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Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20214 min read
R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd and others v Heathrow Airport Ltd
Environment case Heathrow 1 R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd and others v Heathrow Airport Ltd Originally published by...
Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20215 min read
Environment Agency v Plumpton College
Environment Agency v Plumpton College Originally published by Croner-i (https://app.croneri.co.uk/reference-articles/law-and-guidance/cas...
Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20213 min read
R (on the application of Christopher Packham) v Secretary of State for Transport, the Prime Minister
R (on the application of Christopher Packham) v Secretary of State for Transport, the Prime Minister and High Speed Two Limited (HS2)...
Robert Spicer
Jun 24, 20213 min read
WORKERS: HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION
WORKERS: HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION Employment Rights Act 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order...
Robert Spicer
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Redundancy: significant cases
MISCELLANEOUS CASES Written notice Haywood v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] UKSC 22, Supreme Court The Trust...
Robert Spicer
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Redundancy: time off to look for work
TIME OFF TO LOOK FOR WORK Employees with at least two years continuous employment are entitled to reasonable time off during a redundancy...
Robert Spicer
Jun 7, 20215 min read
Redundancy and disability discrimination
Disability Disabled workers may be selected for redundancy because of the employer’s failure to make reasonable adjustments to allow for...
Robert Spicer
May 31, 20212 min read
Pregnancy, maternity and race discrimination and redundancy
Pregnancy/maternity dismissals Redundancy dismissal because of pregnancy or maternity is automatically unfair. No minimum qualifying...
Robert Spicer
May 28, 20212 min read
Redundancy & Discrimination
REDUNDANCY & DISCRIMINATION Age Discrimination Kirk v Citibank 3200291/2018, East London Employment Tribunal Facts Citibank made K...
Robert Spicer
May 24, 20213 min read
UNFAIR REDUNDANCY DISMISSAL: MORE CASES
Agreed procedures Jackson v General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Co Ltd [1976] IRLR 338, EAT:The meaning of agreed procedure, relating...
Robert Spicer
May 22, 20217 min read
Unfair redundancy dismissal: more cases
Unfair selection · The employer is under a duty to choose a fair pool from which to select redundant workers. Fulcrum Pharma...
Robert Spicer
May 17, 20215 min read
Redundancy and unfair dismissal: key cases
Elements of consultation Failure to consult with an individual may make dismissal unfair but compensation may be reduced (Polkey...
Robert Spicer
May 14, 20213 min read
RECENT EMPLOYMENT-RELATED CASES
DAMAGES Lost years of earnings Case Head v Culver Heating Co Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 34 Facts H was the managing director of EMSL, his own...
Robert Spicer
May 14, 20214 min read
REDUNDANCY: AN OUTLINE OF LAW AND PRACTICE
SECTION 1 Redundancy, like much of employment law, is an increasingly complex concept. Its legal definition often bears little...
Robert Spicer
May 14, 20216 min read
UNFAIR REDUNDANCY DISMISSAL
· Automatically unfair dismissal for specified reasons · No genuine redundancy situation · Failure to consult · ...
Robert Spicer
May 10, 20212 min read
More redundancy law and practice
SHORT-TERM WORK & LAY-OFFS Temporary Lay-Offs Workers can claim statutory redundancy pay that they are eligible for and have been...
Robert Spicer
May 7, 20214 min read
More redundancy law and practice
Suitable Alternative Employment Unreasonable refusal of suitable alternative employment results in loss of statutory redundancy pay. S....
Robert Spicer
May 3, 20215 min read
REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS
Source: section 135, ERA: employee has basic right to redundancy payment Those excluded from payments: · Independent contractors · ...
Robert Spicer
Apr 30, 20216 min read
Redundancy law and practice section 2: definition
Closure of the workplace · An employee is dismissed for redundancy if it is attributable wholly or mainly to the fact that the...
Robert Spicer
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Fascism and the law
The use of the word “fascism” has become so debased that it is now virtually meaningless. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines...
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