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- HAVS: Diagnosis and staging by Dr. Roger Cooke
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- Public sector exit payment reforms
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- Notice effective to exclude liability under the Misrepresentation Act 1967
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- Cardiff County Council v Lee (Flowers) [2016] EWCA Civ 1034
- Complying with on demand guarantees
- Christopher Edwards v London Borough of Sutton [2016] EWCA Civ 1005
- What does 'living in the same household' actually mean?
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- Investigation launched following discovery of medical records in a skip
- Limitation - defending NIHL claims
- LVI – a changing tide?
- R (on the application of Alexander) v Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education
- Essential planning for a destination wedding
- Cycle helmets and contributory negligence revisited
- Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (‘whiplash’) Claims Process Impact
- Child arrangements orders and the abolition of residence and contact
- Atlantik Confidence – Breaking the 1976 Limitation for Maritime
- Hague Rules Package Limitation does not apply to bulk cargoes
- New code to combat cyber attacks on ports and port systems
- New inheritance rules came into force on 1 October 2014 for people who don’t have a will
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- A lesson for unsuspecting Company Officers – recent SFO successes and what they mean for Company Officers
- Contracting out of right to limit liability
- Burden of proof for cargo claims under Hague Rules
- Consequences of charterer's failure to pay hire under time charter
- Personal injury reforms
- Brexit roundup
- The Apprenticeship Levy: a guide for higher education institutions
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- Holiday pay claims: new limits on how much employees can claim
- Walker v Metropolitan Police
- Stopping e-mail access to absent employee was unlawful discrimination
- Restricting where your former employees work can be reasonable says High Court
- Important judgment on the accrual of holiday during long term sickness
- The Immigration Act 2016: What employers need to know
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- Trade Union Bill introduces new requirements for industrial action
- The right to commission in holiday pay unLocked by UK Judgment
- Refusal to allow employee to be accompanied by his companion of choice was a breach of trust and confidence
- Angel Copeland v Metropolitan Police
- R (on the application of Karen Ann Manser) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
- Court of Appeal finds that disciplinary proceedings did not breach duty of care
- Gender pay gap reporting and what it means for you
- Who hears appeals is important
- Sofian Zenati v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and the CPS
- Judgment trains employers on sex discrimination risk with flexible working requests
- Laporte and Christian v Metropolitan Police
- Local Government, Section 41 Highways Act 1980, personal injury
- Measure of damages for early redelivery under a time charterparty
- Employees absent due to ill health may not TUPE transfer
- Employment termination payments, tax and injury to feelings
- Not indirect discrimination to retire police officers by implementation of A19
- Recoverable damages for wasted staff costs
- Confidentiality of settlement discussions with employees clarified
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- Dismissal of head teacher for failure to disclose potential safeguarding risk was fair
- McDonnell v Metropolitan Police and another
- R (on the application of AB and CD) v Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court and West Yorkshire Police
- Probation, human rights, article 8, judicial review
- Trevor Gray v Police Appeals Tribunal (defendant) and Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire (interested party)
- Van Colle v United Kingdom
- Employment Appeal Tribunal gets its teeth into reasonable adjustments
- A political substitution
- Bostridge v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust [2015] – Court of Appeal
- R (on the application of Sisangia) v The director of legal aid case work
- Local government, psychiatric injury, stress, Protection from Harassment Act 1997
- R (on the application of Mills) v Sussex Police and another
- Does the Athens Convention time bar apply to contribution claims?
- High Court overturns NHS England's decision on refusal of drug funding
- Local government, Misfeasance in public office
- R (on the application of Darren Williams) (claimant) v Police Appeals Tribunal (defendant) and Metropolitan Police (interested party)
- Burden of proof in Occupiers’ Liability Act claims
- Department for Education publishes updated privacy notices for schools and local authorities
- Rathband and others v Chief Constable of Northumbria
- Tax on employment termination payments to change, but £30,000 exemption survives
- Travelling to work is working time confirms the ECJ
- Hiring agency staff during industrial action
- Collective Redundancy: Have you committed a criminal offence?
- S.11 repairing obligations in the Supreme Court
- The professional duty of candour: new guidance for doctors, nurses and midwives
- McCarthy v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police
- Gender pay gap reporting – what you will need to do finally confirmed
- The duty to make reasonable adjustments – what you can learn from the case of the wheelchair v the buggy
- R (on the application of TL) v Chief Constable of Surrey
- R (Hicks) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
- What have the Working Time Regulations done for us?
- QOCS and fundamental dishonesty – a question of purpose?
- Recent developments in the fight against fraudulent claims
- Flexible working: increasingly complex
- 65,500 reasons to provide employee liability information (and ensure its accurate)
- Are you ready for change? The Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM) 2015
- Small claims track
- Portal claims with fixed costs
- Occupational disease case law update
- Article 50 appeal to the Supreme Court
- The effect of Brexit on cross border litigation
- 'Sleep-ins' and the National Minimum Wage: guidance from the EAT
- Employment Tribunal decisions online: resource or risk?
- Working Time Regulations: what happens when employees have multiple jobs?
- Travelling abroad with children
- IHT changes – residence nil rate band
- Text or context makes little difference if you enter a bad bargain
- Discount Rate lowered to minus 0.75%
- Increase in cohabitation leaves many without legal protection
- What if I don’t want my inheritance?
