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Wedlake Bell has advised the members of chartered accountancy firm Carter Backer Winter (“CBW“) on its sale to Gravita, a portfolio company of European tech investor Tenzing. The sale means that… Read more →
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Wedlake Bell has advised MS by Joann Sfar UK Limited (“MSUK“) on its acquisition of the independent TV and film production business and assets of Filmwave Limited (in administration). Wedlake… Read more →
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Diagnoses of long term illnesses, such as Long Covid and those related to mental health, are on the increase. Alongside this is a a similar rise in disability claims being… Read more →
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It is often in the interests of the parties to any dispute to settle the matter quickly and amicably. Litigation, being expensive and time consuming, is generally seen as a… Read more →
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The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill (the “Tipping Bill”) is a private members’ bill that was backed by the (then) government at its second reading in Parliament in July 2022.… Read more →
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The last time we wrote about the right to take time off on bank holidays, it was in more jubilant times – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee seems a long time… Read more →
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This article has been written jointly between Wedlake Bell and Spktral, a specialist organisation which focuses on pay gap analysis, specifically gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability. What is the gender… Read more →
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“The employment status of gig economy workers has been a hot topic in employment law, culminating in the Supreme Court’s decision last year in Uber v Aslam. In that landmark case,… Read more →
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Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCC) has recently been in the press after it passed off racial slurs made against one of its players as “in the spirit of friendly banter”.… Read more →
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The on-going Covid pandemic has challenged long established working practices and businesses have had to adapt over the last 18 months. Some businesses may be considering a hybrid way of… Read more →
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On 19 July 2021, the government removed guidance that recommended that workers based in England should continue to work from home where they can. For some, a return to the… Read more →
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“Freedom Day” (the full lifting of all coronavirus restrictions in England) has been postponed until at least the 19 July 2021. If there is one thing that this pandemic has… Read more →