Family News Legal aid granted on basis of domestic or child abuse evidence rose by 16 per cent in last quarter Family Law Week – 31 March The Ministry of Justice's Legal Aid Statistics for October...
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Bloomsbury IP&IT Briefing: March Teaser
The past month has seen two meaty cases decided by the Patents Court, a ruling on stays in trade mark disputes from the Court of Appeal and interesting trade mark and design judgments from the...
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Court control of evidence
Case management and Civil Procedure Rules 1998 Case management arrived with a whisper with a ‘Case management practice direction’ in family proceedings in 1995. It was taken up enthusiastically by...
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IP & IT Law (11 March – 25 March)
IP & IT News Jaguar wins landmark case against Chinese copy of Evoque model The Guardian – 22 March A court in Beijing has ruled in favour of Jaguar Land Rover in its legal battle against Chinese...
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Employment and Pensions Law (11 March – 25 March)
Employment News Employers ‘still taking the wrong approach to diversity’ People Management – 22 March Attendees at the Future Talent Conference in London have heard that employers are still taking...
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The end of gating orders, dog control orders and drinking in public places orders
The introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 spelt the end of the old methods of placing controls on public spaces. The Act created Public Spaces Protection Orders...
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Q&A with Damien Welfare
Ahead of the publication of his book, Bloomsbury Professional catch up with barrister and author, Damien Welfare. 1. What first attracted you to Information Law? The field is always changing....
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Arbitration (18 February – 18 March)
Arbitration News Hong Kong Court refuses leave to appeal arbitral award Herbert Smith Freehills – 13 March In the case of Buda Pipe Rehabilitation Engineering Co. Limited v CPC Construction Hong...
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Family Law (4 March – 18 March)
Family News No fault divorce is consistent with international trends Family Law Week – 18 March The Nuffield Foundation has published recent findings stating that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)...
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Immigration Law (4 March – 18 March)
Immigration News Thousands of children 'could become undocumented' after Brexit The Guardian – 18 March Children’s legal charity, Coram, has expressed its concern that thousands of children of EU...
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