R (on the application of Age UK) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, [2009] EWHC 2336 (Admin)
Ahmed v Amnesty International [2009] UKEAT/447/08
Organisations subject to the CRC must forecast their emissions and decide the amount of allowances they should purchase to cover them. Where allowances are exceeded more must be purchased from the scheme administrator or on the secondary market.
More people are now potentially classed as disabled & so entitled to protection
Deborah Newberry considers AB & others v Nugent Care Society
As legal aid limps past 60, Elsa Booth suggests the adoption of some alternative funding pathways
Jane Ching looks at making the most of, & going beyond, CPD
att Le Breton highlights some (avoidable) insurance pitfalls
Ruth Cabeza considers the changing landscape for international adoptions
ECJ rules employees can claim back annual leave lost to illness
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Birketts—Nathan Evans
Commercial and technology team in Cambridge strengthened by partner hire
Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta
Hampshire firm appoints head of new family department
Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale
Firm strengthens securities practice with partner return
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
