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  • 26 March 2019
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    Positive action: First Employment Tribunal case highlights stumbling blocks

    An Employment Tribunal has unanimously found that a police force’s recruitment process directly discriminated against a white, heterosexual, male.

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  • 27 March 2019
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    'Use’ of a vehicle — an opportunity missed?

    The Supreme Court has just delivered its long-awaited judgment in R & S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd [2019] UKSC 16.

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  • 01 April 2019
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    Fair and reasonable? A guide to the changes to the Financial Ombudsman Service

    A guide to the changes to the Financial Ombudsman Service

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  • 18 April 2019
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    Loss of society — limitation of awards finally?

    George Andrews v Greater Glasgow Health Board [2019] CSOH 31

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  • 29 April 2019
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    Personal liability of directors: Could you be caught out?

    A series of our experts take a look at the potential personal liability of directors for a company's legal or regulatory failings.

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  • 30 April 2019
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    Defamation, Jurisdiction & Forum Non Conveniens

    Kennedy v National Trust for Scotland

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  • 09 May 2019
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    The Scottish Compulsory Pre-Action Protocol — Binding admissions

    In Jacqueline Smith v Sarah Galbraith & Anr, the claimant sought damages arising from a road traffic accident which occurred on 27 December 2016.

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  • 16 May 2019

    Weightmans signs Mindful Business Charter committing to better working practices for mental health and wellbeing

    National law firm Weightmans has signed the Mindful Business Charter, joining a number of financial services businesses and law firms.

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  • 17 May 2019
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    Trust fined for false imprisonment of patient

    The High Court’s decision in R (Esegbona) v King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 77

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  • 05 June 2019
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    Lewis v Tindale, MIB and another — MIB liability for claims outside the scope of the Uninsured and Untraced Drivers Agreements

    The Court of Appeal in Lewis v Tindale has upheld the previous decision of Soole J which held that MIB was liable to compensate the victim of an accident arising on private land.

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