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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...

Robert Spicer
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Contract of employment: worker: Supreme Court decision in Pimlico Plumbers
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Worker Case Pimlico Plumbers and another v Smith (2018) The Times, June 19, Supreme Court Facts The employment...

Robert Spicer
Jun 19, 20181 min read
Wages: unlawful deduction: limitation period
WAGES Deductions Time limit for claims Case Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd (2018 Morning Star, June 15,...

Robert Spicer
Jun 17, 20181 min read
ACAS Early Conciliation Certificate: names of employers
Early conciliation certificate Case Savage v JC 1991 LLP and others (2017) Morning Star, August 18 Facts S was dismissed for alleged...

Robert Spicer
Aug 20, 20171 min read
Whistleblowing: more than one employer can be liable
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...

Robert Spicer
Jun 25, 20171 min read
Worker or employee or self-employed? Another tribunal decision
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Mutuality of obligation Case Capita Translations v Slauclunas and another (2017) Morning Star, April 7, EAT Facts...

Robert Spicer
Apr 10, 20171 min read
Unfair dismissal: issues not raised by claimant
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...

Robert Spicer
Feb 18, 20171 min read
Welfare rights workers: help people to organise to fight back for themselves
Positive proposals for welfare rights workers Such workers should devote much more of their time and energy to organising self-help,...

Robert Spicer
Dec 21, 20162 min read
Employment tribunal restricted reporting order: right to private life
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Restricted reporting order Right to private life Case Fallows and others v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] ICR...

Robert Spicer
Nov 23, 20161 min read
Employment tribunals: costs warning: new EAT case: Hussain v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Costs Risk warning Case Hussain v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2016) Morning Star, October 28, EAT Facts...

Robert Spicer
Nov 21, 20161 min read
Glasgow City Council: settlement agreement set aside for lack of capacity
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Settlement agreement Power to set aside Case Glasgow City Council v Dahhan (2016) Morning Star, November 18, EAT...

Robert Spicer
Nov 19, 20161 min read
Wasted costs: order for £35,000: successful appeal to EAT
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Wasted costs order Case Isteed v London Borough of Redbridge (2016) UKEAT/0442/14/DA Facts A claimant complained of...

Robert Spicer
Oct 27, 20161 min read
Employment tribunals: time limits: factors to be take into account
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Time limits for claims Discretion of tribunal Case Rathakrishnan v Pizza Express Restaurants (2015)...

Robert Spicer
Oct 24, 20161 min read
Employment tribunal jurisdiction: British Council employee working abroad
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Jurisdiction Sufficiently close connection Case Jeffery v The British Council (2016) Morning Star, October 14, EAT...

Robert Spicer
Oct 16, 20161 min read
Midcounties Co-op fails to pay minimum wage: 69p per hour?
Midcounties Co-op fails to pay minimum wage Midcounties Co-op, Britain’s biggest independent co-op, has made the largest single payout to...

Robert Spicer
Sep 28, 20162 min read
International Labour Organisation: universal and lasting peace can only be established if it is base
International Labour Organisation (ILO) The ILO was created in 1919 with the aim of advancing social justice in the belief that universal...

Robert Spicer
Sep 27, 20161 min read
Employers’ liability insurance: inadequate cover: Supreme Court decision on director’s liability
Employers’ liability insurance Company in liquidation Case Campbell v Peter Gordon Joiners Ltd (In Liquidation) and Another (2016) The...

Robert Spicer
Aug 11, 20161 min read
Freelance interpreters: whether employees: Court of Appeal decision
Court of Appeal decision on the meaning of “employee”: freelance interpreters Case Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and Arada...

Robert Spicer
Jul 20, 20161 min read
Claims management services: parasitism encouraged by the rich financial rewards of the law?
Claims management services Since the introduction of conditional fee agreements (“no win no fee”) in England, many claims management...

Robert Spicer
May 17, 20162 min read
Unrepresented claimants: specimen opening statement
Specimen opening statement for an unrepresented client Ask the court or tribunal for permission to make a brief opening statement....

Robert Spicer
Feb 28, 20163 min read
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