‘This year, like many in recent years, has seen some key changes within the employment law field, with the government, trade unions and lobbyists remaining endlessly engaged in seeking to impose their interpretation of fair balance between employers and their respective workforces.’
Legal Futures, 20th November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A union is launching a legal challenge over the rights of 75 university support staff to negotiate their pay and conditions in a landmark case that could improve rights for outsourced workers.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men who were part of an organised fraud network that conned solicitors and others out of over £300,000, as well as a man who tried to blackmail a law firm to pay over €10,000 for the return of data stolen from its systems, have been sent to prison.’
Legal Futures, 21st November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New guidance has been issued to tackle pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work after a huge increase in calls for advice.’
The Independent, 21st November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A father who murdered his 18-month-old baby was given a “glowing report” on his suitability to adopt her, a judge has found.’
BBC News, 20th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 19 Sept 2017, I chaired seminars in the studios of Northern Ballet in Leeds and at the Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre in South Yorkshire at which Tom Duke, our intellectual property attaché in Beijing, spoke on “Succeeding in China – How to mitigate IP risk” as part of a China IP Roadshow (see Jane Lambert Meet our IP Attaché to China 21 July 2017 IP Yorkshire). One of the reasons why Tom made that tour is that an increasing number of British IP owners contract with manufacturers in China and other countries where production costs are lower than in the UK to make goods for them under licence. Often such arrangements work very well but sometimes they can go very badly wrong.’
NIPC Law, 21st November 2017
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘Human rights apply to people of all ages. It doesn’t matter if you’re 7 or 72, we can all expect the same basic protections.’
RightsInfo, 20th November 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The UK government is to consult on the formation of an independent body to hold it to account for upholding environmental standards in England following the withdrawal from the EU.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th November 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The UK will not have a judge on the bench of the international court of justice for the first time in its 71-year history after the British candidate withdrew following an acrimonious competition.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Electoral Commission has reopened an investigation into Vote Leave’s EU referendum spending.’
BBC News, 20th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘G4S has ordered an independent review into its running of an immigration removal centre, it has been reported, amid allegations of abuse of detainees by staff working there.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption has outlined his dislike of fault-based liability for personal injury claims but admitted it is unlikely to be replaced by a no-fault system.’
Litigation Futures, 21st November 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A pub landlady has been ordered to pay an Irish traveller £1,500 in damages after agreeing she was refusing to serve him because of his background, having been asked the question 18 times.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A group of 75 workers, including porters and receptionists, are going to tribunal to gain more rights at work.’
BBC News, 21st November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Young offender institutions are cruel and counterproductive. Cressida Dick’s call for ‘harsher’ sentencing reveals her ignorance of the evidence.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Insolvency (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2017
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2017
The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) Order 2017
The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘In R (on the application of Richards) v Chief Constable of Cleveland Police (UKSC 2017/0090) the Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal against the imposition of a tagging requirement in a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (“SOPO”). The undisturbed judgment of the Court of Appeal in R (on the application of Richards) v Teesside Magistrates’ Court [2015] EWCA Civ 7; [2015] 1 WLR 1695 endorses (and perhaps extends) the purpose and effect of imposing qualified restrictions on sex offenders.’
UK Police Law Blog, 19th November 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Family analysis: Analysing a case where the Family Court submitted a ‘highly unusual’ request under Article 15 of Brussels II bis to the Spanish court for it to transfer jurisdiction to the courts of England and Wales, Chris Stevenson, barrister at Fourteen, questions how such cases will be approached in a post-Brexit world.’
Family Law, 17th November 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘There is to be a new part of the Civil Procedure Rules to deal with the launch of the Business and Property Courts (BPCs) to emphasise that no case is too big to be tried outside London, it has been decided.’
Litigation Futures, 20th November 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A father who suffocated his two young children with a cloth soaked in petrol before setting fire to the family home has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 33 years for their murder today (20 November).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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