Article by Joseph Chiffers Netfilx has recently a produced a series called the Tik Tok Killer which is a harrowing drama about the disappearance and alleged murder of Esther Estepa in Spain. The alleged killer is standing trial and is of course innocent until proven guilty. Nonetheless, I found it significant that the alleged killer was convicted previously of four murders and was freed as a consequence of a 2013 ruling by the ECtHR. Subsequent rulings have clarified that whole life sentences...

Article by Joseph Chiffers    The purpose of this article is to argue that the current employment law regime:   1.       Allows for the exertion of ideological control of employees by employers.   2.     Damages small businesses, which helps large corporations who compete with these small businesses.  This in turn has wider sociological effects.      Ideological control Most employment contracts contain clauses that prohibit the employee from bringing the reputation of the employer into...

In the case of DKH Retail Ltd and others v City Football Group Ltd   [2024] EWHC 3231 (Ch) the Court concluded that it had the power under CPR 3.1(2) (p) to conduct and require a mediation and not merely an early neutral evaluation. This follows a line of earlier cases, although it appears to be significant in being the first time that the Court has compelled mediation. There is an understandable appeal in some cases for compulsory mediation, although the difficulty with this approach is that...