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30 October 2008
Issue: 7343 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest
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Social security

R (on the application of RJM (FC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] UKHL 63, [2008] All ER (D) 220 (Oct)

(i) Where the Court of Appeal concludes that one of its previous decisions is inconsistent with a subsequent decision of the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Appeal should be free (but not obliged) to depart from that decision.

(ii) The policy of disentitling persons without accommodation from receiving the disability premium to which they would otherwise be entitled in their income support amounts to discrimination under Art 14 but is lawful as it can be justified on policy grounds.
 

Issue: 7343 / Categories: Case law , Public , Law digest
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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

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The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
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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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