The Ministry of Justice has admitted that it has so far drawn a blank in its push to recruit new employment judges in 2025, despite concerns that the Employment Rights Bill could trigger a surge in claims.
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No New Judges As Employment Bill Nears Passage Into Law

By Jamie Lennox

The Ministry of Justice has admitted that it has so far drawn a blank in its push to recruit new employment judges in 2025, despite concerns that the Employment Rights Bill could trigger a surge in claims.

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Saudi Embassy Worker Wins Appeal Over State Immunity

By Jamie Lennox

An appeals court overturned on Thursday a ruling that the Saudi Arabian embassy in London is immune from a former worker's tribunal claim, holding that her role was not close enough to the exercise of sovereign authority.

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Ex-Ashurst Partner Barred By SDT Over Sexual Misconduct

By Ronan Barnard

A London legal disciplinary tribunal has barred a former Ashurst Madrid partner from practicing at an English solicitors firm after finding that it had jurisdiction to make a ruling against him.

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LITIGATION

FIFA Lifts Lid On Sports Disputes With New Legal Database

By Elaine Briseño

The worldwide governing body of soccer has launched a free, searchable digital database of soccer-related cases adjudicated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Tribunal going back to 2002 in an effort to promote transparency in sports law.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Pensions Managers Urged To Boost Standards For Savers

By Tom Fish

Pensions administrators must invest more to modernize their data systems and trustees should play a stronger role in raising standards to help the sector make improvements, the retirement savings watchdog warned on Thursday.

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Pensions Watchdog Urges Vigilance On 'Impersonation Fraud'

By Martin Croucher

The retirement savings watchdog has urged pensions chiefs to tighten security amid a rising trend in which scammers attempt to pass themselves off as members of a retirement savings plan.

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Social Mobility Data Needed To Tackle Pensions Skill Shortage

By Joel Poultney

Recording social mobility data in the financial services sector would broaden talent pools across various companies and address the predicted skills shortage over the next decade, a pensions trade body has said.

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