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20 September 2007
Issue: 7289 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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EMPLOYMENT

Yarrow v Edwards Chartered Accountants [2007] All ER (D) 118 (Aug)

Where a party does not attend the hearing, the employment tribunal has a wide discretion in determining how far it will investigate the merits of the case before dismissing a claim. However, the tribunal (under the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure, r 27(6)) must, before dismissing an absent party’s claim, consider any information which the parties have made available.

Issue: 7289 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

Ling Ong, partner at Weightmans and president of London Market FOIL, discusses her biggest inspirations, the challenges of AI and the importance of tackling unconscious bias

DWF—Imogen Francis

DWF—Imogen Francis

Director and head of IP team joins in Birmingham

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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