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Employment update: Recent decisions and agency actions

Despite this uncertain regulatory landscape, employers are well advised to consider agency decrees—unless and until they are definitively struck down—while challenges play out.

Privy Council clarifies Cayman Islands law on shareholder standing

Appleby acts for a major shareholder in the related just and equitable winding up proceedings.

Class actions in England and Wales

Traditionally, the viability of mass actions has been limited in the UK as compared to certain other jurisdictions

New Irish court rules simplify service of proceedings outside the state

The procedure for doing so involves an application to court supported by affidavit or other appropriate evidence.

Privacy or publication? Walker v Goodman

Most family lawyers would, one expects pride themselves on maintaining their client's privacy.

Australian court awards indemnity costs despite ‘six-day’ Calderbank offer

Visie had issued a Calderbank offer to Paladin’s solicitors at 5.16pm on Wednesday 12 June 2024

Fraud or no fraud, the Register of Members reigns supreme

The Validation Claim was initially adjourned to allow the Rectification Claim to be determined first.

Supreme Court clarifies suitable alternative remedies to judicial review

The Supreme Court was tasked with examining whether there was an effective alternative remedy available in private law

Reddit’s challenge to Online Safety Code designation to be appealed to Irish Court of Appeal

The High Court ruled in June against Reddit and fellow online platform Tumblr

The role of mediation in resolving disputes in the MENA region

Mediation holds substantial potential for addressing sensitive political and commercial disputes in the MENA region.

Inaugural Collas Crill Moot launches in Jersey

The Moot involves pairs of students studying real-life legal case notes and applying them to a mock court situation.

Freezing injunctions in the BVI: a recent development from England

The English Court of Appeal found that an applicant need not prove that its claim has a better than 50% chance of success

Guernsey Royal Court rules in favour of tea room tenant in rent dispute

The judgment notes that the payment was not returned by the landlord until nearly a month after being received

Using civil courts in England to recover assets and losses after employee fraud

Ideally this process should be conducted without alerting the suspected fraudster

Recent developments in employment law: two Supreme Court decisions which look beyond the contract of employment

Employment status is another area where the Government has announced its intention to make reforms.

Tactical reviews of arbitral awards could undermine South Africa as a seat of arbitration

A potential option for the courts is to order harsher costs orders against parties who pursue frivolous review applications for tactical purposes

Supreme Court emphasises need to consider ‘framework of control’ for employment status

PGMOL had appealed to the Supreme Court contending that the referees had significant autonomy in their work

UK Supreme Court Issues Reasoned Judgment in Groundbreaking Anti-Suit Injunction Case

The reasoning of the Supreme Court will undoubtedly give rise to intense interest

Hong Kong Court Clarifies the Application of Implied Terms in Employment Contracts

The Employee sued the Company claiming it had breached various implied terms of the contract of employment by the Decisions and claimed damages.

Court clarifies ‘risk of dissipation’ in asset freezing order case

The case concerns an application to continue a worldwide freezing order post-judgment.

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