In The City of Oxford Bus Services Limited t/a Oxford Bus Company v Harvey, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) held that when considering if a rule is justified, a tribunal should take into account the general application of the rule, rather than how it is…

In Baldeh v Churches Housing Association, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) held that a tribunal had failed to consider whether the employer had known of a Claimant’s disability when it rejected her appeal. Mrs Baldeh was dismissed at the end of a six-month probationary period…

In Tywyn Primary School v Aplin, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has upheld the employment tribunal’s decision that the treatment of a gay Head Teacher amounted to constructive unfair dismissal and sexual orientation. Mr Aplin was an openly gay Head Teacher.  He met two 17…

Employers are frequently unsure about how to handle a disciplinary process where there is a related police investigation. The Court of Appeal (‘CA’) case of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust v Gregg affirms the current position that, in almost all circumstances, it is not…

How would you or others on your behalf manage your financial affairs or make decisions about your future care if you were unable to make decisions yourself? One option is to appoint an attorney to act for you by a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).…

You may be aware of the events of activist groups claiming million pound properties in London. A recent event in February saw the Belgravia Building, owned by Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko, raided at midnight to evict the squatters. Some may see these events as an…

Have you ever ordered something from the internet and when it arrives you think ‘that’s not satisfactory, fit for purpose or as described?’ If you’ve bought something that prompts you to think this then you may have a claim under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.…

Employers will be required to publish details of their gender pay gap when the government’s draft regulations on gender pay gap reporting will, if approved by parliament, come into force on 6 April 2017. The regulations will apply to employers with 250 or more employees…

As Christmas approaches and the January Sales follow, we may all find ourselves stuck in a long shop queue panicking that our free car parking period is about to run out.  But what happens if it does?  Do we have to pay charges levied by…