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This paper is a practical guide to the weapons available to a respondent at a return date after an ex parte injunction has been granted against him in the Commercial Court. It has a particular emphasis on how material non-disclosure can be effectively use...
Disclosure & Procedure In Commercial Injunctions
09th August 2007This paper is a practical guide to the weapons available to a respondent at a return date after an ex parte injunction has been granted against him in the Commercial Court. It has a particular emphasis on how material non-disclosure can be effectively use...
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In the recent case of Rockall v DEFRA (22 March 2007) [2007] EWCA Div 614 the Divisional Court was asked to decide two fundamentally important issues as to when proceedings for regulatory offences are as a matter of law "instituted" in the magistrates' co...
Can Informations lawfully be laid by fax in the magistrates' court
01st July 2007In the recent case of Rockall v DEFRA (22 March 2007) [2007] EWCA Div 614 the Divisional Court was asked to decide two fundamentally important issues as to when proceedings for regulatory offences are as a matter of law "instituted" in the magistrates' co...
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1 "Disclosure is one of the most important - as well as one of the most abused - of the procedures relating to criminal trials. There needs to be a sea-change in the approach of both judges and the parties to all aspects of the handling of the material wh...
Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings
02nd May 20071 "Disclosure is one of the most important - as well as one of the most abused - of the procedures relating to criminal trials. There needs to be a sea-change in the approach of both judges and the parties to all aspects of the handling of the material wh...
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The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 makes harassment both a criminal and civil offence, it was intended to deal with the problem of stalking. Section 1 - Prohibition of Harassment A person must not pursue a course of conduct which:- i) ...
Employment Law: Majrowski and Employers' liability for psychiatric illness
04th April 2007The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 makes harassment both a criminal and civil offence, it was intended to deal with the problem of stalking. Section 1 - Prohibition of Harassment A person must not pursue a course of conduct which:- i) ...
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The circumstances in which the keeper of an animal is liable for damage caused by his animal depend upon the category to which the animal belongs: animals are either dangerous or non dangerous. Section 2(1) of the Animals Act 1971 imposes upon the keeper ...
Claims Against Keepers Of Animals For Their Animals’ Actions: Strict Liability Or Not?
26th March 2007The circumstances in which the keeper of an animal is liable for damage caused by his animal depend upon the category to which the animal belongs: animals are either dangerous or non dangerous. Section 2(1) of the Animals Act 1971 imposes upon the keeper ...
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1. Prolonged stress built up over the course of time through exposure to an excessive workload, long working hours or the breakdown of a working relationship can go unnoticed until too late. The question for employment/personal injury lawyers is when ...
Stress at Work Claims: An Employer’s Guide to avoiding the pitfalls
12th March 20071. Prolonged stress built up over the course of time through exposure to an excessive workload, long working hours or the breakdown of a working relationship can go unnoticed until too late. The question for employment/personal injury lawyers is when ...
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In the recent case of Chairman and Governors of Amweil View School v Mrs C Dogherty UKEAT/0243/06/DA, Mrs. Dogherty who was a teaching assistant at the Amweil View School, covertly recorded her disciplinary hearings and even the private deliberations of h...
Covert recordings of Disciplinary Meetings with an Employer
22nd February 2007In the recent case of Chairman and Governors of Amweil View School v Mrs C Dogherty UKEAT/0243/06/DA, Mrs. Dogherty who was a teaching assistant at the Amweil View School, covertly recorded her disciplinary hearings and even the private deliberations of h...
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The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 requires public authorities to establish a system of prior authorisation before conducting surveillance. This article addresses the particular types of surveillance the local government councils are permitte...
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) for Local Government
18th January 2007The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 requires public authorities to establish a system of prior authorisation before conducting surveillance. This article addresses the particular types of surveillance the local government councils are permitte...
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Introduction 1. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (�the Act') and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (�the EIR') have created a small number of cases that have made significant jurisprudence creating onerous new requirements for Local...
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Basic Provisions and Useful Cases
29th December 2006Introduction 1. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (�the Act') and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (�the EIR') have created a small number of cases that have made significant jurisprudence creating onerous new requirements for Local...
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Under the TUPE Regulations 1981, it was always possible for an employee to make a claim for constructive dismissal when, after the transfer, the new employer had broken or threatened to break the employee's terms and conditions that had transferred under ...
Substantial Change ‘Constructive Dismissal’ – the New Watered Down Route to Constructive Dismissal u
20th December 2006Under the TUPE Regulations 1981, it was always possible for an employee to make a claim for constructive dismissal when, after the transfer, the new employer had broken or threatened to break the employee's terms and conditions that had transferred under ...
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The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 now applies to service provision changes in circumstances where a client who engages a contractor to do work on its behalf is either reassigning such a contract or bringing the work ...
3 Ways Of Escaping TUPE 2006 Service Provision Change Transfers
12th December 2006The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 now applies to service provision changes in circumstances where a client who engages a contractor to do work on its behalf is either reassigning such a contract or bringing the work ...
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The Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 is the fifth major piece of legislation in the field of asylum and immigration since 1993. Commencement The Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 received Royal Assent on the 30th March 2006 and by v...
The Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 - Summary Of Changes
20th October 2006The Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 is the fifth major piece of legislation in the field of asylum and immigration since 1993. Commencement The Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 received Royal Assent on the 30th March 2006 and by v...
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Copyright (c) 2006 Ian Mann The Age Discrimination Regulations came into force on 1 October 2006 and implement the age component of the European Framework Employment Directive. The DTI Regulatory Impact analysis predicts that 8,000 Age Discrimination c...
Employment Law: What Is All the Fuss About the Age Discrimination Regulations?
10th October 2006Copyright (c) 2006 Ian Mann The Age Discrimination Regulations came into force on 1 October 2006 and implement the age component of the European Framework Employment Directive. The DTI Regulatory Impact analysis predicts that 8,000 Age Discrimination c...
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Copyright 2006 Ian Mann The Employment Equality Age Regulations 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006 requiring employers to revolutionise the way they advertise for jobs, interview applicants, and make final selection for employment. These Age Discri...
Age Discrimination Regulations And Recruitment: 3 Steps To Avoiding The Pitfalls
03rd October 2006Copyright 2006 Ian Mann The Employment Equality Age Regulations 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006 requiring employers to revolutionise the way they advertise for jobs, interview applicants, and make final selection for employment. These Age Discri...
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The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 - SI No 2006/1031 - came into force on 1 October 2006 to protect employees from being dismissed unfairly by reason of their age. The Age Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate against employees, job see...
Age Discrimination: 5 Steps To Knowing When An Employee is Unfairly Dismissed By Way Of "Retirement"
27th September 2006The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 - SI No 2006/1031 - came into force on 1 October 2006 to protect employees from being dismissed unfairly by reason of their age. The Age Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate against employees, job see...
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