All Legal updates articles – Page 31
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AnalysisLegal Update: disclosure, formats and context
Disclosure of information about children, pursuant to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI), is always a difficult issue and the natural reaction of public authorities is to err on the side of caution.
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FeatureCommercial property: competition and use
What is the impact on lawyers of recent cases following changes to the 1998 Competition Act?
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FeatureDispute resolution: use of tiered clauses
A recent decision provides support for the validity of so-called escalation clauses.
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FeatureDisabled people’s trusts and inheritance
Legislation heading to the Lords should open up new possibilities for disabled people who are the beneficiaries of wills.
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Feature‘Revenge porn’ legal remedies
The unauthorised digital dissemination of intimate photos and videos is a misuse of information but the legal remedies are varied or in their infancy.
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FeatureMitchell: conjoined appeals
An in-depth analysis of the Court of Appeal’s revised guidance on relief from sanction.
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FeaturePrivacy and/or security?
The retention and disclosure of data represents a continuing threat to privacy if it is accidentally disseminated or misused.
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FeaturePensions: enrolment and partnerships
LLP members should be considered ‘workers’ for the purposes of auto-enrolment legislation.
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FeatureManagement receivership orders
Emma Jarvis on how the Supreme Court has brought management receivership orders back from the brink.
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FeatureLegal services orders
A recent decision should herald an increase in the use of legal services orders.
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FeatureUK Immigration Rules
Changes most relevant to business immigration and which affect new applications.
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FeatureVulnerable people and competing rights
How does a Court of Protection judgment affect the media’s potential role in welfare proceedings?
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FeatureInterpreting wills
We look at an example of a misunderstanding of the purpose of a precedent following Lords’ decisions on interpretation.