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- Walker v Metropolitan Police
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- Angel Copeland v Metropolitan Police
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- Burden of proof in Occupiers’ Liability Act claims
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- Rathband and others v Chief Constable of Northumbria
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- R (on the application of TL) v Chief Constable of Surrey
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- Article 50 appeal to the Supreme Court
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- Court bars millionaire banker who refused to pay maintenance from making further applications
- Calculating strike pay deductions, important decision from the Supreme Court
- In indirect discrimination, the reason why is not relevant says the Supreme Court
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- Industrial relations update: five new cases
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- The Taylor Review – big changes on the way for employment-related law
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- LADs and penalty clauses – important reading for all associated with the construction industry
- When absence goes AWOL
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- Employment Tribunal fees unlawful says Supreme Court
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- Data protection update
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- A matter of timing
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- Examining the scope of vicarious liability
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- Unfair dismissal awards increase (particularly for some employers)
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- Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill introduced to Parliament
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- Employers vicariously liable for data breach
- Winham v Graham – Barnsley County Court in inflated credit repair costs dispute
- Trust fined £330,000 for falls deaths
- Limitation and jurisdiction - the Care Act and recovery of care home fees
- Costs reform in Scotland – Regulation of Claims Management Companies
- The beginning of time... O'Connor v Bar Standards Board
- Discrimination damages
- Charging for special police services at football matches
- Personal injury, Negligence, Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
- New interim guidance on decisions to withdraw CANH
- Claim struck out after Litigation Friend absence
- Defamation in Scotland – Radical reform proposed
- Focus on… Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
- Hard, soft or somewhere in the middle: the effects and implications of Brexit in the Public Sector
- The assessment of care fees: assets you can and cannot hide
- A Reflection on the position of Monitoring Officer
- Full disclosure required in the consideration of complaints
- Local authorities – no duty of care to children not in care
- An exercise in discretion: Robert Carroll v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester
- Detox your longstanding claims
- Clarity for employers on EU citizens’ rights following Brexit
- “In the course of employment”: Vicariously liable for an employee’s wrongdoing
- Garden leave: a bonus protection?
- Court of Appeal supports decision that train operator was not liable after accident
- Key cases to watch in 2018
- Contested probate.. don't run out of time
- The Carillion Avalanche
- Unmarried families – financial provision for children on separation
- Court of Appeal holds transitory vibration exposure was not negligent.
- Police obstruction and self-defence.
- Fraudulent earnings claim sees taxi driver found fundamentally dishonest
- Burt Neil v Cheshire West & Chester Council – Chester County Court 26 January 2018
- Dishonest claimant sees his vehicle related damage claim dismissed and may yet be sent to prison
- “Good Work” – the Government’s response to the Taylor review could lead to significant changes for all employers
- Claimant’s damned lies in respect of vehicle repair and credit hire claim result in prison sentence
- Hill immunity misunderstood? Robinson v West Yorkshire Police - Supreme Court
- Can you rely on a medical report which says your employee does not have a disability?
- InView - Winter 2018
- Cohabitation - A Survival Guide
- Government plan fixed costs for clinical negligence
- Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Amendment Regulations 2018
- The European Commission’s stark warning to the Insurance Industry
- New ruling on the service failure test in clinical cases
- Investigative police failings remain open to attack
- Transition period length – two years or "whenever"?
- Civil Litigation Bill passed through Stage One of the Scottish Parliamentary process
- Firefighter Rudy and the working time mystery
- Court of Appeal case may shed light on future asbestos exposure cases
- Big Data means big challenges – and opportunities
- A client centred approach to AI – the path to enlightenment or the road to perdition for law firms?
- High Court held Administrators' decision to remove fixed charge receivers was irrational
- Constructing a more secure digital future
- Is your smart meter spying on you?
- Communication breakdowns could leave sporting bodies with heavy penalties
- What are the implications of the GDPR for the retail sector?