- The Data Protection Act - a 'distressing' development?
- Brexit: divorce talks begin
- Your business: what happens upon death?
- What is the difference between civil partnership and equal marriage?
- 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
- Truck cartel
- Putting assets out of reach of creditors: Marex Financial v Sevilleja Garcia
- References: Top 10 Tips for responding to requests
- Social media misconduct: can we dismiss an employee for damaging our reputation?
- Industrial relations update: five new cases
- The cost of discriminating in employment increases
- Holding chief officers to account – the margin of appreciation
- The Taylor Review – big changes on the way for employment-related law
- Test for public interest in whistleblowing is complex - but not met simply by another employee being affected
- Second referendum?
- Updating the test for testamentary capacity to make a will
- Dealing with disability-related sickness absence
- What will the General Data Protection Regulation mean for HR?
- Discrimination by association: opening Pandora’s Box?
- LADs and penalty clauses – important reading for all associated with the construction industry
- When absence goes AWOL
- When cost-saving redundancy is identified as a result of ill-health absence, is it disability discrimination?
- Employment Tribunal fees unlawful says Supreme Court
- The gig economy: are there legal risks in your employment agreements?
- Data Protection Update
- The latest holiday pay decision expands the concept of “normal remuneration” again
- A matter of timing
- Care needed when making demands for a service charge
- No damages for ‘loss of personal autonomy’ due to failure to obtain informed consent
- Examining the scope of vicarious liability
- Civil partnerships v marriage – is divorce the same?
- Unfair dismissal awards increase (particularly for some employers)
- Restrictions on title: management companies
- Tired of being kept in the dark? Defendants' pre-action applications for disclosure
- Possession and Unlawful Profit Orders
- Daylight robbery – ignore it at your peril
- Employment Tribunal fees Q&A: What happens now?
- The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 is not retrospective
- Driving at work: Using telemetry data to enforce safety standards
- Has your obligation to collectively consult employees just been extended?
- Disciplinary procedures and workplace stress: Is your organisation at risk of a personal injury claim?
- Appeal Judgment in supermarket’s equal pay claims; highlights cause for concern for employers
- Government discount rate announcement has strategic implications for compensators
- When work transfers overseas, what happens to the staff (and does TUPE apply)?
- The press and the Forsyth saga
- UK Data Protection Bill will impact the GDPR in the UK
- Scottish historic child abuse Claims
- DSD and NBV v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Court of Appeal ruling 'serious harm' - Defamation Act 2013
- First Court of Appeal judgment on Care Act 2014
- The NIS Directive and the potential for European Member State cooperation
- Court permission no longer required to withdraw life-sustaining treatment
- GDPR: Can we still rely on employee consent to process data?
- New ACAS guidance on supporting parents with sick or premature babies
- Equal pay update: three new cases you need to know about
- Right to work checks: New Government Guidance
- The rising cost of claims: five reasons why your Employment Tribunal spend might increase this year
- Fraudster who sued council for bogus highway accident found guilty by High Court
- Brexit in a page: what do I need to know?
- Court of Appeal rules on the case of IBM v Dalgleish and others
- Re-employing staff who receive an NHS pension
- GDPR and the UK Data Protection Bill: What you should be doing now
- The first reform of third party contractual rights in almost 100 years
- A point of interest
- New law gives time off and pay to bereaved parents
- Brexit alert: Will Brexit negotiations accelerate or remain stagnated?
- Vicarious liability extended to cover local authority foster placements
- Court as the last resort – alternative dispute resolution in family law
- Gender dysphoria and parental disputes
- GDPR: what to do when a data breach occurs
- Suspending an employee: Our guide to making an informed decision
- Do unions have to specify dates of planned strikes?
- Brexit employment update: the UK Government’s offer for EU citizens in the UK
- Contracting away concurrent delay
- Court of Appeal reviews the meaning of fundamental dishonesty
- New Government guidance on implementing changes to provisions on police powers and places of safety in the Mental Health Act 1983
- Deprivation of Liberty round up
- Tackling domestic violence
- Hair strand testing in the family courts - is it reliable?
- Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill introduced to Parliament
- Will personal injury reforms impact represented claimants?
- Personal injury award cannot be considered when making provision for after-care services
- Uber drivers are workers, confirms EAT
- Is fault based divorce the cause of greater animosity between parties?
- HSE Summary 2017: Occupational Disease Statistics
- Withdrawal of CANH and best interests – CoP involvement not required where family and doctors agree
- Gig Economy Latest: What does Deliveroo mean for you?
- Q&A: Can we performance manage a pregnant employee?
- Immigration: Important new case on ‘right to work’ checks
- Industrial relations: Can we reject a candidate on the basis of their union activity?
- Dealing with complaints of sexual harassment – a 5 step approach
- The Unmarried Couple: Property Ownership
- A little common sense sprinkled on Vnuk
- Unmarried couples and Wills - know your rights
- Secret recordings - can they be used in the Family Court?
- 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
- Industrial relations: Can we side-step collective bargaining and make an offer directly to employees?
- Garden leave: a bonus protection?
- Court of Appeal supports decision that train operator was not liable after accident
- Key cases to watch in 2018
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