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The EAT has handed down judgment in Melki v Bouygues E&S Contracting UK Ltd 2024 EAT 36. James Goudie KC, Oliver Mills and Aliya Al-Yassin acted pro bono for the Appellant under the auspices of Advocate. This is the first... Read more
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In an important judgment, Nicklin J has struck out hundreds of claims brought by police officers alleging a breach of the GDPR and/or misuse of their private information (“MPI”). The claims concerned the officers’ annual pension benefit statements (“the ABSs”)... Read more
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In an important judgment the FTT (Information Rights) has held that the Ministry of Defence is not entitled to rely on the s.41 FOIA exemption to refuse to disclose medical and health related information to the family of members of... Read more
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Trial 1 in the Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings began in the Competition Appeal Tribunal last week. Thousands of UK businesses are seeking compensation from Visa and Mastercard for losses alleged to have been caused by the card schemes’ anti-competitive... Read more
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The International Court of Justice is hearing oral arguments this week in advisory proceedings concerning the legal consequences arising from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories. More than 50 states and international organisations are participating in the proceedings, which have... Read more
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Aileen McColgan KC represented the University of Bristol in its appeal to the High Court against a county court decision in University of Bristol v Dr Robert Abrahart [2024] EWHC 299 (KB). The claim alleged that the University had discriminated... Read more
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The Bristol Employment Tribunal has handed down judgment today in David Miller v University of Bristol, an important case concerning the scope of the protection afforded for controversial speech and beliefs within the workplace. The judgment is likely to be... Read more
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As has been widely reported, the comedian and television personality David Walliams recently brought a claim against the producer of Britain’s Got Talent (“BGT”), FremantleMedia, following the publication of comments made by Mr Walliams to other BGT judges during breaks... Read more
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The Court of Appeal has given judgment this week in landmark appeal Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. The Lady Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls and Birss LJ held, accepting the submissions of the Bar Council as intervener,... Read more
