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THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS LORD JUSTICE LEWISON and LORD JUSTICE UNDERHILL ____________________
i) A claim by employees for compensation because their former employer had ceased to pay them on becoming insolvent, was held to have been a situation that became permanently fixed on the declaration of insolvency and the termination of the employment.
ii) A claim for compensation arising out of a traffic accident was held to have been a situation that became permanently fixed at the date of the accident.
i) A new rule affected ongoing legal proceedings, even though they had been begun before the change in the rule.
ii) A change in the law affects the continuing future performance of an ongoing contract of employment ( Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v Pokrzeptowicz-Meyer ); or the continued enjoyment of election to a representative position ( Licata v Economic and Social Committee ).
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