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Sunshine & showers

Ian Smith signs off for the summer with a whiff of controversy & a judicial blast

It is said that there is no peace for the wicked, and that seems to include employment lawyers. We do not seem to be about to have much rest to enjoy this Olympian summer of ours. Just as we have been trying to come to terms with the meaning of Seldon’s case on the legality of retaining a compulsory retirement age (the answer being, in homely terms, “Don’t even think about it, sunshine”) the Court of Justice of the European Union in Hornfeldt v Posten Middelande: C-141/11 have given the green light to a Swedish law allowing just that, although it is arguable that the key to it was the setting by law of a higher age than 65 (in fact 67) and so it contained goodies for employees as well as relief for employers. However, as is always the case in employment law, if 10 lawyers get together to consider this case and how it

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NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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