- Automated vehicles and potholes on the road to prosperity
- The Leeds City Region HS2 Growth Strategy – Realising the Wider Opportunity
- Coming up soon: 5 employment law developments to watch.
- Unfair Dismissal on the expiry of a Fixed Term Contract
- Taxation of termination payments: New law in force April 2018
- Disability Discrimination: Important new case law
- Litigation privilege
- Scottish Duty of Candour Regulations to come into force on 1 April 2018
- Gas safety certificates - a warning for landlords
- Beyond the grave
- A restless period for civil liability in the public sector
- Part 36 offers - taking money off the table without losing your costs advantage
- The Chancellor’s view for a post Brexit UK Financial Services Market
- New Electronic Communications Code brings changes for site providers who are operators
- Court of Appeal decision on the appointment of a QC as arbitrator under the Joint Excess Loss Committee Clauses (January 1997 version)
- Supreme Court upholds fairness of dismissal of head teacher, for non-disclosure of relationship
- Unexplained Wealth Orders – what are they and when are parties at risk?
- Court of Appeal win expected to save NHS millions in legal costs
- Duty of care and parental supervision
- Family Law cases to watch 2018: Villiers v Villiers
- Family Law Cases to watch 2018: Owens v Owens
- Extra time for D&O claims?
- The Civil Liability Bill
- Mistake of fact does not invalidate a search warrant
- Family Law cases to watch 2018: Steinfield & Keidan v Secretary of State for Education
- Whistleblowing in the NHS: Increased protection for applicants
- Family Law cases to watch 2018: Mills v Mills
- No liability for arrest after passing incorrect information
- High Court ruling on Principals' liability
- Stacey Walker v West Midlands Police – Coventry County Court 19 February 2018
- Multiple allegations of misconduct: Tread carefully to avoid unfair dismissal
- Time limits in Tribunal claims: Weightmans success in Court of Appeal
- Covert surveillance and privacy at work: Important new case-law
- Auto enrolment: planning for increases in minimum DC pension contributions
- Q&A: Can you refuse to hire or dismiss an employee for having tattoos?
- Brexit employment update: MAC interim report on revised immigration regime
- BREXIT COUNTDOWN: 365 days remain to crystallize the implementation period
- Relocation of equipment under old and new telecoms codes
- Weightmans secures security for costs order while applications remain fact-sensitive
- Forum shopping in asbestos claims
- When is a contract written in stone?
- Monitoring Officer Handbook Interview
- NHS not required to provide non-urgent treatment when patient entitlement is uncertain
- What is a package or unit for limitation purposes under Hague Visby Rules?
- No fundamental dishonesty but pursuer’s “lack of candour” lands him with expenses
- Should income be shared on divorce?
- Contractual notice only starts when the employee knows they are being dismissed
- Managing employee conflict: top tips
- Writing references: do we need to investigate old disciplinary issues?
- Collective consultation: don’t keep staff in the dark when considering redundancies
- The gender pay gap: what happens next?
- EU (Withdrawal) Bill: what next for the customs union?
- The burden of proof in Article 5 claims
- The President of the Supreme Court: the case for much needed family law reform
- KA v MA – A Reminder of the Value of a Pre Nuptial Agreement
- When One Door Closes
- Visibility for highway users – what is required?
- Demurrage, Detention and Delays by Agreement
- Sharing company ownership
- Liability takes a holiday
- The low road, the high road or the highway to hell?
- Fair Deal is still on the local government agenda but implementation has been further delayed
- Civil Liability Bill update - Whiplash Injury Regulations
- Religious harassment: Asking Muslim colleague if he supported a terrorist group was not discrimination
- Death of a shareholder
- The Financial Guidance and Claims Act (2018)
- When is a Contract Written in Stone – Part 2
- Illegality, dishonesty and ex turpi causa
- Group structures
- Intervening cause or just foreseeable carelessness?
