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Aug 2020
“Perverting the course of justice”, as the name suggests, is when someone commits a positive, intentional act to interfere with the administration of justice, such as attempting to interfere with a police investigation or in court proceedings. Perverting the course of justice is a very serious criminal offence which carries custodial sentences in all but…
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Jul 2020
The Manchester restaurant ‘20 Stories’ received over one thousand applications for a receptionist job within twenty-four hours of posting the role, highlighting the lack of positions available and the considerable rise in unemployment. It is likely that such a large talent pool provides opportunity for businesses to have their pick of many highly qualified candidates;…
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Jul 2020
If you’re charged with a certain type of road traffic offence, such as drink-driving, there may be ‘special reasons’ why it would be unfair on the defendant if the court sentenced them in accordance with the sentencing guidelines. When judging a special reasons hearing, the court must either not find special reasons and endorse the…
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Jul 2020
On 17th June 2020 a long-running campaign spearheaded by Resolution, the national organisation representing family lawyers, came to fruition and resulted in the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill passing through the House of Commons. This new legislation will result in the overhaul of the divorce process in England and Wales and removes the current requirement to assign…
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Jul 2020
The marriage discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 largely reflect the protection afforded from discrimination for married persons as set out in the original Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Marriage and civil partnership discrimination occurs when there is direct discrimination, indirect discrimination or victimisation on the basis of the union. Compensation is uncapped and not…
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Jun 2020
Employers may take steps to monitor employees using CCTV, bag searches, drug testing or checks on websites or emails. The extent of the monitoring should be set out clearly in the employee handbook/contract of employment and should not be a surprise to the employee; the employer should also ensure that the monitoring is compliant with…
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