Latest EAT Judgments- Simpson v Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd & Ors [2010] UKEAT 0544_09_2708 (27 August 2010)
- JP Morgan Europe Ltd v. Chweidan [2010] UKEAT 0286_09_2608 (26 August 2010)
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. A Beck [2010] UKEAT 0141_10_2408 (24 August 2010)
- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust v. Evans [2010] UKEAT 0398_09_1908 (19 August 2010)
- Community Dental Centres Ltd v. Sultan- Darmon [2010] UKEAT 0532_09_1208 (12 August 2010)
- St Andrews Catholic Primary School & Ors v Blundell [2010] UKEAT 0330_09_0608 (6 August 2010)
- Brownbill & Ors v St Helens & Knowsley Hospital NHS Trust [2010] UKEAT 0074_10_0608 (6 August 2010)
- Wilson Devonald Ltd v Suckling [2010] UKEAT 0131_10_0308 (3 August 2010)
- Carclo Technical Plastics Ltd v. Jeyanthikumar [2010] UKEAT 0129_10_0308 (3 August 2010)
- Parfums Givenchy Ltd v Finch [2010] UKEAT 0517_09_3007 (30 July 2010)
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Googlewhack
One of the amusing things about writing this blog is that my readership figures are, so far, shall we say, exclusive. It’s therefore gratifying to see today that the name of the blog, when typed into Google, is the first … Continue reading
Mobile Madness
Road safety campaigners dream of giving mobile phone use and speeding the same stigma that attaches to drink driving. If someone were to boast that they routinely drank four pints* then drove home they would neither win friends nor influence … Continue reading
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How much public money did all this cost?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal took part in some performance theatre last month – no writhing around in a leotard with a goldfish bowl on their head though, and no walking round in animal suits. Such things are unbecoming to … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Rambling
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Dispute Resolution Regulations – missed by no-one?
Don’t expect anyone to shed a tear over the abolition of the dispute resolution procedures – the prescriptive procedures that require an employer and employee to run down a check-list of frustrating steps before they can thrash it out in … Continue reading
Logan’s Run
Not many people realise you can still compulsorily retire someone at 65. Before you can though, you have to adopt some stupid procedure where you give them: 6 months’ notice; Invite them to come to a meeting at which they … Continue reading
Timber!
This article is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. Not the law – although it’s easy to have doubts when the National Trust are prosecuted for letting one of their six million trees fall down – it’s the terrible journalism. … Continue reading
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Stringing things out
One of my favourite ever dirty lawyer tricks involved the three month tribunal deadline for unfair dismissal. Employees are expected to appeal their dismissal, and if they don’t they can expect their compensation to be reduced at the tribunal. In … Continue reading
Religion & Politics
…shouldn’t be discussed at work. If I’m ever (god forbid) a boss of anyone at all, I’ll immediately dictate that within the workplace, no topics are to ever be discussed if they’re not relevant to making me money. Should an … Continue reading
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A miss is as good as a mile…
The rule of thumb is that an employee gets three months to bring a tribunal claim. This can be extended in a convoluted variety of ways, but generally you’re mad not to at least bung in a form during this … Continue reading