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Developments in parent company liability: Vedanta Resources Plc v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20
Posted on 22 July, 2019 in Personal Injury by Harry Sheehan
On 10 April 2019 the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Vedanta Resources plc v Lungowe. This decision marks the latest development in the area of parent company liability and the culmination o...

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Mixed blessing for claimants as discount rate remains negative
Posted on 17 July, 2019 in Personal Injury by Harry Sheehan
On 15 July, David Gauke announced that the current discount rate, established in 2017, of -0.75% will be changed to -0.25%. The statutory instrument effecting that change was laid on the same day and ...

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An EAT Review of Whistleblowing: Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
Posted on 10 July, 2019 in Employment by Alice Mayhew Matthew Sellwood
In Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (UKEAT/0016/18/DA) the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered a range of commonly disputed points of law concerning “whistleblowing”. Alice Mayhew appe...

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Interested in the blue pencil: Restrictive Covenants in the Supreme Court
Posted on 08 July, 2019 in Employment by Andrew Burns
As the only implied obligation in a contract of employment to survive post-employment is the duty of confidence, any other regulation of the conduct of an ex-employee must be done by an express post-t...

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