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London North Eastern Railway v Jiwanji: EAT upholds section 145B finding over direct pay offer to RMT members

Business reasons for abandoning collective bargaining do not displace the prohibited purpose.

R (Worsley) v Tameside Magistrates' Court: conviction quashed after bench announced verdict before closing speeches

High Court criticises trainee legal adviser's refusal to state a case as frivolous.

Howard Beckett v Sharon Graham and Unite the Union: privacy claim survives strike-out over ambiguous tribunal finding

Employment Tribunal paragraph too unclear to found issue estoppel, High Court holds.

Re T and F (Placement Orders: Child's Permanence Reports): Court of Appeal dismisses appeal despite serious procedural irregularity

Failure to serve permanence reports breached repeated directions but did not render placement orders unjust.

BDP Construction v Cygnet Behavioural Health: TCC enforces adjudicator's rejection of both parties' liquidated damages case

Constable J holds finding that neither side proved its rate was within jurisdiction.

Roome v Senior Coroner for Gloucestershire: High Court orders fresh inquest into teenager's death

Divisional Court quashes 2022 inquest over unexamined social media data and investigative gaps.

R v McLeary and Francis: hearsay conviction upheld, secondary party conviction quashed

Dead witness's statement properly admitted, but presence alone could not found joint enterprise.

Vince v Associated Newspapers: Charleston does not defeat an unfair processing claim

Court of Appeal grants first successful UK GDPR fairness claim against a newspaper.