Banks left outraged as government rules they must run illegal immigrant checks on all current accounts September 22, 2017 UK banks are quietly outraged about new legislation which will force all banks to run checks for illegal immigrants against their current account customers. Read more: New government rules will force UK banks to search bank accounts for illegal immigrants The government has brought in rules requiring all banks to check their customers against a [...]
Forget shirt sales, it’s Neymar’s star brand that will help Paris Saint-Germain pay off world record £200m fee | City A.M. August 5, 2017 Few transfers in history have ever generated as much chatter, news articles or social media posts as Neymar’s world-record £200m move to Paris Saint-Germain. Such an unprecedentedly large fee and the headlines it captures raises questions of whether Paris Saint-Germain have bought Neymar for his brand as much as his ability. The Qatari-owned club has [...]
A gay man has won equal pensions rights in a landmark Supreme Court ruling July 12, 2017 The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark ruling giving the husband of a gay man the same pension rights as a wife would receive. John Walker, 66, challenged a Court of Appeal decision to support his former employer Innospec. The chemicals firm said it willrefuse to pay his pension to his husband because Walker’s employment [...]
RBS’ mis-selling fine is certain to highlight American hypocrisy, Worldpay’s bid invitation and no rush for the new Ofcom chair July 7, 2017 It was hard to suppress a laugh last week at the sanctimonious angst of corporate America at the fine doled out by Brussels over Google’s anti-competitive behaviour by favouring its shopping service over those of rivals. Those Europeans, came the wailing from across the Atlantic, are extracting money from flagship US companies with little justification. [...]
Opinion: Online agents will ultimately lose you money – because they can’t negotiate on your behalf June 12, 2017 The American president and lawyer Abraham Lincoln once stated that ‘a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.’ And as any property developer will tell you, other than finding a dishonest estate agent willing to defraud his client, the best way to buy a house for less than it’s worth [...]
Uber granted appeal in landmark legal case over employment status of drivers as workers or self-employed April 19, 2017 Uber has been granted an appeal in a landmark legal battle over the employment status of its drivers in the UK. The multi-billion dollar startup will return to court later this year to argue against an employment tribunal ruling which last year said that Uber drivers should be classed as workers and are not self-employed. [...]
Matthew Taylor Modern Employment Practices review into the gig economy: Why is a Tory government indulging misguided calls for self-employment “rights”? March 22, 2017 Matthew Taylor was doing the rounds at the weekend, talking about the Review of Modern Employment Practices which he is conducting on behalf of the government – more evidence that Mrs May wants to rebrand the Conservatives as a sort of Blue Labour. Taylor, a former parliamentary wannabe who later worked for Tony Blair and [...]
City Moves for 20 March 2017 – who’s switching jobs at Keystone Law, MarketInvoice and Sage Group March 20, 2017 Today's City Moves cover legal eagles, peer-to-peer finance and enterprise software. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Keystone Law Chancery Lane-based law firm Keystone Law has appointed five senior lawyers across its residential property, regulatory, dispute resolution, employment and private wealth teams. Katie Cohen (pictured) will join Keystone as residential property partner. She [...]
City Moves for 27 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 27, 2017 Today's City Moves cover legal eagles, market strategy and insurance. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Employment law specialist Bob Cordran has joined international law firm Dorsey & Whitney’s London office as a partner. Bob, formerly a partner at Marriott Harrison LLP, is an experienced employment lawyer who has [...]
Baffling people into buying works – but drop the jargon, say it like it is February 23, 2017 According to a recent study conducted by Britain Thinks, women are wary of investing their cash in financial products, because they are turned off by the jargon the industry employs in its ads. Not just women, I’ll wager. Last year the Financial Conduct Authority warned banks against their persistent use of jargon. “All too often [...]