- Third party harassment: clarification from the Court of Appeal
- Constructive dismissal clarified by Court of Appeal case
- Fasting and feasting: supporting Muslim Employees during Ramadan and Eid-Al-Fitr
- Off payroll, off limits? Important changes to IR35
- Pensions update: are staff pension costs within the education sector sustainable?
- Brexit: is it about to become more difficult to enforce judgments against defendants in the EU?
- How to fund your family law case
- The family shareholder
- Occupiers Liability claim fails even though court accepts a danger was present
- Supreme Court plumber Judgment, reinforces rules on employment status case
- Negative impact of ‘blame culture’ on child protection system
- New Practice Direction on Insolvency Proceedings
- The duty to warn and the limited application of Chester v Afshar
- Nothing to fear but fear itself
- 10 things to consider when writing a dismissal letter
- The employee shareholder
- Handling grievances – everything you need to know – 5 handy tips
- Contribution claims between insurers in mesothelioma cases – limitation and basis of assessment of quantum
- Historic sexual abuse in Scotland: psychological trauma could be an ‘exceptional circumstance’ for late compensation application
- Legal Alert: Phantom Passengers and related claims pursuant to Section 57 CJCA 2015
- Social care funding in the spotlight: ADASS Budget Survey 2018
- Workplace wellbeing
- Issuing a warning for 60 disability-related absences: could you justify it?
- Unfair dismissal update: when can we dismiss for misconduct?
- Injunctions: when can an employee stop us from suspending them?
- Pensions update: when is a member in “pensionable service”?
- Q&A: Can a manager covertly record an employee’s disciplinary meeting?
- DoLS latest – Joint Committee on Human Rights urges action
- Preparing your company for sale
- Damages payable by employer for preventing access to an employee’s iTunes library, AOL, LinkedIn and WhatsApp accounts
- Transparency, inclusion and trust - crucial considerations when law meets technology
- Welcome decision for schools as claim dismissed in PE accident case
- Q&As to help separated parents enjoy the sun, sand and surf
- EAT backs employee’s right to appeal in right to work case
- Enforcing foreign judgments in Scotland
- Leaving your GP premises: what you need to know
- Coroner’s Inquests and Article 2 - Fernandes endorsed by the UK Courts
- Dishonesty on facts relating to limitation is fundamental to a claim
- A matter of restraint
- The Government’s White Paper - the way forward?
- Legislation to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards introduced
- Sleep-in workers not entitled to minimum wage when asleep, decides Court of Appeal
- Local government, personal injury, highways
- Dealing with sale proceeds of a business
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know?
- The Court of Appeal and the case of the disappearing dismissal
- Financial abuse of the elderly - spot the signs
- Council had lawful basis for accommodating children under section 20 of the Children Act 1989
- Emergency services owe duty of care to individual following 999 call
- Late acceptance of a Part 36 Offer does not automatically give rise to indemnity costs
- Restoring the litigation balance
- Social housing, local government, occupiers’ liability, fraud, contempt proceedings
- CMC regulation in the new world
- Introduction of Medical Examiners expected to lead to more inquests
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know?
- Misdelivery of cargo and the Hague Rules time bar
- Fantastic exceptions to QOCS and where to find them
- Planning redundancies: Top Tips for dealing with employees on maternity leave
- Jeffreys v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
- Employees that ‘sleep-in’: Important new case on pay and working time
- Do we need to include voluntary overtime in holiday pay? Latest EAT guidance is bad news for the NHS
- Equal Pay and the problem of the higher paid worker
- Immigration update: Post-Brexit plans and changes to immigration rules
- Pleadings and fundamental dishonesty: Howlett affirmed as film director’s compensation claim is dismissed
- Has the High Court opened the door to the recovery of costs for defendants in RTA portal cases involving high value vehicle related damages?
- Outdoor events: planning for the rainy day
- When court and classroom meet
- Court not needed for withdrawal of CANH where doctors and family agree not in patient’s best interests
- Knotweed as a nuisance – landmark legal ruling for landowners
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know?
