An RAF Hawk Flypast will be conducted tomorrow evening, to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Two Hawks will carry out a sortie, with the flay past taking place over RAF Gibraltar, in honour of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Britain campaign.
The Chief Minister indulged in “undignified gloating” following the announcement yesterday that the Chief Justice had dismissed claims against the Government made by the former GSD minister Louis Montiel. This is according to a letter from Mr Montiel, which was sent to the press earlier this morning. The case in question concerned his re-instatement as an employee of the Gibraltar Development Corporation.
With the UK Government’s Point of Consumption tax coming into play early next month, the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association will present their legal challenge against the new law in the coming week.
Casinos Online reports that’s the case will be heard by the British High Court on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th September 2014. The Association will argue that the new regime is discriminatory, in breach of European law and a ‘disproportionate interference with the right to free movement of services’.
The GHA has announced that, after months of discussions and negotiations between itself, Unite the Union and the Government, it has finally reached a “positive solution” to the ongoing issue affecting a small number of contract workers in the GHA.
