From 24 January 2000, armaments may pass through the UK to Indonesia. The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment) Order SI 2000 No 109 [2000]Read More

When an employee has successfully established that he or she is entitled to equal pay with a comparator, the employee is also entitled to continue receiving equal pay with that comparator. In other words, if employee A has established that her work has equal value to male employee B, and B is given a normal...Read More

If it is held that differences in pay between employees are not related to sex discrimination, the employer is not obliged to explain the difference. The case concerned teachers and instructors working in a school for children with learning difficulties. Teachers were more qualified than instructors and were paid more. This arose from the law...Read More

It has now been confirmed that if a Scottish arrestment of earnings order has been served on an employer for any employee, no student loan recovery is to be made from that employee. This mirrors the position in England and Wales where no student loan recovery applies if there is an attachment of earnings order...Read More

The EU law requiring companies to establish works councils and to consult with employees has been given effect in English law from 15 January 2000. The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations SI 1999 No 3323 [1999]Read More

The DTI published an international price survey which indicates that claims about “rip-off Britain” are not justified. The comparison took 56 popular consumer items and compared their UK prices with those of the US, France and Germany. Just eight items were the most expensive in the UK. These were Sega Dreamcast, top ten CDs, two-litre...Read More

The government has published its annual guide to Living in Britain in 2020. Among its data are these facts: average households have shrunk from 2.91 people in 1971 to 2.48 in 1991 and 2.36 in 1998; 92% of families with children were headed by a married couple in 1971, compared with 75% in 1998; the...Read More

Readers are reminded that many telephone numbers change on 22 April 2000. The new numbers are already available for us. In particular 0171- and 0181- numbers for the London area will no longer be diallable from that date. There are also changes for Cardiff, Coventry, Portsmouth and Southampton. Details on the change can be obtained...Read More

House prices are continuing to boom, according to latest statistics from the Land Registry in March 2000. The average house price increased by 15.23% from £83,995 in 1998 to £96,687 in 1999. The volume of sales increased by 19% during the year. All regions showed increases in prices, though Greater London topped the list at...Read More

The euro hit a new low of below 94 US cents at the beginning of March 2000. The euro sank to a value of 61p, a rate which the governor of the Bank of England said was unsustainable. The UK’s brief membership of Exchange rate mechanism was at a rate of 70p which was subsequently...Read More