- Defeating subtle brain injury claims through a meticulous approach expert to medical evidence | Joseph v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Satellite litigation window firmly shut by Supreme Court
- Challenge against local government reorganisation in Dorset fails
- Court of Appeal overturns decision striking off doctor convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
- Acquittals can be disclosed on enhanced criminal records certificates
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know?
- Noise claim struck out as abuse of process where the claimant lied about alternative noise exposure
- Legal advice not always confidential says EAT
- High Court holds that Roberts v Johnstone is binding in decision not to award for special accommodation costs
- Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Surviving the 'POCA freeze'
- A change is coming but how much change will business rate payers be left with?
- Defender hotel not liable for the pursuer’s fall from steps
- Is there such a thing as an ironclad post-nuptial agreement?
- Forum shopping in asbestos claims | Inner House of the Court of Session overturns decision
- UK Government’s “no deal” guidance papers
- Duty of care, negligence and assumption of responsibility
- "Have you had a data breach in the last six years?"
- Further amendments to the Civil Liability Bill
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know?
- Surrogacy – law reform for single parents?
- Has your employee resigned? The problem of ambiguous notice
- The scope of the liability of the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) as an emanation of the UK state
- Reducing Family Conflict - will consultation be effective in reforming divorce law?
- Retail Review: Defining Turnover Rents in the Age of E-Commerce
- How will a ‘no deal’ scenario affect divorce and child law jurisdiction after Brexit?
- Akhter v Khan and whether the English Court recognises Sharia Marriages: A shift in the accepted legal understanding of what constitutes a marriage, valid or void
- Brexit employment update: New report on revised immigration regime
- Should you worry about restrictive covenants?
- Long-term sickness absence: Your action plan
- Parental bereavement leave and pay: Where are we up to?
- Dealing with parental alienation: new CAFCASS guidelines
- Is there such a thing as an amicable divorce?
- Duty of care owed by A&E receptionst
- If refusing Bert & Ernie isn’t discrimination, what is?
- The party's far from over
- The rising cost of personal injury damages
- Private Sector Warning: be prepared for equal pay claims
- Is there really such thing as a 'quickie divorce'?
- Cavanagh v Witley Parish Council, Court of Appeal
- YH v Kirklees Council, Occupiers' Liability Act 1957
- Too much pressure for low-cost airlines?
- What happens to your digital assets on death?
- Are non-molestation orders being used fraudulently?
- PM v CF: Termination of parental responsibility, and the court’s range of draconian powers
- Ethnicity pay gap reporting: the Government consults
- Supporting an employee struggling with their mental health: six simple steps
- Ill health retirement: Will a flawed procedure always be discriminatory?
- TUPE: Can we remove an employee allowance following a transfer?
- How do I know if my employee has a disability? Reasonable adjustments, disability discrimination and the question of knowledge
- Who wants to live forever?
- Highway Code - Review due for 2019
- The danger of non-disclosure in acquisitions
- Spreading the net on vicarious liability
- The Civil Liability Bill marches on
- Defendants are entitled to pre action disclosure of impecuniosity evidence
- Amendments proposed to Solvency II in readiness for Brexit
- MS v Leicestershire County Council, Leicester County Court, HHJ Hedley, 4 October 2018
- Reversing paralysis with neuro technology
- IR35 Signposted changes for April 2020
- Periodical payments and discount rates: Jersey – all change!
- Probate fees: a new tax on death? Proposals for a significant increase in fees
- The impact of Brexit
- Hart v Hart: Episode III – the saga continues
- Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 receives Royal Assent
- Universal credit – delays and the impact on divorced or divorcing couples
- Misconduct case to answer – crossing the threshold
- Claimant cemetery tripper found to be Fundamentally Dishonest
- Updated probate rules – will a simplified process lead to an increase in unrepresented applicants unwittingly making costly errors?
