Robert Spicer
VICARIOUS LIABILITY
Limitation Case TVZ v Manchester City Football Club Ltd [2022] EWHC 7, Hugh Court Facts Eight men who had been sexually abused by a...
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Robert Spicer
Feb 10, 20222 min
Health and safety in schools: teacher assaulted by pupil
In the recent case of Cunningham v Rochdale Metropolitan Council (2021) the Court of Appeal gave judgment in a case involving the...
Robert Spicer
Feb 10, 20222 min
Crown immunity and the rule of law (3)
Civil proceedings Until 1948 the Crown could not be made a party to a civil action. This was an offshoot of the principle of sovereign...
Robert Spicer
Feb 10, 20224 min
Crown immunity and the rule of law (2)
Recent examples In June 2018 prison officers were taking part in a petrol bomb training exercise. This was part of an eight-day...
Robert Spicer
Feb 10, 20224 min
Crown Immunity and the rule of law
The case of John Wynne and the Royal Mint The case of John Wynne, employed by the Royal Mint at Llantrisant, South Wales highlighted the...
Robert Spicer
Feb 10, 20224 min
THE DECLINE OF LEGAL AID
LEGAL AID Legal aid was conceived as a cornerstone of the welfare state. The system was created by the Legal Aid etc Act 1949 as part of...
Robert Spicer
Jan 27, 20221 min
WHISTLEBLOWING
Automatic unfair dismissal Main or principal reason test Case Secure Care UK Ltd v Mott (2022) Morning Star, January 4, EAT Facts M was...
Robert Spicer
Jan 27, 20223 min
MONEY AND THE LAW
Money is the key which unlocks the meaning of English law. Lord Bingham has commented that equality before the law is an aspect of the...
Robert Spicer
Jan 27, 20221 min
RELIGION OR BELIEF DISCRIMINATION
Fear of Covid-19 Refusal to attend workplace Case X v Y (2021) Manchester Employment Tribunal, December 24 Facts In July 2020 X decided...
Robert Spicer
Jan 27, 20222 min
SUPREME COURT
Human rights Torture Case In re McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna [2021] UKSC 55 Facts The appeals were as follows: · The death by...
Robert Spicer
Jan 27, 20221 min
UNFAIR DISMISSAL
Refusal of Covid-19 vaccination Religious belief Case Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd (2022) Leeds Employment Tribunal,...
Robert Spicer
Jan 25, 20225 min
POVERTY AND THE LAW
In 2018 the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights reported that in the UK 14 million people, a fifth of the...
Robert Spicer
Jan 12, 20221 min
WHISTLEBLOWING
Protected disclosures Detriment Case Fitzmaurice v Luton Irish Forum EA-2020-000295-RN Facts In 2014, 2016 and 2017 F raised a number of...
Robert Spicer
Jan 10, 20221 min
Unfair dismissal: gross misconduct
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Gross misconduct Case Hope v British Medical Association EA-2021-000187-JOJ Facts H, an employee of BMA, brought a...
Robert Spicer
Jan 10, 20221 min
Supreme Court: breach of embargo:contempt
SUPREME COURT Breach of embargo Contempt of court Case Attorney General v Crosland [2021] UKSC 15, Supreme Court Facts In May 2021...
Robert Spicer
Jan 10, 20221 min
Disability discrimination: risk to health
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Risk to health Secondment opportunity Case Judd v Cabinet Office EA-2020-000468-AT Facts J, a disabled person...
Robert Spicer
Jan 4, 20221 min
Whistleblowing and employment tribunal procedure
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Protected disclosures Claim form Case Clarke v The Restaurant Group (UK) Ltd EA-2019-001107-RN Facts C, a litigant in...
Robert Spicer
Dec 31, 20211 min
Ryanair industrial action
TRADE UNIONS Detriment on trade union grounds Case Ryanair DAC v Morais and others EA-2021-000275-DA Facts Ryanair pilots who belonged to...
Robert Spicer
Dec 29, 20212 min
Human rights: gender identity: passports
HUMAN RIGHTS Passport gender Case R (on the application of Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 56,...
Robert Spicer
Dec 23, 20212 min
Unfair dismissal and misconduct
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Misconduct Awareness of allegation Case London Borough of Hammersmith v Keable (2021) Morning Star, December 14, EAT...
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