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‘Cheek Kissing at Work is a Legal & Etiquette Nightmare’

21st June 2016
Ahead of National Kissing Day (24th June), solicitors Doyle Clayton, a leading specialist in workplace law, is warning that kissing in the workplace, even a ‘mwah’ on the cheek of colleagues and favoured suppliers, is a legal and etiquette nightmare – potentially even leading to costly discrimination and harassment rulings. Darren Clayton, Senior Partner of […]
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Children Need To Be At The Centre Of Family Court Cases

20th June 2016
Section 1 of the Children Act 1989 states that when a court determines any question with respect to the upbringing of a child the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration. There are seven statutory factors that the Court is directed to have regard in any Children Act proceedings, one of which is the […]
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Satinder Hunjan QC Joins Kings Chambers & 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square

20th June 2016
Satinder Hunjan QC, the multi-award winning silk has today joined Kings Chambers and 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square. Satinder was head of International Group and previously the head of the Clinical Negligence Group at No5 Chambers and is one of the UK’s top silks. He was called to the Bar in 1984 and took silk in […]
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7,000 Data Protection Officers Needed In The UK By May 2018 In Order To Comply With New EU Data Protection Rules

20th June 2016
Research conducted by GO DPO, the strategic partner for the Henley Data Protection Officer (DPO) Programme, estimates that around 7,000 large companies (employing in excess of 250 employees) will need to recruit and train at least one DPO each over the next 24 months; between now and when the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]
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Campaign for Clarity: Vote Leave & Remain Camps Answer Key SME Business Questions

15th June 2016
As part of its commitment to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business community, the UK200Group has launched its Campaign for Clarity ahead of the EU Referendum on June 23rd. With this in mind, the UK200Group asked its members and their clients to contribute their most important business questions to a document that was then […]
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EIP Says Brexit Will Complicate IP Rights

14th June 2016
Intellectual property law firm, EIP, is supporting the Remain position in the EU referendum, warning that a UK exit from the EU will be bad for IP rights holders and the UK’s creative and technological industries generally. IP plays an important role to the UK economy. A 2013 study from the European Patent Office and […]
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Most Women in Law Feel Their Career Progress Has Been Hampered by Their Gender

13th June 2016
More than half of women working in the legal profession – 62% – say their gender has hampered their career progress, according to research from specialist legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons. In contrast, only 16% of men felt their gender had ever been a barrier to advancing their career. These findings, from a survey […]
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IBA Issues Practical Guide on Business & Human Rights for Business Lawyers

8th June 2016
The International Bar Association (IBA) has endorsed ground-breaking guidance for business lawyers on how to practice law with respect for human rights. On 28 May 2016, the IBA Council, the organisation's governing body, voted unanimously to adopt the IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers (Practical Guide) during its mid-year meeting […]
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Court Ruling Warns Looking After a Person’s Best Interests May Contravene Their Human Rights

6th June 2016
Two leading experts believe a recent Court ruling that a disabled man’s package of care amounted to a deprivation of liberty, could have a major impact on anyone tasked to care for those who lack the capacity to make their own decisions. Annabel Kay (pictured) and Sue Allen, who work for leading law firm Higgs […]
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UK Investigatory Bill Clashes with Privacy Concerns

2nd June 2016
UK MPs and their peers have stated that the collection of personal data on a large scale is not "inherently incompatible" with privacy laws. According to the BBC, the Human Rights Committee says whole data gathering by security services is “capable of being justified.” The UK government is soon to introduce the Investigatory Powers Bill […]
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