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Compulsory retirement age remains legal...but only just

More people are now potentially classed as disabled & so entitled to protection

ECJ rules employees can claim back annual leave lost to illness

The attorney general, Baroness Scotland, has been fined £5,000 for employing an illegal worker as her housekeeper.

Robert Weir examines what makes a place of work unsafe

John McMullen sheds light on recent TUPE conundrums

The head of the independent safeguarding authority is to clarify proposals announced last week for a vetting system for those working with children.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear a test case on whether an employee’s belief in global warning and decision to lead a carbon emission minimising life amounted to a “philosophical belief” for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.

The Department for Schools, Children and Families has produced a "Guide on Employing Children"

Lookism in the workplace—discrimination or a fact of life? asks Helen Crossland

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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