‘Nearly 50 civil servants who accused the Home Office of discrimination because of their age or ethnicity have secured more than £1m in compensation following a tribunal.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police force which rejected a “well prepared” potential recruit because he is a white, heterosexual male has been found guilty of discrimination.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An 88-year-old hospital secretary has become the oldest person ever to win an age discrimination case after she was marched out her office and later dismissed over “frality” claims.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The case was about the meaning of the Equality Act 2010, s 120(7), which removes from the jurisdiction of the employment tribunal any decision which is “subject to an appeal or proceedings in the nature of an appeal”.’
UKSC Blog, 29th January 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has granted leniency to a litigant whose first attempt at submitting a document failed because the electronic file was too big. In J v K & Anor, Lord Justice Underhill said the appellant, then unrepresented, could not have been expected to know the limits on email submission and his appeal was wrongly dismissed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd Janaury 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A disabled woman was discriminated against when she was unfairly sacked by the Department for Work and Pensions, which behaved in a “perverse” and “blinkered” manner, a judge has found.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Jess Varnish, the former Great Britain track cyclist, has lost her landmark employment case against British Cycling and UK Sport which had threatened to overhaul funding for Olympic athletes.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham acted unlawfully when it dismissed three housing officers, an Employment Tribunal has ruled. The ruling of the East London Employment Tribunal was handed down last month (27 December), following a hearing in October and November 2018. The council dismissed the three employees in the summer of 2017, suggesting that their roles were redundant. However, the Employment Judge ruled that in reality their roles were not redundant and that all three employees were unfairly dismissed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Only five out of 22 lawyers and staff who lost their jobs when Hull firm Ingrams collapsed in July 2017 were protected by the TUPE regulations when the firm was effectively taken over by an innovative alternative business structure (ABS), an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 8th January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government has introduced what it claims to be the biggest package of workplace reforms for 20 years after concerns that ministers have failed to appeal to voters who are “just about managing”.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An employment tribunal has ruled that claims of racial discrimination and harassment brought against national firm Shoosmiths amount to an abuse of process.’
Legal Futures, 11th December 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Former magistrate Richard Page has been granted permission to take his case against the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Page is accusing the most senior judges in England and Wales of victimising him for his view that children do best when raised by both a mother and a father.’
Family Law, 5th December 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A tribunal is to be asked to decide whether veganism is a “philosophical belief” akin to a religion, in a landmark legal action.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A bus driver who was sacked for testing positive for cocaine has been awarded £40,000 after a tribunal ruled the drug could have got into his system when he licked his fingers after accepting notes from students.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Claire Gilham wants judges to have legal protections for disclosures in public interest.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A borough council has won an appeal after an Employment Tribunal ordered disclosure which would, if given, have resulted in the local authority breaching the law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A long-running case over the status of Uber drivers will be heard in the Court of Appeal on Tuesday and Wednesday.’
BBC News, 30th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recent judgment by the Court of Appeal provides important guidance on the territorial jurisdiction of the UK employment tribunals, particularly on the extent of statutory whistleblower protections for workers, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Law Commission has launched a consultation on how employment law disputes are decided, in a bid to resolve problems caused by the allocation of jurisdiction.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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