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Law digests: 2 & 9 April 2021

31 March 2021
Issue: 7927 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Employment

Page v Lord Chancellor and another [2021] EWCA Civ 254, [2021] All ER (D) 66 (Mar)

The appellant was removed as a magistrate because he had declared publicly that, in dealing with cases involving adoption by same-sex couples he would proceed, not on the basis of the law or the evidence, but on the basis of his own preconceived beliefs about such adoptions. The Court of Appeal Civil Division held that the Employment Appeal Tribunal had been entitled to uphold a finding of the employment tribunal that the appellant’s dismissal as a magistrate had not been the result of victimisation.


Estoppel

Howe and another v Gossop and another [2021] EWHC 637 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 95 (Mar)

The appellant landowners failed in their appeal against a judge’s decision that, following an oral agreement between the parties, the appellant would transfer two additional pieces of land to the respondents in return for the waiver of their obligation to pay a certain sum to the respondent, a proprietary estoppel

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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