When shared parental leave was introduced back in April 2015, many commentators questioned how many employees would take advantage of this new right. Whilst the new right allowed mothers and their partners to share up to 50 weeks shared parental…
One of the key themes for employment law in 2016 has been the rise of the “gig” economy and the challenges that it throws up in terms of employment status for those working within this economy. What is meant by…
What’s software as a service? Well, you take some software, and then you host it, so logically, a SaaS agreement is a licence agreement plus a hosting agreement, right? Wrong. This is a ‘licence+hosting’ model, but in reality, a SaaS…
Adrian Phillips founded Moorcrofts 15 years ago on 17th January 2000: Moorcrofts has just celebrated its 15th anniversary. In those 15 years, under Adrian’s leadership, we’ve grown to 10 lawyers and garnered an enviable reputation in the areas that we…
Moorcrofts were pleased to be instructed by Phaidon International (UK) in relation to an injunction on notice to prevent a former employee competing with its business in breach of restrictive covenants contained in the employment contract. Moorcrofts were successful in…
The new entitlement to shared parental leave (“SPL”) will come into effect for babies whose expected week of childbirth is on or after 5 April 2015 (or a child who is placed for adoption after that date). This new entitlement…
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for the shareholders of Power Planning Associates on the sale of the Company to Ricardo plc. Neil Pinto, Practice Director at PPA energy (in his capacity as shareholder of PPA) said “I would be…
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for Blue Glue Limited in its sale to US acquirer Motion Recruitment Partners Inc.
Adrian Phillips led the Moorcrofts team acting for Integrity Software on the disposal of its Salon Software business to Canadian quoted company Jonas. Joe Hanly, CEO of Integrity Software commented: “We found Adrian’s pragmatic and commercial approach to the transaction…
Katie Osborne and Andrew Katz of the Moorcrofts Tech Team have both completed and achieved certification in Harvard University’s CopyrightX course. The course is a 12 week multi-mode course covering theory and practice of copyright law, focused on the US, but with…
Red Hat, Inc, (NYSE:RHT) one of the world’s leading providers of open source solutions, joined forces with the CentOS Project to bring it within the Red Hat stable. CentOS packages an enterprise-standard Linux operating system and operates on an open…
Moorcrofts were delighted to act for the Totemic Group in setting up a joint venture company which has acquired the business of Innovation Lifts. Innovation Lifts produce bespoke lifts for high end clients, and have a thriving export business. Derek Chick of…