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Damages award for abuse of dominant position to Albion Water

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 17 2013

The competition appeal tribunal has awarded damages in a follow-on action for only the second time. It awarded a total of approximately £1.85 million

UK: do parthenotes fall within the term 'human embryo'?

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 22 2013

The English High Court referred a question to the CJEU on the interpretation of Article 6(2)(c) of Directive 9844EC on the legal protection of

UK: Court of Appeal refers questions on parallel imports to CJEU

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 20 2013

The English Court of Appeal has considered the special derogation from the normal free movement of goods rules that formed part of the accession

HMLR v McGlue compensation for injury to feelings discrimination

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In a discrimination claim, the tribunal may award compensation for injury to feelings. The tribunal is required to consider whether the unlawful act

Buzoli v Food Partners unfair dismissal if ACAS code had not been followed?

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2013

Under the Employment Rights Act, employment tribunals must have regard to the Acas Code on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures ('the Acas Code'

Bancroft v Interserve dismissal for ‘some other substantial reason’ at the request of a third party

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In Bancroft v Interserve (Facilities Management) Ltd, an employer's customer exercised its contractual right to request the employer to remove one of

Davies v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council - unfair dismissal where there has been a prior final written warning

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 8 2013

In the recent case of Davies v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council the Court of Appeal considered how an employment tribunal should act in a case

Handshake Ltd v Summers - dismissal for 'some other substantial reason' does not include power struggle over contract terms

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 8 2013

Under the Employment Rights Act, a dismissal may be fair for 'some other substantial reason' and previous cases have shown that this may be the case

Confidentiality and your employees: who holds the trump card?

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 5 2013

The rights and restrictions relating to the use of information tend to pass us by in day-to-day life. We generally do not dwell on whether repeating

Damages for distress under the DPA

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 3 2013

In this unreported case, the Court of Appeal upheld the appellant’s claim for damages against a finance company. Mr Halliday had made a claim for