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Wasted costs in Employment Tribunals

Employment law advisers should be well aware of the risk of wasted costs orders in the employment tribunal, and should take note of the...

Horse-racing: Health and Safety

Leading racehorse trainer prosecuted for health and safety failings With Cheltenham Festival coming up this week, it seems appropriate to...

Employment Tribunal jurisdiction

Work overseas Case Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 1 Statute reference Employment Rights Act 1996,...

The socially acceptable drug addict

When we use the phrase “drug addict”, the image of criminals and homeless people appears in our mind. These people that rob, steal and...

Pressure to dilute employment rights

Those of us who offer legal advice in Bristol, and particularly those who profess expertise in employment law, need to consider their...

Recent awards in discrimination cases

Those of us who provide legal advice in Bristol, and particularly those who regard themselves as expert in supplying advice on employment...

The Bristol pound

Earlier this week it was announced that Bristol would be getting its own currency. Predominantly featured in the areas that have a high...

Housing

Yesterday, Bristol City Council announced plans to assist first-time buyers through a new scheme, to be operated in conjunction with...

Employment law reforms

“V” for Vendetta In a recent speech, David Cameron lauded the ease with which employees, in the UK, can legally be fired, relative to...

Health and Safety attacked

Cameron attacks Britain’s ‘health and safety culture’ but raises more questions than answers Last week at a conference for business...

Employment law reforms

Anyone giving legal advice in Bristol, and more specifically those providing employment law advice, needs to be aware that the scope of...

Racial harassment

Liability of local authority: delay by employment tribunal Employment law advisers need to be aware of the decision of the Employment...

Health and Safety: the reality

Those of us who provide advice on employment law in Bristol, and throughout the UK, have a duty to argue against the current...

Resolving workplace disputes

The Government recently published its Response to the Consultation on Resolving Workplace Disputes. In it, the Government indicated a...

Health and safety offences:level of fines

Employment law advisers in Bristol, and in the whole of the United Kingdom, should be aware of the decision of the Scottish High Court in...

Migrant workers

Migrant workers Since the enlargement of the European Union, with the general principle that citizens of EU states have the right of free...

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