Employment News The Court of Appeal has upheld an EAT decision that Asda’s lower-paid, predominantly female retail staff can compare themselves to higher-paid, mainly male, distribution depot staff
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? - or the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill 2018
The latin phrase found in the work of the Roman poet Juvenal translates as ‘Who will guard the guards?’ Looking closely at the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill 2018, it was as...
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Domestic abuse: hearings in open court
A domestic abuse bill On 21 January 2019 the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor published, to press acclaim (see eg Guardian and Observer ...
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Was the risk really bad enough to justify the remedy?
This question was asked by Lord Justice Peter Jackson in a judgment reported last month, Re F (A Child: Placement Order: Proportionality) [2018] EWCA Civ 2761
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Bloomsbury IP & IT Briefing: January Teaser
In a relatively quiet month for IP in the UK courts, the most substantial judgment published was Regen Lab SA v Estar Medical Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 63 (Pat). This was a decision of His Honour...
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IP & IT Law (14 January – 28 January)
IP & IT News Thousands tell HMRC to delete voice data BBC News – 25 January Following the launch of HMRC Voice ID system in 2017, over 160,000 people have requested to have their biometric data...
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Employment and Pensions Law (14 January – 28 January)
Employment News UK employment total hits record high BBC News – 22 January The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that UK employment total has reached a record high...
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Q&A with Madeleine Reardon
Bloomsbury Professional catch up with family lawyer and author, Madeleine Reardon.
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Family Law (7 January – 21 January)
Family News ‘Landmark’ overhaul for domestic abuse laws BBC News – 21 January A draft bill overhauling domestic abuse laws will be going before MPs. Proposed changes include banning abusers from...
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Immigration Law (7 January – 21 January)
Immigration News Data laws could harm EU citizens’ attempts to stay in UK, court told The Guardian – 17 January The High Court has heard that some EU citizens are being denied access to their...
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