Government publishes TUPE amendment regulations – No. 5 Chambers
‘As predicted in our autumn newsletter, the Government has now published its proposed amendments to TUPE.’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th December 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Category: regulations
Statement of changes in immigration rules – Home Office
‘This WMS was laid in Parliament on 9 December 2013, and delivered in the House of Commons by Theresa May and in the House of Lords by Lord Taylor of Holbeach.’
Home Office, 9th December 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Rayner v Legal Services Commission – WLR Daily
Rayner v Legal Services Commission: [2013] WLR (D) 467
‘On a proper reading of the words “attributable to” in paragraph 5(4) of the Community Legal Service (Cost Protection) Regulations 2000 the non-funded party could recover costs outside the funded period, provided that the causal link was established.’
WLR Daily, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
ETO Exception Established under TUPE despite the “Subjective Fact-Intensive Analysis” Still Required – Employment Law Blog
‘Harini Iyengar considers the Court of Appeal’s (“CA”) latest analysis of the Economic Technical or Organisational Reason Exception (“ETO”) under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) and the tension between the employment regime and the insolvency regime.’
Employment Law Blog, 27th November 2013
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
Regina (Ignaoua) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
‘New certification provisions introduced in 2013, in so far as they purported to empower the Home Secretary automatically to terminate any existing proceedings for judicial review of a direction excluding the claimant from the United Kingdom on national security grounds, were outside the powers conferred by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 as amended.’
WLR Daily, 21st November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Maletic and another v lastminute.com and another – WLR Daily
Maletic and another v lastminute.com and another (Case C-478/12); [2013] WLR (D) 444
“The concept of ‘other party to the contract’ laid down in article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L12, p 1)also covered the contracting partner of the operator with which the consumer concluded that contract and which had its registered office in the member state in which the consumer was domiciled.”
WLR Daily, 14th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Defamation law reforms to take effect from the start of 2014 – OUT-LAW.com
“Changes to UK defamation laws will come into force on 1 January 2014, the Justice Minister has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Government publishes list of planning regulations to be simplified – OUT-LAW.com
“The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published a list of planning regulations which will be improved or scrapped as part of its red tape challenge.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
The Relevance of Health and Safety Regulations After the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 – Zenith Chambers
“As a result of EERA 2013 there is no civil liability for breach of the Regulations made
under the Health and Safety at Work Act in accidents that occur on or after the 1st October 2013. However the Regulations remain in force. The key question for all practitioners is how far do they remain relevant to issues of civil liability?”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 25th October 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Press regulation: The 10 major questions – BBC News
“The Royal Charter on press regulation is expected to be approved later. What are the major questions that have defined the debate?”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revision of the PACE codes of practice A, B, C, E, F and H – CrimeLine
“Revision of the PACE codes of practice A, B, C, E, F and H.”
CrimeLine, 21st October 2013
Source: www.www.crimeline.info
SRA responds to education review with ‘bonfire of regulations’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“Radical reforms to open more diverse routes to becoming a solicitor, including through apprenticeships, are to be published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Deportation of foreign criminals: the new immigration rules are a “complete code” – UK Human Rights Blog
“MF (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1192. In what circumstances can a foreign criminal resist deportation on the basis of his right to family life under Article 8 of the Convention? Until 2012 this question was governed entirely by judge-made case law. Then rules 398, 399 and 399A were introduced into the Immigration Rules HC 395.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Who, what, why: What’s behind the idea of banning 10-packs of cigarettes? – BBC News
“Euro MPs have voted to ban the sale of packs of 10 cigarettes as part of a general tightening of the law. Why?”
BBC News, 8th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bedroom Tax – Exciting but steady on…! – Hardwicke Chambers
“I was fortunate at the end of September in two respects when delivering seminars on the subject of welfare reform; firstly I had been allocated the primary subject of the bedroom tax to talk upon, and secondly I was able to report and expand on exciting news that was breaking in this field.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd October 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 – Shared Buildings Regulations – Ministry of Justice
“The Consultation seeks views on draft Regulations which provide arrangements for the registration of shared religious buildings to solemnize marriages of same sex couples.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
United Kingdom v Council of the European Union – WLR Daily
United Kingdom v Council of the European Union (Case C-431/11); [2013] WLR (D) 357
“By adopting Council Decision 2011/407/EU, on the position to be taken by the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex VI (social security) and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement, the Council of the European Union had ensured that free movement of persons was exercisable within the EEA under the same social conditions as within the Union, thereby supporting the development of the association established by the EEA Agreement between the European Union and the EFTA states and the realisation of the objectives pursued by the Agreement.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Immigration Rule changes – UK Border Agency
“As previously announced a number of changes to the Immigration Rules come into effect today, Tuesday 1 October 2013.”
UK Border Agency, 30th September 2013
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Press regulation debate nears final reckoning – The Guardian
“The marathon battle to introduce a new system of press regulation will come to a head on 9 October when the privy council is due to decide whether to seal a royal charter enshrining the industry’s preferred system of self-regulation.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reforming the law on level crossings – Law Commission
“The Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have published a joint report on the law governing level crossings.”
Law Commission, 25th September 2013
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
