Employment News Employers must make ‘action plans, not excuses’ over gender pay People Management – 5 April As the deadline for the second year of gender pay gap reporting has come to a close,...
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IP & IT Law (25 March – 8 April)
IP & IT News Toyota Driving for Electric Vehicle Cooperation? Reddie & Grose – 5 April Toyota has followed in the footsteps of Tesla and are offering royalty-free licenses for almost 24,000...
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Resolution Conference 2019: Living in Interesting Times
Despite the many issues which seem to divide our country, no one can doubt that we are currently living in “interesting times”. Although I will, in a moment, say something briefly about Brexit, my...
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Immigration Law (18 March – 1 April)
Immigration News Foreign Office admits it doesn't know fate of DRC returnees The Guardian – 29 March Human rights organisation, Justice First, has obtained internal emails from the Home Office...
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Family Law (18 March – 1 April)
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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