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The recent decision of the EAT in Schwarzenbach and Anor v Jones UKEAT/0100/15/DM involved a dispute over the question of whether two employers were "associated" for the purposes of s231 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, giving Mr Jones sufficient continuity of service to bring a complaint of unfair dismissal. Stephen Wyeth successfully acted for the claimant both at first instance and in resisting the appeal by Mr and Mrs Schwarzenbach in this reported case.

3PB's specialist family law barrister Steven Howard writes commentary on case of parents acquitted of child abuse

Thomas Talbot-Ponsonby considers the recent Law Commission's review on the proposed reform of the Land Registration Act 2002, LNB News 31/03/2016 166

Does a bank who is negotiating with a customer for a sale of a financial product, owe a common law duty to advise the client about an onerous break clause? Tom Webb analyses a recent decision of the Mercantile Court that considers the scope of a banker's duty - Fitch v. Lloyds TSB Bank plc [2016] EWHC 1236 (QB).

ECtHR Judgment finding that the delays in the mother’s enforcement proceedings against her former husband for unpaid child support constituted a breach of her Article 6 rights: Veiga da Silva Braga v Portugal (Application No. 39507/13) (Aug 16).

An analysis by Esther Lieu for Family Law Week.

When can bad behaviour trigger an adverse costs order: an analysis by Adam Langrish. First published in Lexis Nexis, PSL

An analysis by Sarah Jennings & Esther Lieu, 3PB, with District Judge Julie Exton look at the Family Drug and Alcohol Court for Family Law Week.

Esther Lieu explores the circumstances in which parental responsibility may be terminated and considers the effect of s.4(2A) in anticipation of the Court of Appeal's judgment in the appeal from CW v SG.

Esther Lieu and Adam Weiss, Legal Director, The AIRE Centre, explain the ECtHR's recent decision in Raw v France which considered, amongst other matters, the enforcement of court orders and the circumstances in which a parent could represent their children in Strasbourg proceedings.

Page v Lord Chancellor and ors [2021] EWCA Civ 254

Specialist employment law barrister Grace Nicholls reviews Page v Lord Chancellor and ors [2021] EWCA Civ 254, a case in which a magistrate expressed views about the appropriateness of the adoption of a child by a same sex couple based on his religious views and refused to sign the order approving the adoption.

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