January is a time for resolutions and fresh starts. The Veganuary campaign encourages people to join the rising number of full time vegans in a month-long pledge to ditch the Read more…

Posted on Jan 17th, 2020 by Lyons Davidson

Within the UK there will be new laws introduced and coming into force in 2020 for motorists regarding passing cyclists, car tax, low emissions and much more. Here is a Read more…

Posted on Jan 16th, 2020 by Lyons Davidson

For 254 years following the Gunpowder plot it was a legal requirement for every person in the realm to observe the fifth of November and give thanks for the “joyful Read more…

Posted on Nov 7th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

Fundamentally, employers will always – to some extent at least – need to rely upon the knowledge of others when deciding how to act in relation to employees with disabilities. Read more…

Posted on Oct 22nd, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

The question of when an employee with a long-term disability related absence can be dismissed for capability is always a difficult one for employers and involves a careful balancing act Read more…

Posted on Oct 15th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

According to the Office for National Statistics, in 50 years’ time it is anticipated that there will be an additional 8.2 million people aged 65+ in the UK. This is Read more…

Posted on Oct 1st, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

Employment status is currently a true hot-button topic for consideration. The Uber and Deliveroo cases, along with Pimlico Plumbers, have raised the question now, more so than ever, as to Read more…

Posted on Oct 1st, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

In Z & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Hackney & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 1099, the Court of Appeal upheld the divisional court’s decision that, Read more…

Posted on Sep 24th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

Many employees can often feel that the workplace they’re in causes stress through many factors that ultimately result in them feeling entitled to resign. However, what many people don’t realise Read more…

Posted on Sep 6th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson

The horrors of cauda equina syndrome have been highlighted in a recent BBC website article, where its symptoms and life changing implications are explained.  Symptoms of cauda equina syndrome Cauda Read more…

Posted on Aug 22nd, 2019 by Lyons Davidson