- Avoid a contractual own goal - the importance of entire agreement clauses
- Pedalling dishonesty - cyclist's highway claims 'shot to pieces'
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief – Post Budget 2018
- QOCS and Counterclaims
- Company restoration: Time limit removed for insurers
- The vexed question of the execution of duty
- Scottish Government confirms plans for financial redress scheme for survivors of child abuse in care
- Thin red lines or clear blue water – the child protection labyrinth
- LEGAL COMMENT: Shake-up of inheritance tax system promised by new government report
- “The most fundamentally dishonest case …”
- Should employers get weighed down by new manual handling research?
- Investigation and research shows a claim to be fundamentally dishonest
- Contested divorce highlights need for law reform
- Conditional discharge and deprivation of liberty
- The Discount Rate and Periodical Payment Orders in Scotland - the latest developments
- Brexit in a page - What do I need to know?
- Updated Building Regulations
- Shall we stay or shall we go?
- The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – where are we now?
- Holiday Pay: Important new case on ‘carry over’ and pay in lieu of annual leave
- Serious misconduct: Top tips for an effective conduct investigation
- Employment status: Off payroll, on HMRC’s hit list
- Employment Law Update: five issues to watch in 2019
- A specialist Housing Court – a call for evidence
- Is time running out?
- Alternative Dispute Resolution – will it become the norm?
- A v Glasgow City Council - claims processed despite being raised out of time
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know?
- Buying and selling property – will you have moved by Christmas?
- Good Work Plan - the Government re-commits to changing employment law
- Grandparents and Christmas – Access to Grandchildren
- A pattern of behaviour?
- A question of cause and effect
- Wintry weather and the workplace
- Don’t let stressed employees go ignored amongst the Christmas celebrations
- Airline strike action - what constitutes extraordinary circumstances when considering passenger compensation?
- Good Work Plan – some legal changes confirmed
- Claims Management Companies – the regulatory dust settles
- Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP introduces tougher regulatory system for building safety
- Holiday sickness: Can an employee claim back leave if they are unwell over Christmas?
- The Civil Liability Act is here
- House of Lords approve proposed increase in probate court fees ‘with regret’
- Making Christmas Gifts as an Attorney
- Debt, divorce and the Family Court
- Brexit’s impact on UK retail businesses and their supply chain
- Christmas Conversations: Making a Will
- Christmas conversations - cohabitation, engagements and pre nuptial agreements
- Hussain v Lawrence
- Pressing for Law Reform – the key Supreme Court family law cases heard in 2018
- New Year, New Will?
- LEGAL ANALYSIS: Why it's important to get condition precedents right
- Immigration post Brexit: The Government White Paper explained
- Brexit and UK legislation – public sector procurement and e-commerce
- Brexit and beyond - Termination for insolvency
- GDPR fines issued so far: an update
- Is collaboration a given, or still an ambition?
- Universal credit u-turn
- Safety barriers not required at heritage site
- Is DIY probate the answer to dealing with an Estate?
- Deadline imminent for ECMT permit application
- When is a document a deed?
- A sting in the tail of benefits reform: Universal Credit and the CRU
- Settled status application fee U-turn
- New draft Regulations on driving hours/rest-breaks and tachograph rules
- Proving race discrimination: Our success in Court of Appeal
- CQC issues first fine for breach of duty of candour
- Retention of data: Catt v The United Kingdom 2019, European Court of Human Rights
- Veganuary blues? Is veganism a protected “philosophical belief”?
- Disability discrimination: what counts as ‘unfavourable’ treatment?
- Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination: new consultation
- Cannabis on prescription: Do you need to change your workplace policies?
- Q&A: winter weather: what if staff can’t make it into work?
- The importance of checking the trial bundle index
- Rule 7 letters and amended allegations
- Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018: a further reason for a raft of disrepair claims
- Utility customer engagement – the value in getting it right
- Increase in Probate Court Fees approved by House of Commons committee
- Smailes & Poyner-Smailes v Clewer Court Residents Limited
- Legal case update | Premier Taxis v Mann Limbu
- Love is in the air?
