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12 September 2013
Issue: 7575 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Employment

Coulson v Department for Work and Pensions UKEAT/0572/12/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Sep)

It was rarely likely to be an acceptable reason for misconduct not being culpable at all or blameworthy that the employee, who had had appropriate training and time on the job, was able to show subjectively that he or she had not known that what she was doing had been against the employer’s policies.

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Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

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Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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