With effect from 30 June, the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) fee remission application process has been simplified. The main changes are: It is no longer necessary to provide original copies of documents. Photocopies
Professional firms that follow the traditional course of fixing a particular age at which their partners are given their gold watches and required to retire will be relieved to hear that the practice does not
In a decision which significantly strengthens the hand of workplace whistleblowers, and self-employed people in particular, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a health and safety consultant was a legally protected ‘worker’ despite
From the 30th June 2014 the Flexible Working Regulations and Part 9 of the Children and Families Act 2014 will come into force. This will mean that the right to request flexible working will be
An ‘extraordinary’ case in which police officers contacted an employment judge in the midst of a lengthy hearing, passing information to her which was prejudicial to one of the parties, has resulted in important guidance
In a case which underlined the overriding importance of patient safety in the healthcare professions, a psychiatrist who was prevented from working in a consultant’s role after he was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome has failed
In an important decision which helps to define the concept of ‘affirmation’ in the employment context, a worker who gave more notice than he was contractually obliged to do following his resignation has had his
The Court of Appeal has lamented the ‘very regrettable outcome’ to a case in which the failure of an Employment Tribunal (ET) to give clear or rational reasons for upholding a worker’s claim resulted in
A mental health nurse’s hopes of compensation have been boosted by an important Court of Appeal decision which gave authoritative guidance on the correct approach to establishing whether a trade union is, or is, not
A senior bank employee, whose boss told him ‘you’re not 25 anymore’ when trying to persuade him to move on from his role, has failed to convince the Emploment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that his constructive