- An employer's guide to GDPR
- Does the new Telecoms Code authorise preliminary site suitability surveys?
- Specific performance for breach of repairing covenant at Beetham Tower
- Interim rights under the New Telecommunications Code and the need to proceed quickly
- Cameron v Hussain, LV and MIB [2019] UKSC 6 - Normal 'service' is resumed for untraced driver cases
- Liability, chain of causation, Contributory Negligence, Art 75 and meaningful degree of negligence
- TBC or not TBC: Proportionality is the question
- Unconscious bias: A hidden risk?
- TUPE: the duty to inform and consult
- Equal pay update: Can employees compare their pay to colleagues in another business area?
- FAQ: April 2019 payslip changes; what do I need to know?
- Can a claimant insist that an employment tribunal Judgment is removed from the online public record?
- Sticking to the script
- When deliberate isn’t deliberate
- No Deal Brexit: EU Announce basic road connectivity measures to continue until 31 December 2019
- New skills will be crucial for the legal professional of the future
- Local Government | Claiming a breach of section 41 of the Highways Act 1980
- LEGAL COMMENT: Coincidence or defect? Boeing faces safety questions after Ethopian Airlines crash
- The impact of the recent decision on 'smash and grab' adjudications
- Brexit in a page - what do I need to know? | 15 March 2019
- Redundancy pay (and other statutory limits) to rise again
- Being a better client - learning about true collaboration
- Yaxley-Lennon v Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary (unreported)
- Expenses in the Scottish Courts – new rules
- Expert witness publicly criticised for conduct
- Weightmans successfully defends an electrical contractor at the trial of a claim concerning the cause of a house fire
- New rules for the Discount Rate and Periodical Payment Orders in Scotland
- Doctors who are subject to a GMC interim suspension should continue to be paid, decides Court of Appeal
- The Chief Coroner’s Annual Report 2018 – Summary of key points
- Chief Coroner Guidance
- The Discount Rate: some certainty in an uncertain world?
- Positive action: First Employment Tribunal case highlights stumbling blocks
- Immigration update: changes to Immigration Rules and Right to Work checks
- Confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements: Government consultation
- Top six employment law changes: April 2019
- 'Use’ of a vehicle – an opportunity missed?
- Musical bumps?
- Brexit in a page - what you need to know | 29 March 2019
- MoJ Consults on extending the Fixed Recoverable Costs Regime
- Latest news on sliding scale Grant of Probate fees
- Fair and reasonable? A guide to the changes to the Financial Ombudsman Service
- Private Residence Relief consultation
- No definition of deprivation of liberty in Bill replacing DoLS
- Why ambulance services can’t afford to be last on the scene when it comes to collaboration
- Diesel engine emissions - what you need to know
- General Counsel & Senior In-House Lawyers Roundtable: Cyber security – best practice in the real world
- Closing probate registries
- Acoustic shock appeal is dismissed
- Loss of society - limitation of awards finally?
- Fixed recoverable costs consultation
- The Liberty Protection Safeguards: are care homes ready for the new regime?
- Brexit in a page - 26 April 2019
- Claimant v City Council [2018] – 16 December 2018, His Honour Judge Bird
- Scottish Government confirms details of Advance Payment Scheme for child abuse in care survivors
- Personal liability of directors: Could you be caught out?
- The palaver of public sector exit payments part 2: Return of the cap
- TUPE: Dismissal motivated by ‘personality clash’ was related to transfer
- Love is (not) in the air: Handling employees who refuse to work together
- Q&A: Can we deduct lottery contributions from staff pay if this takes some workers below the National Minimum Wage?
