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Did an employer breach its duty of care to an employee when it changed the passwords on his personal internet accounts on his company-provided mobile?

21 Feb 2019

Mr Richmond, the sales director of Selecta, was supplied with a work mobile phone, which he also used to access personal AOL and Apple/iCloud accounts.

Expert Decisions

20 Feb 2019

Cine-UK Limited v Union Square Developments Limited

I'm a tenant, get me out of here!

19 Feb 2019

It looks like 2019 won't be the new start many had hoped for. With large high street retailers already teetering on the edge after a disappointing Christmas and the government still up in arms about the B word, the country's commercial real estate market is looking more and more uncertain.

Could a complaint of defamation be a protected disclosure?

19 Feb 2019

Mr Ibrahim worked for HCA as a hospital interpreter. He asked a senior manager to investigate rumours circulating among patients and their relatives that he was responsible for some breaches of patient confidentiality.

Was an employee who had been off sick for four months with PTSD disabled?

15 Feb 2019

Ms Lamb told her employer (a school) that she was suffering from PTSD, which could be triggered by difficult situations, on 18 July 2012. She had been off sick since 29 February 2012.

Professional negligence - loss of chance

15 Feb 2019

The Supreme Court has had its first opportunity in over 20 years to consider the correct approach to determining loss of a chance claims arising from lost litigation in a judgment just handed down in Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5. It is a decision of considerable interest to professionals and their insurers.

Confused about Brexit? What will no-deal mean for the enforcement of judgments within the EU?

14 Feb 2019

After the recent House of Commons vote rejecting the governments Withdrawal Agreement a no-deal Brexit is now a real possibility. We consider what impact no-deal would have on those seeking to enforce a UK judgment in an EU Member State post-Brexit.

Rooms with a view – but no right to privacy

13 Feb 2019

Fearn & Others v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2019] EWHC 246 (Ch) - In this case, Mr Justice Mann sitting in The High Court has found that a homeowner can, in an appropriate case, protect the privacy of a home as against another landowner by claiming that the infringement of privacy is an actionable nuisance.

Court of Appeal confirms UK is appropriate forum to determine global FRAND licence terms

13 Feb 2019

A standard essential patent ("SEP") is a patent which protects a technology which the patentee has declared to be essential to the implementation of one or more of the telecommunications standards, such as 2G-GSM, 3G-UMTS and 4G-LTE. Standards are set by standard setting organisations ("SSO"), one of which SSO is in this case the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ("ETSI").

Government announces new powers to protect pension schemes

12 Feb 2019

Last weekend saw pensions making the headlines again with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions promising that the Government would hold to account employers who 'play fast and loose' with their employees' pension funds.

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