e-brief alert archive
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Please see below the previous e-briefs that we have sent out.
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The FSA has issued its consultation on implementation of the Payment Services Directive (PSD). Under the PSD countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) will regulate payment services, this includes card payments, direct debits and money transfers.
28 August 2008 | e-brief alert archive
An employee’s employment will only come to an end if it is unequivocally terminated by either party or by mutual consent. Simply removing an employee from payroll while negotiations for a departure continue, will not amount to a termination.
27 August 2008 | e-brief alert archive
The use of the internet to criticise others has spawned a series of defamation claims against ISPs and individuals. So far, the English courts have been happy to entertain those claims. However, more recent rulings appear to mark a change in the court's attitude to proceedings centred on chat rooms and blogs.
14 August 2008 | e-brief alert archive
Two new cases highlight the difficulties that employers face when objectively justifying the age discriminatory aspects of enhanced redundancy schemes.
14 August 2008 | e-brief alert archive
Max Mosley has won his privacy battle with the News of the World. He has been awarded £60,000 damages and substantial legal costs rumoured to total £500,000. Ian De Freitas reviews the court's decision.
24 July 2008 | e-brief alert archive
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