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From Certificates to Belief Statements: The CPS and the Limits of Forum Bar Intervention
Rebecca Niblock
9 July 2012
Impeding freedom of speech - disciplinary offence or legitimate protest?
The outcome of a recent appeal against the decision of Cambridge University’s Court of Discipline highlights that a non-violent student protest may give rise to disciplinary proceedings for those involved.
3 July 2012
The Operator: Hiring and Firing - are these red-tape measures enough to fuel growth?
The Government has made a big play of its ‘Red Tape Challenge’ and reform of Employment Laws in particular as a way, so we are told, of encouraging business growth led recruitment. To that end, a raft of changes were introduced on 6 April 2012 to improve the way employers
can hire and fire and manage disputes. It remains to be seen if they will in fact have their desired effect, but certainly it makes sense for both managers and employees to be aware of the new provisions.
3 July 2012
The Operator: Five rings to rule them all - marketing and the Olympics
You may have read in the newspapers recently about the abandonment of plans by Jamie Oliver to hold a food and drink festival in Hackney, East London. The “Big Feastival” had been scheduled to take place in Victoria Park in summer this year. However, organisers feared that stalls might breach Olympic branding restrictions and have therefore decided to reschedule the event for September, relocating to Oxfordshire.
3 July 2012
The Operator: R22 Gas phase-out - who pays wins
Service charges, repairing obligations and rent reviews are three common areas of landlord and tenant disputes. One particular area of argument that is increasing in frequency concerns the replacement of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Unfortunately for the food and hospitality industry, because of the central importance that this equipment plays in its day-to-day business, it looms large as a costs time-bomb.
3 July 2012
The Operator: Health & Safety update
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 impose requirements on employees, the self employed and anyone in control of work premises, defined by RIDDOR as a “responsible person”, to record and report certain work related incidents. As of 6 April 2012 these statutory requirements have
changed, the effect being to reduce the extent of the reporting obligations on responsible persons.