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• 19/08/2008 Liquid Assets

  At a time when water is very much in the news through our success in the Olympic Games, it is perhaps worth considering certain aspects of the law relating to rivers, canals and watercourses.

• 07/08/2008 Companies with a conscience?

  New obligations on directors are changing the way that thousands operate and directors are having to make harder decisions.

• 07/08/2008 Court of Appeal confirms age claim should be stayed pending ECJ decision in Heyday

  In Johns v Solent SD Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 790 the Court of Appeal agreed with the EAT's decision to stay an age discrimination claim brought by an employee who had been dismissed by reason of retirement.

• 07/08/2008 Disability Discrimination Change is Afoot

  In the case of London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm the House of Lords changed the approach to deciding whether an individual has been discriminated against on the grounds of a disability and in doing so went against the established thinking which had been around for many years. The Lords decided that the reference to "a person discriminates against a disabled person if - (a) for a reason which relates to the disabled person's disability, he treats him less favourably than he treats or would treat others to whom that reason does not or would not apply" in disability legislation meant that:

• 07/08/2008 Standby for lift off

  On 7 July 2008 the European Union’s Ecodesign Regulatory Committee had a meeting. At that meeting they talked of power. Not of gaining power, but of reducing it.

• 05/08/2008 Batteries not included

  The government has confirmed that it will not be ready to implement the Batteries Directive into UK law by the deadline of 26 September. One of the main provisions of the Directive is the collection, treatment and recycling of portable batteries.

• 05/08/2008 Child Maintenance

  Are you involved in one of the 1,361,900 cases currently being handled by the Child Support Agency (CSA)? And more importantly, are you satisfied with how your case is being dealt with? Since its introduction in 1991, the Child Support Agency has been the subject of severe criticism from its users, the government and the media alike, including problems with delay, collection and enforcement.

• 30/07/2008 Flexible Working - What is an employee entitled to?

  Many of you may have read or heard in the national news that the right to request flexible working is to be extended to about 4.5 million parents of children aged up to 16. The right has not yet been extended and is not expected to come into force until April 2009.

• 30/07/2008 Desperate times don't always call for desperate measures

  Concerns have inevitably risen amongst both employers and employees since the end of last year when the term “credit crunch” found its way into our everyday vocabulary. A recent British Chamber of Commerce survey suggests that overall unemployment could rise by up to 300,000 over the next 12 months. This is a frightening statistic for employees and demonstrates the fact that businesses have already started to find ways to save themselves from sinking.

• 25/07/2008 Can You Believe the C.Diff Headlines?

  Recent involvement on behalf of Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust which was strongly criticised by the Healthcare Commission’s Report of 2007, serves to highlight the difference between “facts” as reported in the media, and reality.

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