Andrew Katz to speak at OpenAtom Global Open Source Summit
Moorcrofts Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz will speak at the 2022 OpenAtom Global Open Source Summit, taking place in Beijing from 27 to 29 July, 2022. Hosted and organised by OpenAtom Foundation, the three day summit...
Moorcrofts advises MMR Research Worldwide Limited
Moorcrofts advises MMR Research Worldwide Limited on its move to new premises at The Business Centre, Wokingham. Moorcrofts Commercial Property Team has advised MMR Research Worldwide Limited, one of the world’s leading agencies providing sensory product modelling for clients such...
Employee with long Covid was disabled
Further to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), having to amend its position on long Covid being a disability in May this year, a Scottish employment tribunal has ruled that an employee suffering from long covid was disabled for...
Is calling a man “bald” sex discrimination?
An employment tribunal has recently ruled that calling a man “bald,” is sex-related harassment. In Finn v The British Bung Manufacturing Company Limited, a tribunal heard that Mr Finn, who worked as an electrician, was dismissed from his role, without...
Is long Covid a disability?
At the weekend (9 May 2022), the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the equalities watchdog, tweeted that “without case law or scientific consensus, EHRC does not recommend that “long Covid” be treated as a disability.” Following something of an...
Moorcrofts advises MLL Telecom on secured revolving credit facility
Moorcrofts recently advised longstanding client, MLL Telecom Ltd. on a secured revolving credit facility of up to £8 million by the private credit division of leading investment manager Triple Point. Peter Woolley (corporate partner) led the transaction, with support from...
New beneficial ownership register for overseas owners of UK real estate
The much anticipated Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 was passed on 15 March 2022. It was rushed through Parliament in just over two weeks in response to the war in Ukraine and pressure to crack down on Russian...
Employment Law Update Webinar
With a significant amount of employment law reform having been proposed but not yet implemented such as changes to the right to request flexible working, the Employment team at Moorcrofts are hosting a free employment law update webinar on Wednesday...
Moorcrofts advises on £25.6m company sale
Moorcrofts has recently advised the selling shareholders of Adamas Consulting Group Limited (“Adamas”) on a c.£25.6m sale of their shares in Adamas to Ergomed PLC, a global provider of services to the biopharmaceutical industry. As part of the sale, the...
Andrew Katz won the ‘Community Driver’ Award at the Open Compliance Summit...
Moorcroft’s Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology and CEO of Orcro, Andrew Katz was awarded the ‘Community Driver’ Award at the Open Compliance Summit 2021. The award, which is presented annually at the end of the summit, highlights and...