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NLJ this week: An unhappy tale in court, plus London doesn’t always know best

15 March 2024
Issue: 8063 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice
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Manchester won out against London in a battle of venues for a judicial review concerning a £124.9m penalty, former District Judge Stephen Gold reports in this week’s double-page ‘Civil way’

The judge viewed (Gold paraphrases) ‘that a claim should not default to London just because it was the capital or by reason of some hierarchical perception about the London AC as a national venue or its judges as the A-Team’.

Gold also reports new measures protecting parents-to-be from redundancy. It’s a good time to take your boss to tribunal (so long as you have a case) as employment tribunal awards are going up 8.9% next month. He covers the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, and recounts an unhappy tale in court.

Issue: 8063 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice
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