- Defamation, Jurisdiction & Forum Non Conveniens
- Stopping claims being incubated in the portal
- PPI warning for executors and attorneys
- Office of the Public Guardian publishes Safeguarding Strategy
- The Scottish Compulsory Pre-Action Protocol - Binding admissions
- Attempting to avoid trial by jury
- "What's in a name" - Anonymity for claimants in PI claims
- General counsel & senior in-house lawyers roundtable: driving value in legal procurement
- General Medical Council (GMC) pilot study leads to measures promising a reduction in the number of full investigations where doctors make a ‘one-off’ clinical mistake
- Dismissal of nurse after “Monty Python skit” was fair
- Glasgow bin lorry tragedy: claim of traumatised witness rejected
- How should banks, accountants, utilities and financial services advisers deal with England and Wales powers of attorney?
- Trust fined for false imprisonment of patient
- Discontinuance offers no escape for dishonest litigants
- The importance of understanding your responsibility as a Trustee
- NHS Trust ordered to pay over £34,000 regarding asbestos exposure
- Personal Injury Court issues first decision in respect of HAVS
- The Tenant Fees Act 2019
- Court dismisses claim against homelessness charity
- Shared parental leave: Important judgment from the Court of Appeal
- ‘Doe not pass go; Doe not collect £85,000’ – Claimant fails to convince Court that he was too sick to miss credit hire trial
- Does a DoLS automatically engage Article 2 ECHR at inquest?
- Lewis v Tindale, MIB and another – MIB liability for claims outside the scope of the Uninsured and Untraced Drivers Agreements
- Supreme Court clarifies duty of care owed by local authorities to children – new focus on assumption of responsibility
- Legislation to protect ‘reflective practice’ records from disclosure
- Voluntary overtime must be included in holiday pay confirms Court of Appeal
- ‘Serious harm’ under Defamation Act 2013 – it means what it says!
- The new Liberty Protection Safeguards: Government update with timetable for next steps
- A reminder on the succession of farming tenancies
- Law Commission consultation: surrogacy update
- Telecommunications Code Disputes. How much is it worth to you? Costs in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
- The Proposed Mediation (Scotland) Bill – mediation to be a mandatory consideration in civil disputes?
- Holiday pay: Northern Ireland police case challenges Bear Scotland
- Do we need to record all employee working time? New case from the ECJ
- Maternity leave: what constitutes reasonable contact with employees?
- Final written warnings: will the Employment Tribunal re-open old warnings (and do internal hearings ever have to do so)?
- Beyond the Employment Tribunal: what happens next when a claim just won’t go away?
- Making a will and conditional gifts
- No waiver of disclosure under the Insurance Act 2015
- The devil is in the detail: Another dishonest claimant sees his large credit hire claim dismissed at trial
- Always make full and frank disclosure to the court when applying for a without notice injunction
- Delay justified? Surveillance and expenses
- Brexit in a page - 4 July 2019
- Restrictive Covenants: First Supreme Court case for 100 years upholds post-termination restriction
- Edinburgh tram tracks held to be direct cause of injury to cyclists
- OTS recommends major shake-up of IHT Regime
- Lack of knowledge of legal aid causes postponement of committal hearing
- BA data breach
- Marriott data breach
- Severing adjudicator’s decisions
- Hostile panel questioning causes High Court to overturn a regulator's decision
- PSA publishes advice reviewing the role of ‘public confidence’ in the profession
- High Court concludes that dishonesty in covering up inadequate clinical care required a finding of impairment
- AI-Najar and others v The Cumberland Hotel (London) Limited
- The change in the discount rate: an opportunity missed?
- General Counsel & Senior in-house lawyers roundtable: Technology & Innovation
- Getting rid of unwanted guests can be harder than you think
- Fair warning – Pursuer who ignored safety instructions has action dismissed
- Luxembourg’s reminder about regulated activities in the event of a no-deal Brexit
- The Professional Negligence Bar Association launches its new adjudication scheme
- Employing EU nationals in the approach to Brexit
- Off-Payroll Worker changes – affecting both public and private sector
- An Executor’s right of indemnity
- The change in the discount rate – some improved certainty for quantifying future damages in personal injury claims
- Will your organisation be liable for an employee’s offensive Facebook post?
