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Redundancy law and practice - Part 8
REDUNDANCY & DISCRIMINATION Age Discrimination Kirk v Citibank 3200291/2018, East London Employment Tribunal Facts Citibank made K...

Robert Spicer
Oct 21, 202013 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 7
Agreed procedures Jackson v General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Co Ltd [1976] IRLR 338, EAT: The meaning of agreed procedure,...

Robert Spicer
Oct 14, 20203 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 6
Evidence of decision Agarwal v Cardiff University UKEAT/0115/19/RN A, a clinical senior lecturer employed by C, was dismissed for...

Robert Spicer
Oct 7, 20205 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 5
Failure to consult with an individual may make dismissal unfair but compensation may be reduced (Polkey reduction) where it made no...

Robert Spicer
Sep 30, 20207 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 4
UNFAIR REDUNDANCY DISMISSAL Automatically unfair dismissal for specified reasons No genuine redundancy situation Failure to consult...

Robert Spicer
Sep 23, 20206 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 3
Suitable Alternative Employment Unreasonable refusal of suitable alternative employment results in loss of statutory redundancy pay. S....

Robert Spicer
Sep 16, 20204 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 2
Closure of the workplace An employee is dismissed for redundancy if it is attributable wholly or mainly to the fact that the employer has...

Robert Spicer
Sep 9, 20204 min read
Redundancy law and practice - Part 1
REDUNDANCY: AN OUTLINE OF LAW AND PRACTICE Redundancy, like much of employment law, is an increasingly complex concept. Its legal...

Robert Spicer
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Health and safety at work - leading cases - Part 2
REAL RISK Death of child R v Porter (2008) P was the headmaster of a private school aged 3 to 16. The school had two playgrounds, access...

Robert Spicer
Aug 27, 20206 min read
Health and safety general definitions - Part 3
PRACTICABLE Stricter standard Adsett v K & L Steel Founders and Engineers Ltd (1953) A worked in a foundry. His job was to shovel various...

Robert Spicer
Aug 6, 20206 min read
Health and safety: general definitions - Part 2
IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT Work away from employer’s premises General Cleaning Contractors Ltd v Christmas (1952) C was cleaning a sash...

Robert Spicer
Jul 30, 20206 min read
Worker paralysed in roof fall: two companies fined £540,000
Worker paralysed in roof fall: two companies fined £540,000 Health and Safety Executive v Grangewood Builders Ltd and Trenchco Ltd (2018)...

Robert Spicer
Jul 29, 20201 min read
Health and safety cases: General health and safety terms - Part 1
ACCIDENT Back injury caused by repeated lifting of patients Mullen v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2002) M was employed as an...

Robert Spicer
Jul 23, 20206 min read
Health and safety cases: floors, passages and stairs
This compilation of interesting cases dealing with health and safety aspects of floors, passages and stairs, has been compiled by...

Robert Spicer
Jul 16, 20206 min read
Health and safety: Equipment cases
Employment lawyers based in Clifton, Bristol, have researched the following cases dealing with the meaning of equipment, which it is...

Robert Spicer
Jul 9, 20204 min read
Health and Safety case law: damages
Employment lawyers in Clifton, Bristol, have summarised the leading cases in this area as follows: Exacerbation of pre-existing condition...

Robert Spicer
Jul 2, 20206 min read
Health and safety: Contributory Negligence
Employment lawyers in Clifton, Bristol, have compiled a database of leading cases dealing with contributory negligence in the context of...

Robert Spicer
Jun 25, 20207 min read
BUPA fined £3million for care home legionnaires disease death
BUPA fined £3million following care home death [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v BUPA Care Homes Ltd (2018) Ipswich Crown...

Robert Spicer
Jun 20, 20201 min read
Health and safety: contractors
Employment lawyers in Bristol, particularly those based in Clifton, have been concerned to keep up with developments in the law related...

Robert Spicer
Jun 19, 20205 min read
Death of worker from crushing in baling machine
Death in baling machine: £250,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v RRS London Waste Papers Ltd (2018) Westminster magistrates’ court,...

Robert Spicer
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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