Equal pay and the gender pay gap have been hitting the headlines recently with the high-profile resignation of the BBC’s Carrie Gracie over unequal pay and the increasing number of organisations publishing details of their gender pay gap ahead of…
Morrison Supermarkets hit the headlines recently but almost certainly not the sort of positive pre-Christmas publicity they would have hoped for. In a decision that could have major implications for employers, not only in respect of data breaches but also…
A Wayleave Agreement gives a service provider a right to install its equipment through or over a third party’s land. In the past these have tended to be relevant to property developers but the growing reliance on fast IT connectivity…
There may be many reasons to why you wish to consider a reorganisation of your company and a tidy up of your share capital and balance sheet. It could be that the regulatory or economic climate has changed or that…
In a bid to combat slavery and human trafficking, the Modern Slavery Act (“MSA”) introduced in March 2015, requires large organisations to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement. Known as section 54 of the MSA, this is a…
The decision of the EAT in the recent Uber case to uphold the original decision of the Employment Tribunal that Uber’s drivers are “workers” for employment law purposes, quite rightly attracted a lot of publicity. However, given the direction of the…
You will have heard a great deal about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The implementation date (25 May 2018) is just around the corner and Moorcrofts, like many law firms, has been hard at work advising our clients…
Moorcrofts, appointed a pilot partner to the Linux Foundation’s ‘OpenChain’ Project in August, has cemented its commitment to the project by meeting Shane Coughlan, project director for Open Chain Project and the core team of other pilot partners in Prague…
Corporate law firm, Moorcrofts is celebrating after being recommended for its outstanding expertise by one of the most influential legal directories, Chambers & Partners UK. The new 2018 edition of the independent guide, which ranks law firms from across the…
It was an early start for our energetic and enthusiastic Moorcrofts team on Sunday 5 November, together with some friends and family, as they arrived at Marlow Sports Club, ready to participate in the Marlow Half Marathon and the Marlow…
Law Firm Moorcrofts’ corporate team has advised the Conduit Mead Company Limited (“Conduit Mead”) on the multi-million-pound corporate reorganisation of its various business interests and assets. The reorganisation now provides the shareholders with separate trading, investment, property management and venturing…
Did you know that 92% of Millennial consumers are more likely to buy products from ethical companies? (AFLAC Survey 2017). Companies that are demonstrating high brand authenticity, and an importance and value towards the greater good instead of solely to…