Last 3 months headlines – Page 1363
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How to manage staff after the removal of the default retirement age
Until 6 April this year, law firms could safely give notice to ‘retire’ employed staff at 65 under the Default Retirement Age (DRA) exemption. Provided they followed the correct statutory retirement process, the retirement would be ‘fair’ with no age discrimination risk. ...
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Law Society condemns Iraqi military attack
The Law Society's human rights committee has condemned an attack by the Iraqi military on Iranian refugees at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, during which 34 civilians died and 300 were wounded. Film footage of the 8 April attack shows Iraqi security ...
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Pannone launches ‘white label’ legal services
A Manchester firm has launched a new division to tap into the customer base of major retail, insurance and financial services companies. Pannone is negotiating with several potential partners to join its ‘white label’ legal services division, known as Affinity Solutions, with one unnamed business already ...
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Lawyers call for mobility scooter insurance changes
Personal injury lawyers have called for a comprehensive review of the Road Traffic Act to ensure mobility scooter riders have to take out insurance cover. Simon O’Loughlin, a partner at Hodges, Jones & Allen, said a sharp rise in scooter riders is inevitable with an ageing ...
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Firms and the funding challenge
Obtaining funding has never been an issue for law firms – until the arrival of the credit crunch. Yet many legal practices seem oblivious to the changing attitudes and requirements of the banks. Every law firm planning to survive the ...
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Figures reveal rise in age discrimination claims
Age discrimination claims rose 164% in 2010, despite an overall fall in the number of employment claims, according to figures obtained by London firm EMW. Data from employment tribunals shows that they issued 1,100 age discrimination claims in the last quarter of 2009, and 2,900 in ...
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Clarke urges European Court to have more regard for domestic decisions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should have greater regard for the decisions of domestic courts, justice secretary Kenneth Clarke told a European ministerial conference today.
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Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules
There were four sets of amendment rules in 2010 and there has already been one set in 2011. Previous articles have dealt with the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010 (SI 2010/621) – which accompanied the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in ...
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Basis of ban on courtroom photographs is outdated in modern world
Lord Neuberger is bidding to become the thinking lawyer’s judge, a worthy successor to the late and lamented Lord Bingham. He is proceeding through lectures at a canter: the Robert Alexander memorial lecture this month, the Judicial Studies Board last. ...
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Civil procedure
Intellectual property - Cross-undertakings - Ex turpi causa - Illegality (1) Les Laboratoires Servier (2) Servier Laboratories Ltd v (1) Apotex Inc (2) Apotex Pharmachem Inc (3) Apotex Europe Ltd (4) Apotex UK Ltd: Ch D (Patents Ct) (Mr ...
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Employment
Discrimination - Compensatory awards - Maternity leave - Polkey reductions Eversheds Legal Services Ltd v J De Belin: EAT (Mr Justice Underhill (president), B Beynon, T Haywood): 6 April 2011 ...
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Company law
Equitable charges - Pledges - Security - Shareholders Enviroco Ltd v Farstad Supply A/S: SC (Lords Hope (deputy president), Rodger, Mance, Collins, Clarke): 6 April 2011 The appellant Scottish company ...
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Family law
Human rights - European Court of Human Rights - International Child Abduction - Rights of custody Re E (Children) sub nom (1) KE (2) TB (Appellants) v SE (Respondent) and (1) Reunite (2) Aire Centre (Interveners): CA (Civ Div) ...
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Proportionality and housing possession – the sequel
On 23 February the Supreme Court gave judgment in what was effectively episode two of the housing possession proportionality drama (see the conjoined appeal in London Borough of Hounslow v Powell [2011] UKSC 8). Back in November 2010 the Supreme Court had made an important ...
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Family law
Contact orders - Enforcement - Parental contact - Residence orders Re H (A Child): CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Thorpe, Tomlinson): 7 April 2011 The appellant mother (M) appealed against ...
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Changing legal specialism
For some it is redundancy. For others the hallowed path towards partnership appears strewn with potholes. It may simply be a question of lifestyle. Whatever the motive, many lawyers are reshaping their careers, either by switching specialism, leaving private practice ...
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Solicitors Regulation Authority launches review of CPD rules
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will today launch the first review of solicitors’ continuing professional development obligations for more than 25 years, to create a new scheme designed to improve solicitors’ competence and ethical conduct. The review will form part of important changes to education and training ...
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IT errors costly for legal aid firms
Two law firms have lost High Court actions against the Legal Services Commission after IT errors at the firms caused them to send blank documents when submitting tenders for legal aid work. The firms had claimed that the LSC should have informed them that some of ...
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Court hearings should not be private, says Lord Neuberger
Court proceedings should be in public and freely reported, and any restrictions should be kept to the minimum necessary to enable justice to be done, the Court of Appeal said last week. Refusing to allow a case to be heard in private, the master of the ...