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By way of apology…

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NL
on 06/04/2009
in Various (non-housing)
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There will be some housing law along in a minute, but I’ve had an email request that prompts a bit of an apology. How, in the employment law blog links, could I have overlooked Daniel Barnett’s blog. Daniel Barnett has a valid claim to be one of the parents (or in internet years, grandparents) of free, rapid, internet distributed legal information with his employment law update emails, which began in 1999, and the archive and subscription details are available on his blog.

The apology was prompted because Daniel emailed (gracefully ignoring the lack of link) to ask for a bit of publicity for his fundraising campaign to mark the tenth anniversary of the employment updates. (Ten years! How does he manage? We’ve done two and three quarters and will need more server space shortly…). Daniel writes:

“To celebrate this milestone, I’m fundraising for Starlight, a charity dedicated to lighting up the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by granting them their dearest wishes. My target is £10,000 – £1,000 for every year of the bulletin – and I’ll be asking my subscribers to donate.

There’s more info on my website – including links to my first three bulletins. I launched the fundraising at about 10am today, and we’re already up to over £3,500 within just six hours.”

That’s up to £4,200 now…

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Plaudit

Published
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NL
on 23/07/2008
in Various (non-housing)
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I have been reading Usefully Employed’s blog pretty much since it started. It was always an interesting read on employment matters and broader topics. But I have to say that since March, with a redesign, some added features like an EAT decisions feed, and frequent, superbly clear and well written posts on Tribunal, EAT and statutory employment related matters, it has really come in to its own. Try the post on the contentious Christian Registrar case Ladele v LB Islington as a sample.

I do feel that there are still far too few substantive law blogs existing in the UK, certainly outside those dealing with IP law. Those that do exist should be celebrated, not least because it is hard work to keep one going. When they are done with clarity and elegance, it is worthy of note. I would therefore like to commend Usefully Employed to you as a first rate law blog.

(Disclaimer – I am not an employment lawyer, so make of that what you will, and we both share a fondness for the Wordpress K2 theme. Oh and UE has left a pleasant comment on this blog on occasion. No money has changed hands).

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