Government plans to overhaul tipping practices in the hospitality industry
In 2016, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched a consultation on tips and gratuities in the hospitality industry, based on three objectives: that it should be clear to customers that tips are voluntary that tips should be...
Andrew Katz to speak at European Space Agency’s Phi Week
Our Joint Managing Partner and Head of Tech, Andrew Katz will speak at the European Space Agency’s fourth edition of Φ-week, taking place from 11-15 October 2021. About the Event The week long virtual event focuses on how to accelerate...
Moorcrofts retain position as a ‘Tier 1’ firm by Legal 500 2022
Corporate Law firm, Moorcrofts, has retained its top ‘Tier 1 ranking’ among all corporate and commercial law firms in the South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx region by leading industry directory, The Legal 500 UK 2022 edition for the second...
Moorcrofts Highly Commended in The Lawyer Awards 2021
Leading Corporate and Technology Law firm, Moorcrofts LLP is delighted to announce that it has been Highly Commended in The Lawyer Awards 2021, in the Boutique Firm of the Year category. The Lawyer Awards is the leading awards initiative within...
Employment Law Update Webinar
With many employers adjusting to return to work as lockdown measures are eased and with employment tribunal decisions on various aspects of COVID now coming through on a regular basis, the Employment Team at Moorcrofts are hosting a free employment...
The study on the impact of open source software and hardware on the EU economy...
On Monday 6 September, the European Commission published the results of the study analysing the economic impact of Open Source Software (OSS) and Hardware (OSH) on the European economy. Moorcrofts Joint Managing Partner and Head of Tech and IP, Andrew…
OpenChain UK Work Group’s September Meeting Announced
The OpenChain UK Work Group’s next meeting is being held via Zoom on Thursday 30 September from 14:00 – 15:30 BST. A full agenda will be launched prior to the meeting, which will be an interactive session with plenty of…
Further extension to the temporary adjustments to right to work checks
In April, May and June, we commented on the Government’s decision to extend the temporary adjustments to right to work checks. These were initially extended to 16 May 2021, then to 20 June 2021 and then again until 31 August…
Moorcrofts advises on sale of Pythagoras Communications Holdings Limited
Moorcrofts LLP has advised the shareholders of Pythagoras Communications Holdings Limited, the holding company of Pythagoras Communications Limited a leading UK technology company and Microsoft Gold Partner which provides professional services and solutions using technology platforms including Microsoft Azure, Dynamics…
Historic FSF projects no longer require copyright in code contributions to be...
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has in the past previously required developers working on projects such as GCC (the Gnu Compiler Collection) to assign its copyrights to the FSF. The logic is that this does make enforcement easier against people…
Moorcrofts Extends SpecialEffect Partnership
Moorcrofts Corporate Law, will be extending its charity partnership with SpecialEffect until April 2022. SpecialEffect was appointed as Moorcrofts’ charity of the year in 2019 with the proposal to have the partnership in place for two-years. However, with fundraising heavily…