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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/january-2014-sale"><img border=0 width=99 height=100 src="cid:image004.jpg@01CF0E24.BF25F0E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Xmas%20special.thumbnail.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/january-2014-sale"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Click here to buy.</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Due to popular demand, the Christmas offer has been extended until the end of January! So support our charity and put IER on your January sales list while stocks last!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Access to Justice<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1048" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Dan%20Blackburn.img_assist_custom.JPG" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:182.95pt;margin-top:-288.6pt;width:74.45pt;height:99.65pt;z-index:-17;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-435 0 -435 21134 21760 21134 21760 0 -435 0">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/justice-deferred-critical-guide-coalitions-employment-tribunal-reforms"><img border=0 width=99 height=134 src="cid:image013.jpg@01CF0E24.BF25F0E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Justice%20Deferred%20Publication%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_20"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/justice-deferred-critical-guide-coalitions-employment-tribunal-reforms"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Justice Deferred: a critical guide to the Coalition's employment tribunal reforms</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>By David Renton and Anna Macey</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Justice Deferred maps out in a concise, easy to read, accessible style and language, the ideologically driven path being pursued by the Coalition Government. It provides a critical guide to changes in employment tribunal rules and procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_21" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Manifesto%20book%20cover%20shadow.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:117.3pt;margin-top:-288.55pt;width:54.35pt;height:74.9pt;z-index:-18;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-596 0 -596 21196 21461 21196 21461 0 -596 0" o:button="t">
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