A comprehensive guide for legal practitioners on contract construction and interpretation. It provides authoritative guidance, case law references, and practical insights on key principles, helping lawyers navigate complex contractual issues.
The leading guide and commentary on the Handbook of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Rulebook of the Prudential Regulation Authority. Fully revised, it covers all significant financial services regulatory developments.
Examines the main principles and rules of criminal law, combining textbook features with cases and materials. Explores the relationship between criminal law, moral philosophy, and penology.
Provides a clear and comprehensive account of the law governing trade unions, covering statutory recognition procedures, political fund restrictions, union members' rights, collective agreements, and protections from detrimental treatment and dismissal.
Offers an in-depth analysis of the Working Time Regulations, covering scope, the 48-hour week, rest rights, paid leave, night work, and 2024 changes that codify ECJ holiday pay rules, enable hourly accrual and rolled-up pay for irregular/part-year workers, and clarify records.
Focuses on disability-specific provisions of the Equality Act 2010, including the definition of disability, duty to make reasonable adjustments, and discrimination arising from disability. Explains how other forms of unlawful discrimination apply in the context of disability.
Examines statutory definitions of 'employee' and 'worker,' explores court tests for determining status, outlines statutory protections, discusses reform proposals, and covers special worker categories like casual, agency, and self-employed.
Covers the principles of forming, existing, and terminating employment contracts, including variation, wrongful and constructive dismissals, employee competition, confidentiality, and mutual trust and confidence.