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17 September 2015 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7668 / Categories: Features
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Law in 101 words

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Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

A contract is a contract is a contract

In 2008 Allianz agreed to sell Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank. The services of Fox and others would not be needed, and Dresdner made termination agreements with them including provisions for severance payments and bonuses on condition that they continued until the termination date to work for Dresdner in its best interests. The new managements claimed that, following the financial crisis and its effect on Dresdner, the employees’ best interest duty required them to relinquish the agreed severance and other payments and accept lower payments. The court held that the changed circumstances did not require the employees to relinquish their contractual rights.

Knitting yarn—deregulation of

With effect on 26 May 2015, the Deregulation Act 2015 revoked the Weights and Measures (Knitting Yarns) Order 1988, by which knitting yarns made up in advance ready for retail sale in a securely closed container had to be sold only by net weight in grams, and knitting yarns not so made up had to be pre-packed only in one of the following quantities by

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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