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All Legal updates articles – Page 20
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FeatureAssisted dying: A right to autonomy and dignity
Stage is set for the next round of assisted dying litigation.
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FeatureCards on the table for criminal solicitors
Ivey could cause a revision in the laws on dishonesty.
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FeaturePersonal injury: Foster carers and vicarious liability
Supreme Court reverses decision of the Court of Appeal, deciding that a local authority could be vicariously liable for torts committed by foster carers against children in local authority care.
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Law ReportCouncil vicariously liable for abuse committed by foster parents
Lawyers will need to pay close attention to local authority contracts with independent fostering agencies.
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FeatureConstruction: Adjudication – unilateral withdrawal
Can the referring party withdraw a dispute from adjudication and subsequently refer the same dispute to a second adjudication?
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FeaturePartnership agreements: Lateral hires and restraint of trade
How far can a law firm go to protect its business from the threat of team defections?
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FeatureProperty: Clarity needed for process for obtaining writs of possession
Partridge has reduced the confusion surrounding rules in relation to obtaining wits, but these are small steps.
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FeatureEducation: Ofsted marked its own homework
Durand Academy Trust School challenged critical Ofsted report.
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FeatureFamily: Undertakings and variations
Birch v Birch emphasises the variation of family orders.
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FeatureEmerging Welsh law and procedure
In the first of a regular update, Richard Owen reports on legislative and legal policy developments that apply solely to Wales.
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FeatureCompetition: Anti-competitive damages
A tale of two trials: Mastercard, death spirals and MIFs.
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FeatureLocal government: Scrutinising councillor conduct
Holders of public office must be publicly accountable for their decisions and actions and able to submit to scrutiny.
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FeatureArbitration: 'Non-existent' respondents
What is the position when the respondent in the arbitration is dissolved before commencement?
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FeatureCriminal - statutory changes
The criminal law provisions of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 have been brought substantially into force and with unusual speed. Urgent provisions were brought into force on royal assent on 31 January 2017. These included a redefinition of ‘sexual exploitation’ in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 so as to ...
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FeatureCompetition: Certification and the class action regime
Second-class certification judgment in relation to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 handed down.
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FeatureData protection: GDPR and employee surveilance
At present all employers have to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) when conducting employee surveillance, as they will be gathering and using personal data about living, identifiable individuals (location, movements, internet browsing history and so on). Part 3 of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Data Protection Employment ...
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FeatureDigital pirates – on a sinking ship?
CJEU decision could make file-sharing sites constitute as copyright infringement.
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FeatureLocal Government: Scope of power to prosecute
R v AB and others raises questions about the powers of local authorities.
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FeatureLegal update: media law - The right of erasure
Most social media sites have no age restriction for registration and children are free to interact with the online community as they see fit. Even where they do not post information themselves, a child’s image will often feature in pictures posted by friends and family.