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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

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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