Altering the Terms of Employment Contracts – July 2011
Stephen Brookes reviews the legality of attempts to vary the contracts of employment of staff – July 2011 More often than not it is the employer who will seek to impose a contractual variation upon a contract of employment and this article examines the legality of such arrangements. Some aspects of the employment may not […]
Bullimore v Witham Weld (2011)
A case on the duty owed to ex-employees when giving references – June 2011 In this case, a former employer provided an illegal discriminatory adverse reference to a prospective employer which prevented a former employee from obtaining employment with the prospective employer. It was said in the case that the giving of damaging references can […]
Are you Being Followed – A Warning for Clients with Personal Injury Claims – May 2011
Stephen Brookes warns clients who might be thinking about bringing personal injury compensation claims of the importance of truthfulness and honesty when passing information to a solicitor. As a personal injury solicitor of almost 25 years experience, I can recall a fair few occasions, normally handling larger claims involving more serious injuries, when a video […]
Overstepping the Mark in Discrimination Cases – April 2011
Stephen Brookes reviews Evershed Legal Service Ltd v De Belin, a recent case heard on 6th April 2011 when the employer went too far in favouring an employee on maternity leave over a male employee at work. In this case, heard in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the employer had decided to make one of two […]
Limiting the List of Abusers in Childcare Cases – March 2011
Farah Gilani, Childcare Law consultant with Salmons Solicitors reviews a recent case on disputed evidence in childcare proceedings involving an allegation of physical abuse. The recent case of H. v City of Swansea and Others heard in the Court of Appeal on 2nd March 2011 illustrates the importance of narrowing the list of abusers where […]
Dispelling the Myths of the Compensation Culture – February 2011
Stephen Brookes writes to the Editor of the Evening Sentinel on the myth of the compensation culture! 22nd February 2011 Dear Sirs, I thought I had better respond to the article appearing in the Sentinel newspaper for the 22nd February 2011 under the name of Mr Martin Tideswell on the nauseating compensation culture in order […]
January 2011 – Injury Claim – Scout Association v Barnes
Developments in the (so called) Compensation Culture – Stephen Brookes reviews The Scout Association v Barnes Despite statistical evidence suggesting that there is no overall increase in personal injury claims, the media and the Government would have us believe we are gripped by a compensation culture and events up and down the land are being […]
December 2010 – suitable personal protective equipment
Personal Injury Solicitors The suitability of personal protective equipment – Threlfall v Hull City Council. In a 2004 case, Fytche v Wincanton Logistics, a personal injury claim failed when an employee developed frostbite in his foot because his safety boots leaked. The safety boots had been provided to protect against impact injuries to the foot […]
November 2010 – Termination of Employment date
Employment Termination Advice For about 30 years it has been the rule that an employer’s notice of termination of an employee’s employment does not bring the contract of employment to an end until the employee actually reads the notice or has a reasonable opportunity of doing so. This was the decision in Brown v Southall […]
November 2010 Pre-nups and Radmacher
Prenuptial Agreements Advice Jane Staff summarises the law on marital pre-nuptial agreements and the recent case of Radmacher heard in the Supreme Court. This article is further to the News item posted in June 2010. In contrast with other jurisdictions, most notably the USA, pre – nuptual agreements have never really been very popular in […]