Practice areas

Civil partnership challenge

An opposite-sex couple is filing an application for a civil partnership at London’s Islington Registry Office.
20 Nov 2009

Foxtons’ terms “unfair”

Important terms in agreements should be flagged up, not hidden in small print
16 Jul 2009

Embracing diversity

Here’s a little challenge. Visit 20 major UK law firms’ websites and see how many of them don’t refer to their commitment to “diversity”. I’m pretty sure you won’t find…
20 Feb 2009

Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman (EAT, 10 December 2008)

Discrimination
13 Feb 2009

QC Selection Biased

Solicitors claim the silk selection procedure is biased towards barristers and too costly and time consuming to complete. 
23 Jan 2009

Alderson v Wings Aeromedical Services Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Jan)

When calculating “a week’s pay” for the purposes of assessing compensation for unfair dismissal in the case of an employee who does not have normal working hours under his contract…
23 Jan 2009

Switalski v F&C Asset Management Plc [2009] All ER (D) 06 (Jan)

It is exceptional to send a remitted hearing back to the same tribunal.
23 Jan 2009

Neary v Governing Body of St Albans Girls’ School [2009] All ER (D) 30 (Jan)

A strike out order under r 18(7)(e), for non-compliance with an order can only be made at a Pre-Hearing Review or a Hearing (Rule 18(6)).
23 Jan 2009

Pleural plaques

Most practitioners will already be aware of the decision in Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F…
1 Feb 2008

Charities given public benefit guidance

Charities
25 Jan 2008

Whose choice?

Should patients who can’t consent be subjected to non-essential surgery? asks Julian Samiloff
9 Nov 2007

CONNING CRACKDOWN

The government is consulting on how to implement the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and crack down on aggressive and unfair trading and selling practices
1 Jun 2007