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Court of Appeal rules criminal earnings count as income for ESA purposes

Criminal activity constitutes work and generates income for benefits assessment purposes.

Alpha Anne v Great Ormond Street Hospital: Indirect discrimination and TUPE transfers

Post-transfer pay disparity constitutes unlawful indirect race discrimination despite TUPE complications.

Edozo Limited v Valos (UK) Limited: functionality of computer programs not protected by copyright

Software functionality copying does not infringe underlying source code copyright in UK law.

Mahadevan Krishnamohan v Secretary of State: planning permission validity and procedural compliance

Certificate of lawfulness rejected after attempt to circumvent Green Belt occupancy conditions fails

Williams v Information Commissioner: NCND policy upheld for asylum accommodation locations

Tribunal confirms Home Office entitled to neither confirm nor deny holding information about asylum seeker transport to protect vulnerable individuals.

Howard League for Penal Reform v Secretary of State for Justice: High Court upholds PAVA deployment decision

Judicial review challenges deployment of incapacitant spray in Young Offender Institutions dismissed.

Pal v Accenture: EAT clarifies Polkey reductions and disability discrimination assessment

EAT examines unfair dismissal, Polkey principles, and disability discrimination in performance management cases.

Christopher Isaac Singh v Dr Prakashbhan Persad: Consultant obstetrician's duty to monitor foetal heart rate

Failure to ensure monitoring during emergency caesarean section constitutes medical negligence.