- Taking stock of whistleblowing
- Industrial relations: Employer can side-step collective bargaining says Court of Appeal
- Sexual harassment consultation: Six key proposals
- Obtaining a declaration before 1 November: When having a good relationship with the Court matters
- Public sector pensions – two key developments
- How to avoid the ‘Hurley’ Burley of a disputed trust or estate
- Inheritance Provision for Family and Dependants Act 1975; claims, limitation periods and pre nuptial agreements
- "Don’t pay - we’ll take it away"…but who does get the proceeds of enforcement action?
- HMRC investigating one in four estates
- Junior doctors’ rest breaks should be monitored using actual recorded data, confirms Court of Appeal
- First instance, the appeal and “standing still” in claims under the Inheritance Act
- Challenge to Roberts v Johnstone accommodation claims
- Family investment companies – an option worth considering
- Navigating auto-renewal contracts and unfair terms
- 'Fundamentally dishonest’ tripping claim with costs summarily assessed
- HMRC say relax - Construction service reverse VAT charge delayed
- The new personal injury discount rate - judicial review anybody?
- Building a Safer Future - how new proposals could shape regulations
- 'Operation Yellowhammer’ report details leaked
- Government guidance for adult social care providers: are you ready for a no-deal Brexit?
- Scarle v Scarle and the 'commorientes' rule: who died first?
- Right to work checks: Ten top tips
- Some accidents are simply nobody’s fault
- Will covertly recording a meeting always be gross misconduct?
- How do you calculate holiday pay for staff who work irregular hours?
- The future of confidentiality clauses: Government consultation response
- The trouble with pensions tax relief…
- TUPE: Obligation to maintain National Minimum Wage records moves to transferee
- Lessons learned from the Duncan Bennett case
- Rees and Others v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 2120 (Admin) QBD (Admin) (Cheema-Grubb J)
- Facial recognition & privacy
- Historic child abuse in Scotland – Scottish government opens consultation on financial redress
- Does charity always begin at home?
- A “Purdie” big mess – Ross Purdie v Hastings Borough Council
- Weightmans’ campaign against portal incubation receives a boost
- Supply chains in the ‘sharing economy’: disruption or continuation?
- Contract reviews – Incoterms and Brexit, what does this mean for you?
- Possible increased powers for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
- Additional registration requirements for Charitable Trusts subject to change
- Parental consent still amounts to a deprivation of liberty
- The Gambling Commission launches consultation on gambling with credit cards
- Scottish Discount Rate announcement
- The Notification of Death Regulations 2019
- Lloyd v Google: Damages in Data Breach cases take a new twist that is sure to excite Claimant lawyers whilst sending insurers into a ratings scramble!
- Chancellor of the Exchequer hints at abolishing inheritance tax in the future
- Court of Protection clarifies rules for gifts made under Lasting Powers of Attorney
- CQC fines NHS trust £16,250 for 13 breaches of duty of candour
- Brexit - Termination clauses in new contracts
- Idu v East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- E-signatures - Is the law finally catching up?
- Claimant given permission to rely on covert recording of defendant’s medical examination
- The Environmental Bill
- Jersey based charitable trust exempt from UK Inheritance Tax
- User’s active consent is required by websites for use of cookies
- Fantastic exceptions to QOCS and where to find them - part 2
- Haider v DSM Demolition Ltd [2019] EWHC 2712 (QB) Birmingham Civil Justice Centre 16/10/2019
- CQC drops prosecution of NHS trust
- Credit hire costs, taxi drivers, loss of profit and the correct assessment of loss
- Prenups should be the way forward for expats
- Why family investment companies are becoming the trusted model for business owners in London
- Cybercrime and the threat from within
- Prison for care home ‘consultant’
- Where is your will?
- The Inheritance Act and extending time – the saga continues
- Guidance given on case management, particularly expert evidence, for Court of Protection cases
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