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Court declines to rule on reasonableness of BIFA time bar on summary basis

01 March 2024

The Court has recently considered an application for summary judgment based on the interpretation of Clause 27(B) of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Standard Trading...

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Admiralty Court apportions liability for collision

29 February 2024

In the first reported Admiralty Court decision for 2024, liability for a collision between two vessels in the Bay of Bengal has been apportioned 70/30. Rather unusually for collisions that come...

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A clash of conventions? Ship recycling debate continues

29 February 2024

The IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009 (Hong Kong Convention) will enter into force on 26 June 2025...

HRizon employment law newsletter– February 2024

28 February 2024

Welcome to our February HRizon employment law newsletter. This month we: Outline the new statutory code or practice on dismissal and re-engagement, which is expected to come into force later this...

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EHRC publishes new guidance on menopause in the workplace

28 February 2024

The EHRC has published new guidance for employers on menopause in the workplace...

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Dismissal and re-engagement: Parliament asked to approve new statutory code of practice

28 February 2024

The Government has published its response to its 2023 consultation on the draft statutory code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement, and placed an updated draft code before Parliament for...

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Discrimination: £470K compensation awarded to dyslexic employee after discriminatory unfair dismissal

28 February 2024

An employment tribunal has awarded £470K to a dyslexic employee after his discriminatory and unfair dismissal for using a racial slur in a race awareness training session...

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Disability discrimination: should an employer have made reasonable adjustments to its promotion selection process for an employee with a stammer?

28 February 2024

An employer had not discriminated against a disabled employee when it failed to adjust its promotion selection process on account of his stammer. Although the employer knew that the employee was...

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Ruth Perry Inquest: Inquest prompts further reforms for Ofsted

27 February 2024

On 12 December 2023, the Senior Coroner for Berkshire issued a Report to Prevent Future Deaths (PFD) to Ofsted, Reading Borough Council and the Department for Education (DfE) following the...

Classroom, education
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Navigating Grief and Legal Hurdles: Unravelling the Challenges of SUDC Inquests

27 February 2024

The sudden and unexplained deaths of children (SUDC) represent an incomprehensible tragedy, leaving families devastated and grappling with profound grief. Inquests into such cases are inherently...

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Life and Death in the Metaverse: Succession Planning for the Digital World

27 February 2024

Imagine a time when your digital footprint is a 3D representation of you, which owns valuable digital fashion, digital land, stores countless digital memories and has a digitally recorded ...

technology VR
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Flexible Working: Update

26 February 2024

Research published by Unison last week found that 30% of women working in the public sector (including the NHS) have had their flexible working requests denied, with 25% of those workers having...

Working from home with family