Lessons from Lance – Recovering Sponsorship and Endorsement Monies – Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers

Posted September 20th, 2013 in contracts, drug abuse, news, remuneration, sport by sally

“James Segan discusses the difficult issue of how sponsors can recover endorsement payments when the sponsored athlete confesses to inappropriate or unlawful behaviour.”

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Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 19th September 2013

Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org

Claimants’ ability to pay tribunal fees will be based on combination of income and savings, Government confirms – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 11th, 2013 in consultations, fees, news, remuneration, tribunals by tracey

“A single system of fee remission, based on a combination of claimants’ income and ‘disposable capital’, will be introduced across all courts and tribunals, including employment tribunals, the Government has announced.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th September 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Families being torn apart by migration rules that set an income threshold for spouse’s visa application – The Independent

Posted September 9th, 2013 in families, immigration, news, remuneration, visas by tracey

“UK citizens must earn more than £18,600 to bring a non-EU spouse into the country.”

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The Independent, 8th September 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Authorisation of Payments in International Commercial Surrogacy – A New Approach? – Family Law Week

Posted August 23rd, 2013 in assisted reproduction, news, remuneration, surrogacy by sally

“Ruth Cabeza, barrister, of Field Court Chambers considers two important judgments recently made by Mrs Justice Theis concerning payments under international commercial surrogacy agreements.”

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Family Law Week, 22nd August 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

New directors’ remuneration reporting regime will come into force from October – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 16th, 2013 in company directors, news, regulations, remuneration, reports by tracey

“Companies should prepare now for the introduction of new rules governing the information that they must include in their directors’ remuneration reports, an expert has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Employment law means all workers are equal – wherever they come from – The Guardian

Posted August 13th, 2013 in employment, equality, news, remuneration by sally

“The only way the law could be changed to allow British workers to receive favourable treatment in the recruitment market would be if the UK unwound its membership of the European Union. Otherwise it would be illegal under the Equality Act to discriminate against Polish workers or any other group from the EU.”

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The Guardian, 12th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina (Barclay and another) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and others (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted July 23rd, 2013 in human rights, judicial review, law reports, remuneration, Sark, trials by tracey

Regina (Barclay and another) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and others (No 2)

“Where remedy could be sought in the courts of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and of the Island of Sark, there was great force in the argument that judicial review of advice given by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Committee for the Affairs of Sark as to the compliance of legislative proposals for Sark with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms should take place in those courts rather than in the High Court in London but where, as in the present case, the review was a further stage in a sequence of review which had entailed an earlier concession permitting review in the High Court, it would be wrong for the High Court to decline jurisdiction.”

WLR Daily, 9th May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Alemo-Herron v Parkwood Leisure Ltd – WLR Daily

Alemo-Herron v Parkwood Leisure Ltd (Case C-426/11); [2013] WLR (D) 288

“Article 3 of Council Directive 2001/23/EC precluded a member state from providing, in the event of a transfer of an undertaking, that dynamic clauses referring to collective agreements negotiated and adopted after the date of transfer were enforceable against the transferee, where that transferee did not have the possibility of participating in the negotiation process of such collective agreements concluded after the date of the transfer.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Proposals for radical overhaul of bar practising fee sparks fury – The Lawyer

Posted July 16th, 2013 in barristers, fees, news, remuneration by sally

“Top earning civil barristers are threatening revolt over plans to charge them a practising certificate fee (PCF) based on annual income.”

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The Lawyer, 15th July 2013

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Calls for police ethics crackdown and positive discrimination in recruitment – The Guardian

“An investigation by the home affairs select committee into the standards of police leadership in England and Wales, after a series of scandals involving the most senior officers, found a patchwork of training, standards and accountability countrywide.”

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The Guardian, 1st July 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

New directors’ pay reporting requirements on course for October as final regulations published – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 28th, 2013 in company directors, company law, news, remuneration, reports by tracey

“Changes to the information that companies must include in their remuneration
reports are set to come into force from 1 October following the Government’s
publication of the final rules.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 27th June 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Hay and others v Gilgrove Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Hay and others v Gilgrove Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 412; [2013] WLR (D) 220

“On the true construction of a collective agreement incorporated into the claimants’ contracts all who performed the role of a market porter, whether registered or unregistered, were entitled to share equally in ‘porterage’ charges made by the employer to customers for the movement of goods.”

WLR Daily, 26th April 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Employers forced to repay workers for refusing minimum wage – The Guardian

“Tens of thousands of workers who were denied the minimum wage have received hundreds of pounds in back pay from their employers following tougher enforcement policy by tax inspectors. Over the last year more than 26,000 workers were paid back £4m after action by HM Revenue and Customs, who are responsible for enforcing minimum wage laws.”

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The Guardian, 30th May 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attrill and others v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted May 3rd, 2013 in appeals, contract of employment, law reports, remuneration by tracey

Attrill and others v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd and another: [2013] EWCA Civ 394;   [2013] WLR (D)  156

“A unilateral promise to pay discretionary bonuses introduced into a pre-existing contractual relationship was legally binding.”

WLR Daily, 26th April 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Verma v Barts and The London NHS Trust (NHS Employers intervening) – WLR Daily

Verma v Barts and The London NHS Trust (NHS Employers intervening) [2013] UKSC 20; [2013] WLR (D) 152

“Where a part-time locum doctor, as a step towards achieving a consultant’s post, took a one-year full time training post at a lower rate of pay but under the relevant NHS terms and conditions was entitled to pay protection, that entitlement was not limited to preserving her previous annual earnings but required her employer to pay all her new full-time hours at an hourly-rate equivalent to her previous part-time work.”

WLR Daily, 24th April 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Child Support: Here Comes the New Gross Income Scheme – Family Law week

Posted April 29th, 2013 in child support, news, regulations, remuneration, taxation by tracey

“Jody Atkinson TEP, barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol considers the new Child Support Gross Income Scheme.”

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Family Law Week, 26th April 2013

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Barts and the London NHS Trust (Respondent) v Verma (Appellant) – Supreme Court

Barts and the London NHS Trust (Respondent) v Verma (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 20 | UKSC 2011/0246 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 24th April 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Glatt v Sinclair (Glatt and others intervening) – WLR Daily

Glatt v Sinclair (Glatt and others intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 241; [2013] WLR (D) 134

“A court had power to make an order permitting a receiver appointed by the court under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to recover remuneration, disbursements and expenses for work done relating to the receivership once the receivership order had been discharged.”

WLR Daily, 26th March 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Legal aid is being ruled out of court – The Guardian

“From the beginning of April 2013 the chances of getting help with legal bills will be slim. The Law Society estimates 650,000 cases will no longer qualify, including 20,000 employment cases and 200,000 in family law.”

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The Guardian, 23rd March 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Revisions to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers – UK Border Agency

Posted March 4th, 2013 in codes of practice, employment, immigration, news, remuneration by sally

“Today [1 March], the UK Border Agency is publishing a statement of intent, to help employers prepare for changes to the points-based system.

The statement announces changes to the codes of practice for skilled migrant workers from outside the European Economic Area. These will come into effect on 6 April 2013 and will also affect the timing of the applications for restricted certificates of sponsorship in March and April.”

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UK Border Agency, 1st March 2013

Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk