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9 Mar 2009, 3:55 am by Scott Gower
Indeed they have, ruling that a compulsory retirement age of 65 is capable of being justified as being a 'proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim' and so therefore is not age discrimination.The case will now have to go back to the High Court, where the Government will need to justify a legitimate aim linked to social or employment policy.The Times legal editor, Frances Gibb, notes that "the ruling will disappoint those approaching 65 but hoping to… [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 3:55 am
Frances Gibb, writing in the Times, recognizes that a victory for Age Concern (now unlikely) “could lead to a far-reaching change in domestic employment law, and a flood of compensation actions in addition to the 260 now pending”. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 10:17 pm
Frances Gibb, legal editor of The Times, has an interesting piece on The Judiciary. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 10:42 am
Frances Gibb in an article in The Times today suggests that the powers may actually 'worsen parent wars'. [read post]
2 Nov 2008, 8:22 pm
The Times headline for Frances Gibb’s report screamed… Law could become the preserve of privileged few once more, says Bar Given the current financial crisis this may well be true… but, of course, as with any commodity - it is a question of price… at least in private use of law. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 10:00 am
Frances Gibb in The Times today speculates whether the Madonna/Ritchie divorce could be the first high-profile case to take advantage of the new fast-track procedure announced by Mr Justice Coleridge last week, whereby consent orders can now be approved within a couple of days. [read post]
20 Oct 2008, 1:03 pm
Frances Gibb writes (excerpt): Under the new process, the spouses and their lawyers meet to agree settlements at a fraction of the cost of a [...] [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 7:28 pm
Yahoo News Big shake up in the training of barristers… Frances Gibb   of The Times reports: “All aspiring barristers will soon have to take a special aptitude test before they can sit the one-year vocational training course, a move that could weed out hundreds of applicants a year. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 10:19 am
Following on from the report "Outcomes of applications to court for contact orders after parental separation or divorce", which I mentioned in this post, Frances Gibb of The Times has written a piece on reactions to the report, particularly from fathers. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 10:29 am
Legal Editor Frances Gibb spent time at the Royal Courts watching Mr Justice Hedley dispense what he himself admitted was sometimes 'rough and ready' justice.Gibb's article makes fascinating reading, as she follows the cases coming before the court on a "typical vacation day", from a father who had not seen his children for two years to child abduction cases, to an intractable contact/residence dispute. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 4:34 pm
"  It's written by Legal Editor Frances Gibb. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 12:29 pm
There is an article on divorce by Frances Gibb in the Times Online today. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 8:07 am
Here is IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet. [read post]
29 May 2008, 3:39 pm
But Frances Gibb dashed my hopes by writing “What can be done? [read post]
23 May 2008, 2:00 pm
Frances Gibb reported in The Times today that fortune tellers and astrologists will be bracketed with double glazing salesmen and will have to act fairly towards consumers. [read post]
20 May 2008, 1:34 am
Frances Gibb meets the first chairman of the new Legal Services Board who promises to get involved only when he has to …” Full story The Times, 20th May 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 2:51 am
Frances Gibb in today's Times is reporting that the government will propose handing over to the DPP the Attorney's role of consenting to a range of prosecutions - although otherwise, the Attorney's role will remain unchanged. [read post]
22 Nov 2007, 10:27 pm
" Frances Gibb on Barristers: What do we think of them? [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 3:49 am
Frances Gibb asks - do people in the legal profession influence the juries on which they sit and does having a police officer or lawyer make that jury less impartial? [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 9:27 am
  Frances Gibb writes:In a new book (to be published next year by Oxford University Press) Susskind argues that lawyers and the legal profession in their present shape face extinction - or at least are "on the brink of fundamental transformation". [read post]