Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7456

CMCS Common Market Commercial Services AVV v Taylor [2011] EWHC 324 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 269 (Feb)

Readers of this journal have long been entertained by the “snippets” column, consisting of anecdotes and observations, each one exactly 101 words long, which one finds scattered across the pages from time to time. The author of these pieces is Mr Roderick Ramage.

Landmark decision allows unions the right to strike

New scheme to accelerate Competition Act investigations

City law firms are hiring more permanent staff as confidence grows in the banking and transactional sectors.

Rising numbers of employers are fighting court cases over redundancy pay as former employees challenge the size of their settlements.

The High Court has annulled the bankruptcy of a woman who lacked capacity and ruled that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) breached its duties under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995).

Delays in benefit appeals are creating homelessness and affecting claimants’ mental health, the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (AJTC) has said in a hard-hitting report.

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched judicial review proceedings over proposals to cut housing benefit for private sector tenants on 1 April 2011.

A pro bono group has been set up to provide free legal advice for the 2012 Olympic participants from 9 July to 12 September 2012.