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30 May 2012
Issue: 7516 / Categories: Legal News
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Baby P appeal

Gillie Christou and Maria Ward, social workers in the Baby P case, have lost their unfair dismissal appeal (Christou and Ward v London Borough of Haringey UKEAT/0298/11).

Hilton Dawson, chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers, warned the case “would strike fear into the heart of every social worker”. Staff at Haringey Council’s social work department knew they were overburdened but did not raise the alarm, he says.

Issue: 7516 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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