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  • Public funding to be introduced for inquests in UK 1

    United Kingdom 11.10.2001
    The Legal Services Commission has issued draft guidance on the basis on which they propose in future to award public legal aid funding for individuals to be represented at inquests. This represents a major...

  • Results of survey on the Key Aspects of 'A World Class Competition Regime'

    United Kingdom 05.10.2001
    In July the Government published a White Paper on the reform of the UK competition law entitled “A World Class Competition Regime” (CM5233). The White Paper put forward a number of far reaching...

  • EU draft directive on financial collateral arrangements

    United Kingdom 05.10.2001
    The EU is planning to issue a directive which, as it stands at present, will allow for the substitution and sale (re-hypothecation) of shares provided as security, most commonly in the context of securing...

  • Oakley v Airclear Environmental Ltd 1

    United Kingdom 04.10.2001
    Absent a contract, it may nonetheless be possible to ground an adjudicator's jurisdiction by showing an ad hoc adoption by the parties of adjudication as a dispute resolution mechanism by way of an estoppel...

  • Sex discrimination cases harder to defend

    United Kingdom 04.10.2001
    Sex discrimination cases will be harder to defend when the Sex Discrimination (Indirect Discrimination and Burden of Proof) Regulations 2001 come into force on 12th October. The new regulations make claims...

  • New Dispute Resolution Service for .uk domain names

    United Kingdom 03.10.2001
    Nominet UK, the organisation which manages the .uk Top Level Domain, published details of its new Dispute Resolution Service recently(www.nominet.org.uk/ref/drs-new.html), following wide spread public...

  • The Government's response to the Myners Review

    United Kingdom 03.10.2001
    The Government has now responded to the proposals contained in the Myners Review of Institutional Investment. They have set out a revised set of investment principles for pension schemes. A number of changes...

  • Sir Robert McAlpine v Pring & St Hill Ltd 1

    United Kingdom 02.10.2001
    An adjudicator's decision under the JCT contracts is likely to be enforced, and a stay will not be granted, in circumstances where the defendant has a counterclaim which is the subject of an adjudication...

  • Kent Fire Authority v Pensions Ombudsman 2

    United Kingdom 02.10.2001
    Reference: (2001) OPLR 357 The complainant was a fireman who retired on ill health grounds. At the time of retiring he had accrued 8 days annual leave. He was paid GBP 643 in lieu of his accrued leave....

  • Paul Jensen Limited v Staveley Industries PLC 1

    United Kingdom 27.09.2001
    The Adjudicator was entitled to his fees, where he decided that he did not have jurisdiction and did not proceed with the adjudication. There was no suggestion of default or misconduct. It did not matter...

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