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Family Team Newsletter - March 2013
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Justine Osmotherley
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Spring is in the air... Or rather - it should be!!
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Justifying age discrimination
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Helen Ward
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Legal Q & A comment as featured in Personnel Today.
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What is Arbitration?
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Amy Scollan
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To answer the question posed above I looked at the website of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA). Arbitration is described as a form of dispute resolution where the parties enter into an agreement in which they appoint a suitably qualified p…
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Lockwood -v- DWP
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Joanna Dodd
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As trading conditions remain tough, many employers choose to offer enhanced payments to redundant employees – providing a more comfortable send off and minimising the risk of later receiving Employment Tribunal claims.
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Agency – important questions yet to be fully answered
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John Mackle
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In the case of Rossetti Marketing Limited & Another v Diamond Sofa Company Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 1021, the Court of Appeal discussed some important questions affecting commercial agents and their principals, as well as other agents.
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The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
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Amy Scollan
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Everyone is talking about it - the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. The Bill will be read and voted on in the Commons tomorrow, and if the vote is a “yes” the legislative process will start to enable same sex couples to marry in civil cer…
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Top family judge speaks out….
Following on from my Blog on 12 November 2012 titled “Shared Parenting Presumption – clarification or confusion”, the debate is still continuing.
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Reselling used software licences – new ruling from the European Court
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Florence Hiskey
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A briefing note relating to the recent judgment in UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp and, in particular, the effect of the case on the exhaustion of rights in software.
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Shared Parenting Presumption – clarification or confusion?
The Children’s Minister has announced the Government’s intention to amend Section 1 of the Children Act 1989.
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Radio Gaga
I have just taken part in a radio interview for Radio Aire on 18th October 2012. You may have heard it?
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Co-Op Fixed fees, hit the headlines last month
We are always interested, as family lawyers, to hear the news in our specific area and the latest news was regarding the Co-Op and their divorce for £99.00!
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Balancing equality in the workplace
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Victoria Clark
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Victoria Clark, associate in employment law at Clarion, explains why it is sometimes difficult to follow a fair procedure when assessing candidates for redundancy.