Nine months after hearing oral argument in Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) & Anor (rev 1) [2018] UKSC 56, the UK Supreme Court issued its judgment on 14 November. The...
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Appeals in family proceedings: the rules diverge
29th November 2018 |
Family Law
Work out which court: spot the differences in procedure… Rule-makers often make things needlessly difficult for parties to family proceedings. Appeals from decisions in family courts, the different...
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Employment and Pensions Law (12 November – 26 November)
26th November 2018 |
Employment Law
Employment News Woman, 88, sues NHS for age discrimination after losing job as secretary Sky News – 25 November Eileen Jolly, an 88-year-old woman who worked as an NHS secretary at the Royal...
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IP & IT Law (12 November – 26 November)
26th November 2018 |
Intellectual Property & Media Law
IP & IT News Facebook appeals against Cambridge Analytica fine BBC News – 21 November Facebook has appealed the £500,000 fine they received following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The social...
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Arbitration (22 October – 19 November)
26th November 2018 |
Arbitration
Arbitration News Tech companies like Google are giving workers the right to take sexual harassment claims to court — but employees are calling for more Recode – 19 November Following a walk out at...
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ALC Conference 2018: “Crisis; What Crisis?” Key Note Address
26th November 2018 |
Family Law
It is always a pleasure to attend an ALC Conference. The ALC is, for me, a gathering of professional friends and colleagues, and to walk into this room feels very much like ‘coming home’. I recall...
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The rise of culture and conduct risk as drivers for personal liability
22nd November 2018 |
Banking and Finance
The importance of culture in financial services has been widely acknowledged in recent years following recognition across the industry that the financial crisis was as much a conduct crisis as it was...
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Immigration Law (5 November – 19 November)
19th November 2018 |
Immigration & Nationality Law
Immigration News Briefing: Appendix EU, the rules on settled status for EU citizens Free Movement – 15 November Free Movement publish a draft report from the Immigration Law Practitioners’...
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Family Law (5 November – 19 November)
19th November 2018 |
Family Law
Family News Private Members’ Bill aims to improve Child Maintenance Service Marilyn Stowe Blog – 15 November A private member’s bill, Child Maintenance (Assessment of Parents’ Income) Bill 2017-19...
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Do automated agreements and licences need to be reviewed by qualified lawyers?
16th November 2018 |
Company and Commercial Law
Assessing the whole relationship The government’s problems with Carillion would not have arisen if there had been someone involved in the procurement process and subsequent agreements who had had the...
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The increasing role of technology in financial services and personal liability
15th November 2018 |
Banking and Finance
Technology plays an increasingly pivotal role in the delivery of financial products and services bringing with it both challenges and opportunities for senior managers, firms and their customers. ...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: November Teaser
15th November 2018 |
Family Law
Family courts and public bodies as non-parties How can the family courts deal with public bodies as non-parties which will not assist with the process of child protection in care proceedings? As a...
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Maritime Labour Convention
12th November 2018 |
Maritime Law
Since the International Labour Organisation’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) came into force internationally on 20 August 2013, it has already been amended, and a further two sets of...
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Employment and Pensions Law (29 October – 12 November)
12th November 2018 |
Employment Law
Employment News Young people 'too poor to retire at same age as parents' FT Adviser – 8 November A report published by investment management house Rathbones, entitled ‘Too poor to retire’ has...
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IP & IT Law (29 October – 12 November)
12th November 2018 |
Intellectual Property & Media Law
IP & IT News Arron Banks's firm and Leave.EU face £135k fines over data misuse The Guardian – 6 November Leave.EU, the Brexit campaign group owned by Arron Banks, and another of his companies will...
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Q&A with David Walsh
8th November 2018 |
Maritime Law
Bloomsbury Professional catch up with barrister and author David Walsh.
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October Online Service Updates
8th November 2018 |
BPRO
Steve Savory provides an insight into our plethora of online services:
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From global crisis to individual accountability – how to deal with financial services getting personal
8th November 2018 |
Banking and Finance
It may have been ten years since the financial crisis unfolded but the regulatory and political fallout is still driving change for the financial services sector. The UK has been at the leading edge...
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Digital legal transformation or electronic data collection shell?
7th November 2018 |
Company and Commercial Law
Is the rush by the Justice department to move everything online being done without sufficient analysis and are the consultations merely rolled out public relation exercises? There has been...
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Family Law (22 October – 5 November)
5th November 2018 |
Family Law
Family News 85% of parents with family-based child maintenance arrangement said it worked at least fairly well Family Law Week – 2 November Child Maintenance Options has helped parents set up 33,400...
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Immigration Law (22 October – 5 November)
5th November 2018 |
Immigration & Nationality Law
Immigration News Employers to have transition period before EU right-to-work checks The Guardian – 1 November The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has contradicted recent comments from Caroline Nokes and...
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