Exiting The EU: The flaw in the Brexit white paper

The government’s failure to address the issue of purposive construction in its plan for the Great Repeal Bill will lead to uncertainty and a wave of litigation after Brexit, warns Sandy Kemp ‘Applying a purposive construction has led to significant differences of outcome, including a reversal of what decisions would have been using the standard …
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Working Time: New case law brings fresh uncertainty

Rebecca McGuirk analyses recent case law on the scope of ‘working time’, including the treatment of travel time, trade union duties, holiday pay and voluntary overtime ‘Being at their employer’s disposal did not mean that the claimants had to be under their employer’s specific control or direction.’ The cost of wages and holiday pay looks …
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