Latest EAT Judgments- Trafford Borough Council v S Cooksey & Ors (GMB Claimants) & Ors [2012] UKEAT 0255_11_1805 (18 May 2012)
- Market One Europe LLP v Rojas (Unfair Dismissal : Reason for dismissal including substantial other) [2012] UKEAT 0307_11_1405 (14 May 2012)
- Konczak v BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd (Practice and Procedure : Compromise) [2012] UKEAT 0498_11_0305 (3 May 2012)
- Hudson v The Department for Work and Pensions [2012] UKEAT 0397_11_0305 (3 May 2012)
- Sunderland City Council v Brennan & Ors (Practice and Procedure : Contribution) [2011] UKEAT 0288_11_0205 (2 May 2012)
- Brennan & Ors v Sunderland City Council & Ors (Practice and Procedure : Contribution) [2011] UKEAT 0286_11_0205 (2 May 2012)
- Cartwright v Kings College London [2012] UKEAT 0565_11_3004 (30 April 2012)
- Clyde & Co Llp v Winkelhof [2012] UKEAT 0568_11_2604 (26 April 2012)
- Quashie v Stringfellows Restaurants Ltd (Jurisdictional Points : Worker, employee or neither) [2012] UKEAT 0289_11_2604 (26 April 2012 )
- Rahman v Commissioner Of Police Of The Metropolis & Anor (Race Discrimination : Direct) [2012] UKEAT 0076_09_2504 (25 April 2012)
Tag Archives: Employment Tribunal
Law in the 21st Century
The Law21 blog, and this post in particular, should be compulsory reading for any member of the British legal profession. The focus on new provision of legal services tends to concentrate on work for individuals – divorces, probate, and so … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Tribunal, Lawyers, Rambling, Solicitors
Tagged Employment Tribunal, Solicitors
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Crystal Ball
Blogger Head of Legal, who like me must be sad enough to browse case reports that fall outside his area of expertise, comments on the odd result in Richmond Adult Community College v McDougall [2008] EWCA Civ 4. The actual … Continue reading
Employment Judges
Employment tribunal chairmen are now renamed Employment Judges – a change which highlights the change in philosophy and attitude in the Tribunal, which seems to completely contrast with the changes occuring in the ‘normal’ courts system. The tribunal is supposed … Continue reading
Annual Limits Review
Time for the annual review of financial limits. The two biggies: The cap on a week’s pay when calculating redundancy payments (or the basic award for unfair dismissal) goes up to £330; The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal is … Continue reading
Protective Awards
Consultation, consultation, consultation. The worst crimes imaginable can nip under the radar if you only sit your employees down and talk about how terribly dreadful the situation is, but needs must, and what can we do to make the blow … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Employment Tribunal, Redundancy, Remedies, Unfair Dismissal
Tagged Employment Tribunal, Unfair Dismissal
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Schadenfreude
Celebrities and the media, who fancy each other so much that the flirting can make you sick, leave me wondering what the truth is. Newspapers are full of lies – “a source close to…” and “close personal friends” rarely exist, … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Employment Tribunal, Lawyers, Rambling, Unfair Dismissal
Tagged Employment Tribunal, Unfair Dismissal
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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
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
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