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Local Government - April 08
In this edition we focus on social housing, anti-social behaviour, and equal pa, update on children’s and adult services law, our regular ethical standards clinic and our digest of case law and new legislation.

Employment - April 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on: part-time workers, sexual orientation discrimination, serial grievances, deducting wages for strike action and legislation pipeline.

Professional Risk - April 2008
In this edition we look at a variety of issues including mortgage fraud and the implications for professionals, the extent of an insurance broker's duty upon renewal and the latest decision on waiver and estoppel.

Fraud - March 2008
Welcome to the second edition of the quarterly Weightmans LLP Fraud Bulletin. Our aim is to keep you up to date with current issues, case law and emerging trends in the insurance fraud area, taking an overview of matters of market interest in recent weeks.

Social Housing - March 2008
In this edition we look at a recent case dealing with possession on disability discrimination, an overview of the Housing and Regeneration Bill and consider how a criminal conviction can lead to an outright possession order and recent case law.

Employment - March 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on immigration, forthcoming legislation, equal pay and age discrimination.

Local Government - February 2008
In this edition we look at case law on policing, data protection, homelessness, trips at work, public procurement, school organisation and admissions, alcohol-related dismissals and protective awards in redundancy cases. We also provide updates on children and adult services, and we include our regular ethical standards clinic and our digest of case law and new legislation.

Disease - March 2008
This edition includes our regular asbestos update; an update on the progress of the deafness test cases;comment upon the complaint from slate workers being unable to recover damages; Limitation and the recent appeal in Hoare; work related upper limb disorder class action; call centre deafness; recent costs decisions; and our regular review of trends and what is on the horizon.

Healthcare - February 2008
In this edition we provide you with an update on legal developments in continuing care, zero tolerance, protection from harassment, deaths in custody and freedom of information. We also consider Munby J’s views on the Article 8 rights of vulnerable adults and discuss the nearest relative provisions under the Mental Health Act 2007. We analyse the recent reporting of the death of Mayra Cabrera and how the Corporate Manslaughter Act might impact on such cases when it comes into force in April and, in light of the Government’s recent embarrassment over the loss of personal data from HM Revenue and Customs, we take a closer look at the Data Protection Act and pitfalls for the unwary.

Employment - February 2008
This month’s edition includes articles on: alcohol-related dismissals; the employer’s implied duty to consider ill health retirement benefits; the level of protective awards for failure to consult on collective redundancies;the test for disability in relation to recurring conditions and retirement dismissals.

Local Government - Jan 2008
In this edition we focus on care services: who is eligible, who pays, and how will they be regulated? We also look at councillors: what advice should they be given, and how will the new local assessment framework operate? And we report on on-line ASBOs, tripping up fraudsters, illegal workers and TUPE transfers. We also provide updates on children and adult services developments and cases, and we include our regular digest of case law and new legislation.

Marine & Transit - Jan 2008
In this edition we review a number of recent court decisions on maritime law issues and outline two new pieces of legislation which will have implications for shipowners and their insurers.

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