Jo Broadbent rounds up recent developments affecting employers and their advisers

Emma Burrows and Anna Scott consider the key points from recent Acas guidance on hybrid working and some tricky issues that can arise

With the CJRS ending on 30 September 2021, many employers are turning their minds to managing employees’ return from furlough. Sophie Lockwood takes a look at the key considerations

Sarah Evans examines two decisions on whether it was fair to make employees redundant instead of furloughing them and the wider lessons for employers making redundancies as the CJRS closes

Deborah Casale and Sacha Sokhi look at the lessons from a recent sex discrimination case in which two male directors successfully claimed they were dismissed to improve their employer’s gender pay gap

David Jepps explores whether UK employers can cut the pay of employees who continue to work from home

Melanie Stancliffe assesses the case for a legal right for employees to switch off outside their normal working hours

Ed Livingstone and Grace Waterhouse report on two recent employment tribunal cases arising from the pandemic and examine the lessons for employers

Following the lifting of the requirement to work from home, Emma Williams discusses the pros and cons of different policies for returning to the workplace

Sean Nesbitt weighs up the case for mandatory vaccination as a condition of returning to the workplace

Matt Foster and Dhara Shah examine the power of the courts to make port alert orders and best practice when dealing with cases involving an abduction risk

Sophie Groves and Valeria Gampl consider the impact of non-financial conduct in financial proceedings

Andrew Smith provides a guide to the key principles to be applied on an application for maintenance pending suit and procedural points

Holly Cook looks at the impact of a life-limiting health condition when assessing financial claims on divorce

Claire Molyneux asks whether there is more that can be done to support separating families and minimise the impact on children, potentially by the introduction of a family lawyers’ charter

Andrew Scott sets out the approach taken to an application for adoption by a party to a relationship which had ended after the birth of the child

Rebecca Viola and Aimee Jones analyse the court’s approach in a case where various draconian orders were sought in relation to a father and the court’s reasons for making those orders

Antonia Barker provides a guide to key considerations on an application to vary periodical payments as a result of a change in circumstances

Ellie Foster and Claire Hunter question whether the idiom ‘till death us do part’ really applies where money is concerned

Suzanne Kingston, Rachael Kelsey and Geoff Wilson look at developments in arbitration in England and Wales, Scotland and Australia together with tables on arbitration schemes around the world

Rebecca Crosdil considers the current state of play following the government’s proposals to ‘tear’ the current planning system down

Emily Holdstock and Oyin Ogunkanmi explore the current state of the professional indemnity insurance market and the practical steps that insureds and their clients can take to safeguard their respective interests during development

Daniel Whittle, Olivia Heiniger and Adam Reeves consider a recent appeal decision and preceding authority relating to how the curtilage of a listed building is determined

Matthew Weal considers the mechanics of the Ground Rent Bill and whether it achieves its aims

Nicola Gooch considers how and if a mistaken planning decision can be rectified

David Nuttall considers the High Court decision in Gibson v New and its potential consequences

Clive Adams and Stathis Kosteletos consider a case where an index-linked rent review clause led to the rent increasing exponentially throughout the term of the lease

Mark Pawlowski considers whether bad behaviour on the part of an estoppel claimant will deny or modify equitable relief

Proving that a contract is frustrated is never an easy task. The chances of success are dependent upon the facts of the particular matter, but assistance can be found in the case law, as Jennie Jones and Thomas Booth find out

Jon Rowling explains why a new, greener approach to dilapidations needs to become a priority now

Geoffrey Shindler looks beyond these shores for a possible vision of IHT reform

The court has provided welcome clarity on applications to court for authority to sell a property abroad on behalf of a minor. Remi Aiyela explains

Ramandip Kaur and Jo Summers provide a review of the OTS’s second report on CGT

Elizabeth Houghton examines implied revocation of deeds of appointment

An internal dispute at a religious charity led to High Court clarification on the extent to which members of a charity are fiduciaries. Philip Reed explores the implications

Stephen Alexander asks when a trustee can charge fixed fees

Joseph de Lacey and Rowan Cope update practitioners on the High Court’s current approach to interpreting testamentary capacity

Geoffrey Shindler examines the government’s vision for a streamlined future tax administration system

A challenge to a will on the grounds of want of knowledge and approval where a compos mentis testator has read a professionally prepared will may seem doomed. Daisy Brown analyses a rare successful case

Caroline Doyle reviews STEP’s recent report on trusts and its findings