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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP

TOWER BUSINESS CENTRE, PORTLAND TOWER, PORTLAND STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 3LF, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 0161 238 4900
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Paris, Munchen, Manchester, London, Hamburg, Brussels

Sarah Ellson

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Regulatory – public and regulatory law group.

Position

Partner heading Manchester-based team, specialising in investigation and presentation of fitness to practise cases. Legal adviser to a wide range of professional and life sciences regulators. Provides training for panel members and investigation teams. Works with regulators and licensing bodies in education, children services, surveying and sport, as well as the major UK health and social care regulators on policy, drafting and implementation matters.

Career

Trained at Anthony Gold Solicitors; moved to Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP 1999; partner 2005.

Member

Committee member of Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Northern Administrative Lawyers Association; Manchester Law Society.

Education

Kendrick Grammar School, Reading; Christs College, Cambridge; Nottingham Trent University.

Leisure

Outdoor pursuits, mountaineering.

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Healthcare; Public sector

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Is comparative advertising unfair?

THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (ECJ) IS IN THE midst of considering questions referred to it by the UK courts in three separate cases that should clarify the law regarding comparative advertising. This type of advertising, particularly when it identifies a competitor or a competitor’s goods or services by referring to a registered trade mark, is of particular concern to trade mark owners as their competitors normally seek to make unfavourable comparisons with their own goods or services, or to take advantage of being associated with the market leader’s brand.

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Latest developments in planning and zoning

In Le Temps, the daily newspaper of reference of Western Switzerland, Yves de Coulon analyses the latest developments in the field of planning and zoning: Weber Initiative, Landscape Initiative, recent modifications of the Federal Law on planning and zoning, what consequences on the cantons' autonomy in the area of planning and zoning?

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Revocation and Replacement of Minister of Trade Regulation on Import of Finished Goods and the...

Issuance of Licensed Importer Numbers

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Lump Sum taxation

The head of our tax practice group, partner Dominique Christin, summarises the legal requirements to obtain a lump sum taxation status in Switzerland and in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud.

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In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.

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Banking Regulation 2012

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More judges in the Labour Court

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Guernsey cash box structures

Following a period of turmoil in the financial markets, issuers have been viewing cash box structures as an attractive financing tool to facilitate share and convertible bond issues and to allow access to alternative sources of funding.

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