Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Aug 2009
The EAT has held that an employer has a wide measure of flexibility in determining the pools for selection in a redundancy process (Lomond Motors Ltd v Clark).
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Aug 2009
The Court of Appeal has heard the appeal in Oakland v Wellswood (Yorkshire) Ltd.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 10 Jul 2009
In the recent case of Eagles v Rugged Systems Ltd, the EAT held that the automatic three month extension to the time limit under Regulation 15 of the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004, which provides for an automatic three month extension of time for lodging certain complaints can be triggered by negotiations aimed at compromising an unfair dismissal claim and avoiding......
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Jun 2009
The Government has published a final impact statement in relation to the budget proposal to increase redundancy pay.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 15 May 2009
The Court of Appeal has held that stopping an employee's pay while he was suspended on full pay demonstrated a clear intention to terminate his employment.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 15 May 2009
The High Court has held that a compensation payment agreed by the NHS Trust with a departing chief executive was "irrationally generous" and therefore beyond the Trust's legal powers.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 9 Apr 2009
This case is a reminder that the tribunal's role in unfair dismissal cases is not to substitute its own view, but to determine whether the decision to dismiss fell within the band of reasonable responses open to the employer.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 9 Apr 2009
The High Court has held that a teacher should have been allowed legal representation at an internal disciplinary hearing because of the severity of the consequences of his dismissal (R (on the application of G) v The Governors of X School and Anor).
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 9 Apr 2009
The Employment Tribunal Service has published its report covering the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 9 Apr 2009
In this brief update we consider an ECJ decision concerning the circumstances in which an economic entity retains its identity when it is integrated into the transferee's organisation post transfer and a recent tribunal decision on the application of TUPE when a client changes law firms.