. LLPs formed under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 must keep a record of persons with significant control over the LLP under the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/340 (the LLP Regulations), as amended by the Information about People...

What design protection is available in the UK? Design rights safeguard the shape, configuration or appearance of the whole or any part of a product or article, rather than its functional features. The purpose of design law is to specifically deter others from making products that closely follow the design or otherwise produce the very same overall impression as the original design. The design rights currently available in the UK are as follows: namely UK registered designs (including re-registered designs and re-registered international designs) UK unregistered design right (also known as design right) Supplementary unregistered design right (SUD) Each of these rights differs in qualifying criteria, scope and the duration of protection. For more information, see Practice Note: Comparison tables for design protection available in the UK. Before Brexit, the UK designs regime was substantially harmonised with the EU regime then. The Designs Directive (Directive 98/71/EC) harmonised the requirements for national registered design protection across the EU. It was...

From an IHT standpoint, the overarching purpose of lifetime planning is to arrange an individual’s assets during life so the eventual IHT burden on death is minimised. This can be done in several ways, including putting money into a range of tax-efficient holdings and identifying, securing and augmenting IHT exemptions available and valuable reliefs. A central element of lifetime IHT planning is both gifting during life to significantly shrink the overall estate that will be owned on death, and this Practice Note focuses on that theme. Lifetime IHT planning may equally entail creating or reviewing a person’s Will. Where a strategy blends lifetime transfers with Will structuring, the two strands should not be viewed separately. It is vital to consider the provisions of any Will when lifetime gifts are contemplated, and the converse applies. Even if a client chooses not to undertake any lifetime gifting, they should at the very least think about making a Will. Likewise, getting the order of priorities right is key. Before starting any lifetime gifting,...

This Deed is entered into on [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] by parties set out below Parties [ Insert name of Chargor ], a company registered in England and Wales under number [ insert company number ], with its registered office at [ insert address ] (the Chargor); and [ Insert name of Lender ], whose address is [ insert address ] (the Lender). Recitals: The Lender has agreed to make available a loan facility to the Company on the terms and conditions that are set out in the Facility Agreement (as defined below). A condition precedent to making the loan facility available to the Company is that the Chargor executes this Deed to grant security in favour of the Lender in respect of the Secured Obligations (as defined below)...