The largest fine imposed on an organisation for a health and safety offence, following the introduction in February 2016 of the Sentencing Council’s Health and Safety Offences, Corporate...
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Bloomsbury International Arbitration Briefing: June Teaser
Case Summaries Ceta Opinion - Opinion 1/17 [European Union]
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Family Law (31 May – 14 June)
Family News End to divorce ‘blame game’ moves closer Gov.UK – 13 June The landmark Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill introduced by Justice Secretary David Gauke on 13 June, as the UK gets...
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Immigration Law (31 May – 14 June)
Immigration News More than half of immigration appeals now successful, figures show The Independent – 13 June According to recent government figures, 52% of Home Office immigration decisions are...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: June Teaser
Top five cases N (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 903 (22 May 2019) – Father’s appeal against Hayden J’s refusal to review an earlier Children Act 1989, s 91(14) order allowed, where no proper notice of...
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Corporate governance as a tool for social justice
In order to achieve social justice many lawyers think that they have to work at a legal clinic or a firm that focuses on human rights. While these options are noteworthy and commendable there are...
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IP & IT Law (17 May – 31 May)
IP & IT News Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 'survives' leadership vote BBC News – 31 May Shareholder’s of social media giant, Facebook, had the opportunity to vote on Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership this...
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Employment and Pensions Law (17 May – 31 May)
Employment News Failing to enhance pay for shared parental leave is not sex discrimination Lewis Silkin – 28 May Lewis Silkin discuss two cases of sex discrimination in relation to shared parental...
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Bloomsbury Immigration Law Briefing: May Teaser
In the news this month, at time of writing, Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation after failing to successfully push her Brexit deal through Parliament. The status quo is that the...
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Bloomsbury IP & IT Briefing: May Teaser
The past month has seen some unusual decisions in IP and IT cases from courts in the UK and EU, including a jail sentence being imposed in a trade mark/passing off case, a thorough analysis of the...
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