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EAT Overturns Indirect Disability Discrimination Finding
Employment Tribunals (ETs) have a duty to give sufficient reasons for their decisions so that the parties to…
Landlord Served With Improvement Notice Wins Appeal
Can a local housing authority serve an improvement notice under Section 12 of the Housing Act 2004 in…
Locum Consultant Not Entitled to Permanent Contract
Under Regulation 8 of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, employees who have worked…
Poultry Workers Not Entitled to NMW for Travel to Farms
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that poultry workers were not ‘working’ while travelling from their homes…
RTM Company Cannot Recover Legal Fees from Tenant
When incurring costs in respect of a property, landlords should consider at an early stage whether these will…
Trade Mark Registration Breached Fiduciary Duty
A financial services company has succeeded in its appeal against a High Court ruling that it was not…
Decision-Maker’s Knowledge is Key in Whistleblowing Claim
Where an employee who has made a protected disclosure is dismissed, can the dismissal be unfair if the…
Application to Modify Restrictive Covenant Succeeds
The Upper Tribunal (UT) has granted a social housing provider’s application to modify a restrictive covenant so as…
Financial Order Set Aside Due to Husband’s Bankruptcy
The High Court has ruled that a financial remedies order requiring a husband to transfer his half share…
Proposed Changes to Employment Law Outlined
As part of the legislative programme set out in the King’s Speech, the government has outlined changes to…
Employer Did Not Have Constructive Knowledge of Disability
Under Section 15(2) of the Equality Act 2010, an employer has a defence to a claim of disability…
HGV Driver’s Resignation Defeats Unfair Dismissal Claim
An HGV driver’s unfair dismissal claim has been rejected after the Employment Tribunal (ET) found that his employment…
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