Chancery Lane appoints former No 10 adviser as corporate affairs chief
Friday, 03 February 2012 The Law Society has appointed a former adviser to ...4 Comments
City firm guilty of discrimination, appeal rules
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Friday, 03 February 2012 Lord Justice Jackson has recommended a fixed costs regime to ensure the government fulfils its duty in environmental judicial review cases. ...Fury over ‘chaos’ in central civil claims processing
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Mike Cain acted for Woolworths staff in pay case
Who? Mike Cain, 39, employment solicitor at national firm Russell Jones & Walker. Why is he in the news? Acted for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) in a case that won a 60 days’ pay award for 24,000 workers made redundant when Woolworths Group collapsed in 2008. The Central London Employment Tribunal ruled that the employer and its administrators had failed in their statutory duty to consult before making redundancies, and that ...More news:
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