Military Law in UK Law
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Employment Matters – UK - September 2016
Employees Working Abroad: Factors Supporting a Connection With Great Britain Giving Entitlement To Bring an Employment Tribunal Claim - As you will be aware, even if an employee does not work ...... ... newspaper), or who work abroad in an extra-territorial British enclave (e.g., on a British military base), ... or have “equally strong connections with Great Britain and British employment law” could have ... statutory employment ... ...
- Loyalty And Stoicism Can Work To The Detriment Of Soldiers / Other Military Service Personnel
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Claims Against UK Soldiers: A Balance To Be Struck
...Recently there has been widespread media coverage concerning claims made against UK soldiers arising from military conflicts abroad. The years since the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have seen a huge number of claims brought under European human rights laws, ... ...
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Drones in UK Skies: An Increasingly Crowded Regulatory Airspace
With drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) becoming commonplace in the UK in both commercial and non-commercial applications, the law has been required to evolve and play catch-up. Althoug...... ... applications, the law has been ... required to evolve and play catch-up ... Although drones have been used ... by the military for some time, they ... are now becoming increasingly ... accessible to amateur and commercial ... users alike, since the term ... ...
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Mind Your Own Businesses: UK Court Decision May Signal Pushback On Extraterritorial Enforcement of US Trade Laws
Under a recent court decision, UK government agencies may be able to shield the names of British companies transacting in Iran, and thereby aid these companies in averting potential consequences of...... ... British tribunal refused to force the UK government to disclose the names of British companies that had applied to sell goods with potential military uses to Iran. The court cited concerns that, if those applicants' names were made public, European banks could come under pressure to eliminate ... ...
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News Digest 26/2/16: 40% Non-Compliant With ESOS
... ... proportionately fewer privately educated people working in the top UK businesses, in comparison to other leading career paths such as law, military and medicine. According to figures from Sutton Trust, just over one third of the top business professionals were educated at private school. This is ... ...
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International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea Prescribes Provisional Measures Requiring Russia To Release Three Ukrainian Naval Vessels
... ... The potential applicability of the military activities exclusion (Art. 298(1)(b)) ... Under Article 298(1)(b) of the Convention, States may declare that they do not accept compulsory ... ...
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Revision of UK Military List of Controlled Items
The list of military goods, software and technology that are subject to export controls has been revised on 24 March 2015. The changes have been made through the Export Control (Amendment) Order 20...
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Following jurisdictional victory for UK citizen, FCPA Africa Sting case ends in mistrial
This post was also written by Leonard E. Hudson. The Department of Justice suffered a “stinging” setback to its widely touted FCPA Africa Sting prosecution late last week when the first of four ant...... ... votes while failing to reach a unanimous verdict in the bribery trial of four arms salesmen alleged to have offered to pay bribes to obtain military contracts. In January, 2010, DOJ indicted 22 individuals, including citizens of the UK and Israel, claiming violations of the FCPA as a result of the ... ...
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Soldiers' Wills Can Be Complicated
... ... For example, it is long standing British law that wills of soldiers in actual military service are not required to follow the standard requirements that usually govern wills as provided by the Wills Act 1837. What that means in ... ...
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