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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 18 Jul 2023
E&W: ET Presidential Guidance on Alternative Dispute Resolution introduces potential for mandatory disputes resolution appointments
The President of the Employment Tribunals (Barry Clarke) recently published new Guidance on Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR“). For the most part…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 23 Jun 2023
UK: EAT provides welcome guidance on proportionality in belief / freedom of expression cases
In Higgs v Farmor’s School, a matter in which this firm acted for the Church of England as Intervenor, the EAT approved new guidance proposed by the…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 11 Feb 2021
Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review 2020
2020 also saw some significant changes proposed to two important procedural aspects of litigation the preparation of witness statements and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 11 Dec 2020
UK: new Government consultation on non-competes
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has opened a consultation exercise into the use of non-compete provisions, and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 7 May 2020
High Court finds in favour of novel duty of care on employers (or quasi-employers) to protect against economic loss by providing an “ethically safe” work environment
In a recent decision, the High Court has awarded a former partner of Ernst & Young (EY) damages exceeding $11 million, broadly equating to past and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 11 Mar 2020
Round-up of UK employment law developments 2020/1
Our updates are also posted on our blog Employment Notes, which offers the opportunity to choose what jurisdictions you want to receive alerts for…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 9 Aug 2019
Round-up of UK employment law developments 2019/4
The Supreme Court in Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd has upheld an appeal against the Court of Appeal's strict approach to severance in relation to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, Germany, Italy, etc. | 8 Jul 2019
Inside Arbitration: Issue #8 of the publication from Herbert Smith Freehills’ global arbitration practice
In our last issue we took an in-depth look at arbitration in Latin America and we have decided to once again take a regional focus, turning to Europe…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 3 Jul 2019
UK: Supreme Court upholds non-compete covenant, overruling Court of Appeal’s restrictive approach to severance
This morning the Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Tillman v Egon Zehnder, ruling that the ‘blue pencil’ test permitting severance of words…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 18 Apr 2019
Round-up of UK employment law developments 2019/2
The deadline for the second year's gender pay gap reports has now passed, with roughly the same number of employers as last year's total meeting the…
