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Weekly law digests

15 August 2019
Issue: 7853 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Care proceedings

A v A local authority and others [2019] EWCA Civ 1360, [2019] All ER (D) 27 (Aug)

The judge had erroneously found that either or both of the parents had inflicted a non-accidental injury on their one-year-old child and thereby rejected an alternative cause that the injury could have been caused accidentally when the child was in the care of his 11-year-old cousin. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that there had been a lack of a coherent structure to the judge’s judgment providing clarity as to the findings which had been made and a lack of balance in reaching a conclusion as to the credibility of the parents.

Employment

Harpur Trust v Brazel (Unison intervening) [2019] EWCA Civ 1402, [2019] All ER (D) 40 (Aug)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) had held that the Working Time Regulations 1998, SI 1998/1833, made no provision for pro-rating of annual leave in circumstances where the respondent teacher did not have normal working hours within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Bridget Tatham, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

NLJ Career Profile: Bridget Tatham, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

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NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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