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Employment Law Bulletin

Employment Law Bulletin - Issue 118 - 27 January 2012

Employment news TUPE & Redundancy consultations - 5 days to go The closing date for both of these consultations reported more fully in the last bulletin is 31 January 2012. Click here and have your say about TUPE and here for redundancy. Employment Case Law Employment Appeal … More »

Employment Law Bulletin - Issue 117 - 10 January 2012

Employment news From playground to workplace Britons are among the most bullied workers in the world a survey carried out by the recruitment company Monster reveals. The survey questioned 16,517 workers over 53 countries and it found that 25% of British workers report being victims of … More »

Housing Law Bulletin

Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 249 - 23 January 2012

The Latest Housing Law News Social housing tenure reform in England: on 15 January 2012 it became possible for local housing authorities in England to begin drawing up, and consulting on, new tenancy strategies in readiness for the reforms to social housing tenure. The UK Government has brought … More »

Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 248 - 16 January 2012

The Latest Housing Law News Increasing evictions: on 12 January 2012 the UK Government issued the latest county court statistics revealing very significant increases in eviction rates. In the third quarter of 2011,16,600 repossessions of properties were made by county court bailiffs, a 20% … More »

Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 247 - 9 January 2012

The Latest Housing Law News Social housing allocation in England: on 5 January 2012 the UK government opened a consultation exercise on the content of a draft new Code of Guidance for social housing allocation in England, taking account of the changes to be made to allocation law by the … More »

Immigration Law Bulletin

Immigration Law Bulletin - Issue 260 - 30 January 2012

Cases Harkins and Edwards v United Kingdom 9146/07 [2012] ECHR 45 (17 January 2012) The doctrine set down by the Law Lords in Wellington met its Waterloo in the decision of the ECtHR in Harkins. The Court considers that the question whether there is a real risk of treatment contrary to … More »

Immigration Law Bulletin - Issue 259 – 24 January 2012

News Children's Commissioner's report on the immigration process undergone by unaccompanied children arriving in Kent. Click here to read more. Fees paid to lawyers according to the Daily Telegraph (online version) Click here to read more. Cases Othman (Abu Qatada) v United Kingdom … More »

Immigration Law Bulletin - Issue 258 – 16 January 2012

Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1719 - providing for South Sudan to be added to Appendix 1 such that its (new) nationals need a visa even to visit the UK (whilst Turkish nationals who hold diplomatic passports will no longer need visit visas) - came into effect on 9 January 2012. … More »