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Featured story: Damages for pain and discomfort secured for a new mother
A happy occasion – the birth of Mrs V’s first child – was hampered by a very painful and uncomfortable allergic reaction when elastoplast was used to secure her epidural.read more
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Legal news
Chief Constable Selection Row 18/10/12
A senior police officer has triumphed in his Freedom of Information Act quest to find out why he was not successful in his application for appointment to the post of Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police. The First Tier Tribunal found that disclosure of information sought by Howard Roberts was in... read more »
Unsigned Employment Contract Still Valid 18/10/12
An employment contract which was retained and not signed by the relevant worker remains valid for the purposes of enforcing restrictive covenants contained within it, a High Court judge has ruled. Benefits received by the worker under the terms of the unsigned contract, including pension contributions... read more »
Ferry Disaster Insurance Dispute Can Proceed, Rules Court 18/10/12
The Court of Appeal has reluctantly refused to stay High Court proceedings in respect of a dispute between insurers over where liability falls for a disaster in which a ferry sailed into the teeth of a tropical typhoon with the loss of over 500 lives. The roll-on roll-off passenger ferry, ‘Princess... read more »
Bulletins & ezines
Estate Planning and restructuring for farming families 15/10/12
Farming may be a life as old as the hills, but modern tax and succession considerations mean that new structures for holding, running and passing on farms and agricultural estates need to be looked at. read more »
Legal news
Care Workers Were Employed Under ‘Global’ Contracts Tribunal Rules 13/10/12
Five care workers engaged in providing 24-hour care to a disabled woman were employed under ‘global’ contracts of employment and had the requisite continuity of employment to mount a claim under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), a tribunal has ruled. Rejecting... read more »
Planning Breach Fine Reduced 12/10/12
A once prosperous property developer who demolished a protected £2 million Victorian villa before replacing it with a modern replica has had his record fine for violating planning laws more than halved after pleading poverty at the Court of Appeal. Piers Rance knew that he did not have planning... read more »
Bulletins & ezines
Social responsibility and the Social Network? 12/10/12
Legal news
Veterinary Practice Restrictive Covenant 11/10/12
A High Court judge has refused to issue an interim injunction restraining a veterinarian from working in her profession within a 10-mile radius of a practice in which she was formerly a partner with her estranged husband. Mrs Justice Asplin said that to enforce the restrictive covenant and restrain... read more »
Domestic Workers and the Minimum Wage 11/10/12
The Court of Appeal has urged employment tribunals to ensure that an exception to National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation, designed to benefit both employers and workers, is not exploited as a device to obtain cheap domestic labour. The court was ruling on two cases in which domestic workers employed... read more »
News & articles
You can't beat local knowledge 11/10/12
While multi-national, bucket shop conveyancing solicitors may promise to save you a penny, you can’t beat local knowledge when it comes to buying and selling property. read more »
Legal news
Medical Technique Patent Invalid 10/10/12
Arguments that a pharmaceutical preparation used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration of the eye infringed a patent protecting a medical technique known as antibody phage display have been rejected by the Court of Appeal. The court dismissed an appeal by the patent holder against a previous... read more »
News & articles
Will-making services in aid of local hospice 10/10/12
Legal news
Plaid Fabric Copyright Infringed 09/10/12
A woollen mill, world famous for its luxury fabrics, has triumphed in a High Court breach of copyright claim after trade rivals manufactured and sold an offending copy of one of its iconic plaid designs. Abraham Moon & Sons Limited, based in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, has guarded its reputation... read more »
Government Announces New Type of Employment Contract 09/10/12
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced plans to introduce a new kind of employment status – that of ‘owner-employee’. The plan is that new owner-employees will relinquish some of their UK employment rights in exchange for rights of ownership in the form of shares in the business they... read more »
Planning Permission Breach - Judge Orders Demolition of 11 Flats 08/10/12
A property developer, who built a block of 11 flats although he only had planning permission for nine, has failed to convince the High Court that he should escape having to demolish the top floor of the building. Andy Koumis was granted planning permission in 2005 to build a block of nine flats... read more »
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