Supreme Court upholds sanctity of contract
CONTRACTS No oral modification clause Variation Case Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24, Supreme...
CONTRACTS No oral modification clause Variation Case Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24, Supreme...
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Worker Case Pimlico Plumbers and another v Smith (2018) The Times, June 19, Supreme Court Facts The employment...
WAGES Deductions Time limit for claims Case Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd (2018 Morning Star, June 15,...
Early conciliation certificate Case Savage v JC 1991 LLP and others (2017) Morning Star, August 18 Facts S was dismissed for alleged...
Worker More than one employer Case Day v Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and another (2017) The Times, June 26, Court of Appeal Facts D...
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Mutuality of obligation Case Capita Translations v Slauclunas and another (2017) Morning Star, April 7, EAT Facts...
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Issues not raised in claim form Case Perry’s Motor Sales Ltd v Edwards (2017) Morning Star, February 17, EAT Facts E was...
Positive proposals for welfare rights workers Such workers should devote much more of their time and energy to organising self-help,...
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Restricted reporting order Right to private life Case Fallows and others v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] ICR...
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Costs Risk warning Case Hussain v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2016) Morning Star, October 28, EAT Facts...
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Settlement agreement Power to set aside Case Glasgow City Council v Dahhan (2016) Morning Star, November 18, EAT...
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Wasted costs order Case Isteed v London Borough of Redbridge (2016) UKEAT/0442/14/DA Facts A claimant complained of...
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Time limits for claims Discretion of tribunal Case Rathakrishnan v Pizza Express Restaurants (2015)...
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Jurisdiction Sufficiently close connection Case Jeffery v The British Council (2016) Morning Star, October 14, EAT...
Midcounties Co-op fails to pay minimum wage Midcounties Co-op, Britain’s biggest independent co-op, has made the largest single payout to...
International Labour Organisation (ILO) The ILO was created in 1919 with the aim of advancing social justice in the belief that universal...
Employers’ liability insurance Company in liquidation Case Campbell v Peter Gordon Joiners Ltd (In Liquidation) and Another (2016) The...
Court of Appeal decision on the meaning of “employee”: freelance interpreters Case Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and Arada...
Claims management services Since the introduction of conditional fee agreements (“no win no fee”) in England, many claims management...
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