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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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

Anyone who works in the criminal justice system will have come across the multitude of ancillary orders that now exist. From the police officer who takes a witness statement from a stalking... Read more

Bloomsbury Professional catch up with authors and lawyers, Edward Jones and Jessica Jones.  Read more

You receive a telephone call. It’s anonymous, ‘Your Buying Director’s got his hands in the till. He’s doing deals with your supplier, bumping the prices and splitting the uplift.’ Is this real or... Read more

Family News Spotlight on child protection in family courts Gov.UK – 21 May Ministers have announced that an MOJ-chaired panel of experts will review how the family courts protect children and... Read more

Immigration News “In limbo”: migrants stripped of leave to remain in the UK but can’t be removed Free Movement – 24 May In the case of RA (Iraq) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department... Read more

Employment News European Court rules that employers must keep records of actual time worked Lewis Silkin – 16 May Lewis Silkin discuss the case of Federacion de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras... Read more

IP & IT News GozNym cyber-crime gang which stole millions busted BBC News – 16 May A police operation involving investigations in the US, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine has... Read more