Podcasts
The Panopticon Podcast is delighted to present this bonus episode on online safety, featuring special guest Jon Higham, Online Safety Policy Director at Ofcom (now the online safety regulator). When the Online Safety Act 2023 was enacted last year (see Episode... Read more
News
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
News
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
Podcasts
The January episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now. This month, Rupert Paines talks to Katherine Taunton about Verition v Jump Trading [2023] EWCA Civ 701.How long is too long to keep an employee out of the market? And how does delay factor into... Read more
Articles
The High Court (Calver J) has handed down judgment in R (Ingold) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] EWHC 3207 (Admin), concerning a challenge to the lawfulness of the functioning of the Child Maintenance Service. The Child... Read more
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The High Court (HHJ Pearce KC) has given judgment addressing a number of points of interest regarding the duty to provide adequate reasons and Roche early disclosure of evaluation documents in a substantial dispute relating to a £260m NHS estates... Read more
