Lawyers' Notes and Articles
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Government publishes international contract law guidance
26/02/10
The Rome I Regulation enables national courts within the member states to apply a single set of rules to select the national laws that are appropriate to determine international cases that have a cross-border dimension.
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Stress university worker receives damages
03/03/10
Mark Bannister, a programme manager at Staffordshire University, was given an ever-increasing workload following the suicide of a colleague and the departures of other members of staff.
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Hot Employment Law Topics For 2010
04/03/10
A survey by law firm Charles Russell has revealed that the primary employment law concerns for employers over the next year are: how to deal with persistent sickness absence, including stress related absence how to put into practice an effective performance management process; and the impact of the proposed changes to the national retirement age It should be noted that a proposed amendment to the current Equality Bill to abolish the "age 65 default retirement age" (or to introduce a sunset clause that would abolish it automatically at the end of 2011) has now been withdrawn - see emplaw web-updater of 4.3.10.
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Students and graduates 'concerned over ethnic discrimination'
04/03/10
According to research from graduate job site Milkround.
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The Bridge decision - money purchase or defined benefit?
05/03/10
This is a note from CMS Cameron McKenna on a recent case in which the meaning of the phrase "money purchase benefits" in Pensions legislation was considered (specifically for the purposes of Pensions Act 1995 s.73) The Court of Appeal had previously suggested that the phrase should be given a narrow, restrictive, interpretation, with the advantage of providing certainty (Aon Trust Corpn v KPMG (a firm) [2005] EWCA Civ 1004).
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Fire-officers arrested for health and safety offences
08/03/10
The Health and Safety Executive has been working with Warwickshire Police in an investigation into the the deaths of four part time retained fighters in a warehouse fire at Atherstone-on-Stour in November 2007 (see BBC News 4th November 2007).
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11 King's Bench Walk - Key Developments in Employment Law: what to expect in 2010
09/03/10
34 pages of useful information from Nigel Porter of 11KBW Chambers, divided into 3 sections: 2009 key cases and their implications for 2010;pending appeals to watch out for; (some) forthcoming legislation.
