E-Bulletins

We produce a range of e-updates and bulletins in the areas of law in which our barristers practice. You can read and download them from here.

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Community Care law bulletin

Employment law bulletin

Issue 55 - 20th October 2008

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Age discrimination Bartsch v Bosch C-427/06 Under the guidelines of the employer's pension scheme payments would not be made to a widow(er) of a member of the scheme if they were 15 or more years younger than the former employee. The ECJ held that such a provision … More »

Housing law bulletin

Issue 113 - 10th November 2008

Latest Housing Law News Housing work on legal aid : the blueprint for provision of publicly-funded Housing Law services after April 2010 has been set out by the Legal Services Commission in its consultation document Civil Bid Rounds for 2010 contracts: A consultation . The LSC proposes to let … More »

Issue 112 - 3rd November 2008

Latest Housing Law News Housing Ombudsman : the 2008 Annual Report of the Housing Ombudsman Service sets out the details of the ombudsman's work over the past year and contains useful digests of concluded cases. For a copy, click here . Homelessness : the October 2008 Update from the … More »

Issue 111 - 27th October 2008

Latest Housing Law News Mortgage Repossession : on 22 October 2008 the Civil Justice Council (CJC) announced that the new pre-action protocol for mortgage possession cases had been approved and would come into force on 19 November 2008. For a copy of the announcement, click here . For a copy of … More »

Immigration law bulletin

Issue 113 - 3rd November 2008

News The Australian Government has announced an investigation into reports that up to 20 rejected asylum seekers from Afghanistan were killed after being returned. more info The judicial arm of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) ruled that Niger had failed in its … More »

Issue 111 - 20th October 2008

News On 16 October 2008 the Home Office announced " Tough new rules to safeguard the visitor route into the United Kingdom from abuse and keep Britain an attractive place to do business ". Visa nationals wishing to come to the UK on business for up to six months must apply for a … More »