News in brief
A practice direction staying all claims which examine the question of when a company’s director and majority shareholder counts as an employee of that company has been issued by the president of the employment tribunals. Claims involving this issue will be put on hold until after the Court of Appeal gives judgment in Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform v Neufeld which is listed for hearing on 3 and 4 December 2008.
Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team
Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role
Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
