Termination or Mutual Separation? – No. 5 Chambers
“Louise Corfield looks at what happens when decisions to terminate an employee overlap with a mutual separation.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
CCTV in Employment Tribunal Proceedings – No. 5 Chambers
“Caroline Jennings explores the use of CCTV as evidence in the Employment Tribunal.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Agency Worker Regulations – Watch This Space – No. 5 Chambers
“Russell Holland looks at the recent concerns raised by the TUC in relation to the Agency Worker Regulations.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Equal Pay Claims and the ‘Same Employment’ Test – No. 5 Chambers
“Fatim Kurji considers the meaning of ‘same employment’ within the Equal Pay legislation.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
What Are Care Proceedings For? – Lady Hale
What Are Care Proceedings For? (PDF)
Zenith Chambers Munkman Lecture, 16th September 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Preserving your right to claim elsewhere: new rule 52 – No. 5 Chambers
“Charles Crow considers how Claimants can move their cases between the Tribunal and the Court without getting caught by the doctrine of estoppel.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
Cautionary Note for Employers – Victimisation – No. 5 Chambers
“The recent unreported decision of the EAT in Woodhouse v West North West Homes Ltd 2013 UKEAT 0007_12_0506 is likely to limit the extent to which employers can draw a parallel with the case of Martin v Devonshire Solicitors [2011] ICR 352 when dealing with serial complainants/litigants on a proscribed ground.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
In the matter of A (Children) [2013] UKSC 60 – An Analysis – Family Law Week
“Alex Verdan QC, Jacqueline Renton and Michael Gration, all of 4 Paper Buildings, consider the significance and impact of the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in A (Children), in which they represented interveners Children and Families Across Borders.”
Family Law Week, 18th September 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Whistleblowers – BBC Unreliable Evidence
“Clive Anderson’s guests call for new laws both to encourage employees to report criminal behaviour and malpractice in their organisations and to protect them if they blow the whistle.”
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 18th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
B-S (Children), Re [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 (17 September 2013)
M (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1131 (17 September 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland Plc [2013] EWHC 2780 (QB) (13 September 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
N v K [2013] EWHC 2774 (Fam) (11 September 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
CG Group Ltd v Breyer Group Plc [2013] EWHC 2722 (TCC) (03 September 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
Corma Inc & Ors v Hegler Plastik GmbH & Anor [2013] EWHC 2820 (Pat) (18 September 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Veils and ignorance: defendant not allowed to wear niqaab when giving evidence – UK Human Rights Blog
“The ruling by HHJ Murphy in Blackfriars Crown Court this Monday that a defendant in a criminal trial should not be allowed to wear a niqaab (face veil) whilst giving her evidence has prompted calls for a public debate about the wearing of face veils in public more generally. Adam Wagner has already commented on the case here. A summary and analysis of the decision follows below.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
In re B-S (Children) – WLR Daily
In re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146; [2013] WLR (D) 348
“The Court of Appeal set out the exercise the court had to undertake when considering an application under section 47(5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 by a parent or guardian for leave to oppose the making of an adoption order, reiterated the fundamental principles of adoption, and explained what good practice, the 2002 Act and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms all demanded, both when the court was being asked to approve a care plan for adoption and when it was being asked to make a non-consensual placement order or adoption order. The Court of Appeal went on to consider the approach an appellate court should adopt when hearing an appeal against a refusal of leave under section 47(5).”
WLR Daily, 17th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Sunico ApS and others – WLR Daily
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Sunico ApS and others (Case C-49/12); [2013] WLR (D) 347
“The concept of ‘civil and commercial matters’ within the meaning of article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 covered an action whereby a public authority of one member state claimed, as against natural and legal persons resident in another member state, damages for loss caused by a tortious conspiracy to commit value added tax fraud in the first member state.”
WLR Daily, 12th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Website’s driving test claims banned by ASA – Daily Telegraph
“A driving theory test advert that claimed a charge of £31 but levied nearly £50 has been banned. It follows a move to block adverts from websites that charge for the traveller EHIC card, which is free from the NHS.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Minister orders review of guidelines for health workers wearing full-face veils – The Guardian
“A review is being launched into health service guidelines on full-face veils to ensure that patients always have ‘appropriate face-to-face contact’, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Follow the money” powers do not breach sex offenders’ privacy rights – UK Human Rights Blog
“This was a challenge to regulations introduced in 2012 under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which require a person on the Sex Offenders Register to provide details of bank, debit or credit card accounts held by him. The claimant sought a declaration that this particular regulation was incompatible with his right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Privatisation of probation service will ‘put public at risk’ – The Independent
“Thousands of probation workers will join nationwide protests today to claim that public safety will be jeopardised by the Government’s plans to transfer the community supervision of most former offenders to private companies.”
The Independent, 19th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cash-strapped law centres turn clients away as legal aid cuts bite – The Guardian
“Charitable sector faces dilemma of how to continue helping vulnerable people as funding for many cases dries up.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.com
Jade Clark moped death: Driver jailed for death and cover-up – BBC News
“A banned driver who caused the death of a 16-year-old girl in a road crash and then tried to cover up his involvement has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 18th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police whistleblower denied immunity from prosecution – The Guardian
“A former undercover police officer who blew the whistle on a covert Scotland Yard squad has been denied immunity from prosecution for potential breaches of the Official Secrets Act.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.com
