‘Caspar Glyn QC considers the Court of Appeal’s judgment today that an employee can be summarily dismissed for negligence and that a wrongfully dismissed employee cannot normally maintain an ongoing claim for wages.’
Cloisters, 24th January 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The Joint Committee report on high heels and dress codes at work shows that discriminatory dress codes can promote the sexualised objectification of women at work, disadvantage people with disabilities, inhibit employment prospects, impair work performance and cause long term and substantial damage to health.’
Cloisters, 26th January 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘On 24 February 2012, Doug Paulley tried to do something most of us would not think twice about. He went to catch a bus. He wanted to get from Wetherby to Leeds to catch a train. The single wheelchair space was occupied, not by another wheelchair user, but by a pushchair. The bus driver asked the owner to move but did nothing more when she refused. Mr Paulley was unable to travel on that bus, so missed his train.’
Cloisters, 30th January 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A UK parliamentary committee has opened an inquiry into so-called ‘fake news’.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A High Court judge has rejected a judicial review challenge brought by four local authorities over the Transport Secretary’s decision to back a third runway at Heathrow Airport.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A transgender woman has been denied direct contact with her five children on the basis they would be shunned by their ultra-Orthodox Jewish community if she were allowed to meet them.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Eyebrows were raised yesterday after a freedom of information request on ‘touting’ by criminal defence law firms – in which agents for rival solicitors poach potential clients even if they have representation – suggested few complaints have been made to the regulator.’
Legal Futures, 31st January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Six people, including two former HBOS bankers, have been found guilty of bribery and fraud that cost the bank’s business customers and shareholders hundreds of millions of pounds.’
BBC News, 30th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A magistrate who refused to sit on a same-sex parenting case has been given a formal warning for misconduct.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Access to the EU’s financial markets should be based on common recognition of global standards instead of the current “granular, technical and detailed” legislation, the head of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘More than £1.5m will go to projects that help wildlife and the environment as companies pay for breaking green laws, the Environment Agency has said.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In circumstances of “normal” membership of the European Union, the UK Supreme Court’s dicta in the Miller judgment that EU law is an “independent and overriding source of domestic law” [Paragraph 65] may well have caused a constitutional storm. In the current unprecedented tempest of Brexit, however, Lord Neuberger’s announcement of this statement passed as little more than a side-wind. This short post will briefly turn the magnifying glass on this judicial formulation, which will be labelled the “conditional primacy” of EU law within the United Kingdom’s domestic constitutional order.
UK Constitutional Law Association, January 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The bookmakers’ trade body has reacted angrily to a report by MPs on fixed-odd betting terminals (FOBTs).’
BBC News, 31st January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Investigations into miscarriages of justice are being hampered by premature destruction of court records, according to a campaign aimed at improving transparency in the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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