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Indicators of corruption-checklist Organisations and their staff should remain vigilant for signs of corruption. This checklist outlines indicators that would usually justify an escalated investigation. For further information on internal investigations, see: Internal investigation on suspicion of failure to prevent bribery-checklist. During contract negotiations, or when finalising a previous contract, assess whether any payment arrangements seem unusual, including: pressures to amend agreed terms, such as demands for urgent and/or early payments a request for cash payment money routed through a third country or to a shell company in another country an abnormally high commission paid to a particular agency, see Practice Note: How to identify when a commission might become a bribe instructions to split a payment between two accounts for the same agent, notably where the accounts are in different countries, see Practice Note: Agents and other intermediaries the settlement of high-value expenses (for example, expensive restaurant bills), or non-business expenses (such as school) ...

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Tribunal chair Andrew Lenon KC stated the claimants have a credible chance of showing that Apple’s alleged excessive commissions charged to UK-based app developers for transactions completed on non‑UK storefronts constituted conduct carried out in the UK. In January 2024, Apple sought to have the tribunal strike out the action, which is brought on behalf of more than 1,500 UK‑based app developers over purportedly unfair App Store fees. The company contended that the majority of developers lack a UK claim because most distribution charges arose from purchases made in other countries, relating to the placement and sale of apps. The tech giant’s legal team further submitted that the lawsuit, spearheaded by Norwich Business School professor Sean Ennis, attempts to impose English competition law on charges incurred overseas and on commerce taking place outside the UK...

Quick view This Practice Note explores whether an employee can be engaged by two or more employers for the same role at the same time—joint employment (also termed dual employment or multiple employment). It examines the general assumption, the issue of vicarious liability, and the position of agency workers, office-holders and teachers. It also considers the setting of collective bargaining, the effect of TUPE 2006, and tax questions that may arise. Finally, it reviews the factors relevant to written contracts that involve multiple employers. Joint employment is typically discussed in relation to vicarious liability, for instance negligence (see: Vicarious liability, below). Regarding an individual’s employment rights, it appears reasonably clear that the prevailing presumption—that an employee cannot have more than one employer for the same work at the same time—can be displaced in these situations: where the person has two roles with separate employers and the roles are compatible; and where two or more employers act together within a partnership or joint venture ...

Practice Note This Practice Note sets out guidance on the court’s authority to order periodical payments and/or lump sums covering school fees and other educational or training outgoings. It outlines the steps to be taken in matters involving parents who are or have been married or in a civil partnership, as well as in situations where the parents have never been married or in a civil partnership, and prescribes the process to follow. Significant limits apply to the court’s ability to make periodical payment orders for a child where the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has, or would have, competence to carry out a maintenance calculation. Even so, the court still has power to direct that a parent, or any person who has treated the relevant child as a child of the family, must pay or contribute towards the expense of a child receiving instruction at an educational institution, or undertaking training for a trade, profession, or vocation (whether or not in paid work). Most frequently, such directions concern the...

This Practice Note reviews the principal issues and risks that routinely arise on major construction for education providers, spanning higher education, further education, academies and independent schools. See also Practice Note: Building Schools for the Future/Priority School Building Programme [Archived]. Typical procurement routes While any conventional procurement route can be used on an education project, three factors usually drive the route selected by education clients for their construction programmes: Nature of client Education clients seldom commission large capital schemes. It is not their core activity and, except for sizeable university estates teams, they rarely possess the in-house expertise to procure major works successfully. They are regarded as inexperienced construction clients. Funding Funding is often capped and time limited. As a result, works are commonly let on a fixed-price contract, typically at a higher cost, to secure the level of certainty and control sought by funders (public or private investment) and governors. See Funding below. Risk management Site risks on education schemes are generally...

[ Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1: ] I serve as a [ magistrate ] and, to discharge my responsibilities, require [ 20 ] days away from work each year. From [ insert date ], the Respondent has permitted only [ 15 ] days’ absence to carry out these functions [ plus an additional [ 5 ] days relating to my role as a governor of a maintained school ]. On [ insert date ] I requested further leave on [ insert date ] to undertake my magistracy, yet the Respondent declined the request without reasonable grounds. Those extra absences would not have detrimentally impacted the Respondent’s business operations. My claim is for: a declaration that my claim is well-founded; compensation. ...

This document offers general guidance on parental responsibility for a child. Your family lawyer will be able to give specific advice tailored to your circumstances. What is parental responsibility? Parental responsibility is defined in law by the Children Act 1989 as all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that a parent holds in relation to a child and the child’s property. Anyone who has parental responsibility is entitled to be involved in significant decisions concerning the child, including: where the child is to live which school they should attend whether the child should follow any religion (if at all) the name the child should use consenting to or refusing medical treatment managing the child’s money or property Parental responsibility does not allow a person to interfere with ordinary, day-to-day choices such as clothing, hobbies, or preferred TV programmes. Generally, parental responsibility continues until the child turns 18, although it may end earlier if the child is...

Insert in para 6.1 of response form ET3: The Respondent accepts that, when assessing candidates for the English teacher post at their school, they applied a requirement that every applicant must speak and write English clearly and accurately to an acceptable standard for the role in question. The Respondent denies that this requirement placed individuals of the same [ enter details, eg race/ethnic/national origins ] as the Claimant [ specify ] at a particular disadvantage compared with others, though it is accepted that the Claimant personally was put at that disadvantage. In any case, the Respondent maintains that applying this requirement was a proportionate means of pursuing a legitimate aim, namely ensuring that pupils at the school received a good and effective education from teachers who were properly and fully competent to teach them well. Accordingly, it is denied that the Respondent indirectly discriminated against the Claimant because of his [ enter details, eg race/ethnic/national origins ]. It is denied that the Claimant...

Neither the legislation—Part 4, Schedule 6 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006)—nor the guidance—Governance handbook and Schools causing concern—Statutory guidance for local authorities—addresses whether a duty to consult persists where a local authority intends to exercise its EIA 2006, s 65 powers to appoint an Interim Executive Board (IEB) after the entire governing body has stepped down. Warning notice As stated at page 14 of the guidance, a warning notice under Part 4 of the EIA 2006 must be provided in writing to the school’s governing body and must include: the matters on which the local authority’s concerns are based...

Who can be the guardian of a Child Student? The Immigration Rules, Introduction, para 6.2 (Immigration Rules, Introduction, para 6.2(b)) sets out definitions for key terms such as ‘legal guardian’, ‘parent’ and ‘private foster care arrangement’. A ‘legal guardian’ is defined as ‘a person appointed according to local laws to take care of a child’. In the UK, questions of a child’s legal guardianship are typically decided by the family courts, or arise where parents have named a guardian to act if they die. That said, legal systems in other countries follow different procedures. Whether an individual has been duly appointed as a legal guardian ‘according to local laws’ in another jurisdiction is a matter of foreign law. Foreign law is treated as evidence and will usually need to be established by expert evidence (Hussein (Status of passports: foreign law) [2020] UKUT 00250 (IAC) (not reported by LexisNexis®UK)). Such expert evidence may include a letter from a lawyer qualified in the relevant jurisdiction, confirming the process by which the...

This Q&A assumes that the employee is employed on a permanent employment contract, rather than a temporary employment contract. If the employee is on a permanent contract that specifies term-time only hours, their employment still clearly continues throughout the holidays up to the relevant termination date. Under this type of arrangement, pay for the weeks worked during term time, together with any holiday pay, is usually, in practice, distributed or averaged out over the entire 12 months. See, for instance, clause 2 of Precedent: Clauses—term-time working...