‘With amendments to toughen up trade union legislation waiting in the wings, rushing through yet more changes in response to recent rail strikes would likely only further polarise relations between employers and unions.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Govia Thameslink Railway is taking a legal case against drivers’ union Aslef to the supreme court over its industrial action on Southern rail.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Home Office files concerning events at the “battle of Orgreave” are due to be released next year among a cache of records relating to the 1984 miners’ strike.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The high court has rejected an attempt by the owners of Southern rail to prevent train drivers from taking industrial action.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A decision on whether to launch a new inquiry into the “battle of Orgreave”, one of the most brutal episodes during the 1984 miners’ strike, is due to be announced by the home secretary, Amber Rudd.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government is considering a review of what happened in 1984 during the miners’ strike when violent clashes took place between the police and miners on the picket line at Orgreave.’
BBC News, 10th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Junior doctors in England are going to the High Court to try and stop the government imposing a new contract.’
BBC News, 19th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Protesting Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers are classed as self-employed, and there are questions as to whether the law adequately protects such workers.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A full report into allegations of police misconduct at the so-called Battle of Orgreave will not be made public, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has ruled.’
BBC News, 12th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary and former Conservative Party leadership contender Michael Gove has been accused of being “absent” as Britain’s prisons have been plunged into crisis and hit by a series of staff walkouts.’
The Independent, 11th July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The police must confront the “poison of decades-old misdeeds”, the Home Secretary Theresa May has told officers, raising hopes that she is close to ordering an inquiry into police misconduct during the 1980s miners’ strike.’
The Independent, 17th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘South Yorkshire police’s alleged ‘frame-up’ of striking miners in 1984 is consistent with force’s conduct five years later.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A public inquiry should examine the way Margaret Thatcher’s government used the police to occupy communities during the 1980s miners’ strike, a former chief constable has said. Sir Peter Fahy said the police attitudes that caused public outrage last week, following the Hillsborough inquest verdicts, were fostered by events such as the government using officers to crush one of Britain’s bitterest industrial disputes.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new contract ministers plan to force on NHS junior doctors discriminates against female medics and is potentially illegal, Britain’s equality watchdog has told the government.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘According to Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Trade Union Bill currently before Parliament is “not a ban on strike action. This is about ensuring that our rules are modern and right and fit for today’s workplace”. As the Bill progresses through the House of Lords, Mr Javid’s rosy view has been challenged by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the UN supervisory body responsible for scrutiny of compliance with international labour standards.’
OUP Blog, 5th April 2016
Source: http://blog.oup.com
‘A second legal challenge has been made over the government’s decision to impose a new contract on junior doctors in England.’
BBC News, 4th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Strike plans by sixth-form college teachers are “unlawful”, the government will argue in the High Court later.’
BBC News, 14th March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The British Medical Association ignored the advice of its own lawyers before launching a judicial review over new contracts for junior doctors, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Legal papers demanding a public inquiry into police conduct during violent clashes of the 1984-5 miners’ strike are due to be handed to the government.’
BBC News, 15th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Daily Telegraph misled readers by suggesting NHS radiology departments were closed on Sundays in an article about Justice Secretary Michael Gove breaking his foot, according to a ruling from the Independent Press Standards Organisation.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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