Archive

14 Jul 2009

update: family

Lynne Passmore

14 Jul 2009

12 heads better than one

Allowing a trial to be heard without a jury undermines our rights and goes against our democratic values, says Lucy Corrin

14 Jul 2009

The picture of health

Helen Brooks explains the potential benefits and difficulties of the new 'fit note' guidance for employers on dealing with stress-related absence

14 Jul 2009

An evidentiary nightmare

Except for 'cost plus' situations, 'passing on' in antitrust cases is difficult to prove, meaning that European courts will need to tread carefully, says David Shapiro

14 Jul 2009

Hot property

The ruling in Orams will not just affect property owners in northern Cyprus; it could have ramifications for buyers in other European countries with unsettled legal systems. Jenny Ramage reports

14 Jul 2009

Piggy in the middle

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has clarified that 'piggyback' claims can be brought but it has left many questions unanswered, says Cheryl Edmonds

14 Jul 2009

Ethos and ethnicity

The ruling on the definition of Jewishness is likely to have consequences for the broader education system beyond schools' admissions policy, says Barbara Hewson

14 Jul 2009

Demob happy

As she neared retirement, my Mum once told me that she “lurched from holiday to holiday”. A band called Hard-Fi sings about 'Living for the weekend'. And to throw another cliché into the mix, there are those who would argue that people with such philosophies are wishing their lives away. So, how to strike the balance correctly?