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Openness in the family courts
23/10/2008
The family courts in England & Wales hear over 400,000 cases every year. Decisions in each one of these will have a profound impact on the families involved. They provoke strong and emotionally fraught reactions in the way that they deal...The Heyday challenge: fanning the flames
30/09/2008
The Heyday challenge received a setback last week - its argument that mandatory retirement ages are unlawful faltered at the first hurdle. The Advocate General (whose opinion the European Court of Justice normally follows), determined that the setting by national law of...Merger control: China's new anti-monopoly law
11/08/2008
The Provisions of the State Council on Notification Thresholds of Concentrations of Undertakings were published by the State Council on 3 August, 2008, and came into effect on the same day. After months of speculation, some guidance on the merger...Tribunal appeal reignites partner age discrimination debate
28/07/2008
Recent age discrimination challenges highlight clearly that age discrimination remains a thorny topic for law firms. Although firms may have thought the finishing line was in sight when the Bloxham v Freshfields decision was published last year, it is apparent...