ACAS have just issued a document giving guidance. It can be found here The Government announced last year that they considered the current Questionnaire procedure in discrimination cases a burden on business and proposed abolishing it entirely. This is despite the procedure having been on the statute books in one form or another since the […]
The Court of Appeal have today referred the Government’s Appeal from the EAT decision in USDAW v Ethel Austin Limited (In Administration) and USDAW v WW Realisation1 Limited and Others (the so-called Woolies case) to the European Court (CJEU). The EAT decision can be found here. My original blog on the issue can be found […]
The final version of the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings 9f Protection of Employment (Amendment) Regulations (“CRATUPEAR 2014”) have now been published. They can be found here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/16/contents/made. The Government have also issued revised guidance. I previously blogged about this when the Government published their response to the consultation last October. There are no […]
International publication Finance Monthly has drawn up the short-list of candidates for its annual awards, based on votes by their readers http://www.finance-monthly.com/awards/global-awards and industry research carried out by their international research team. The editorial team has confirmed Pattinson & Brewer’s short-listing in the category for Personal Injury Law Firm (UK) and reported to us that this year competition has […]
New Year predictions from Paul Statham A Happy New Year to you all! In July last year, ELA Briefing published an article by me, in which I looked into my crystal ball to predict the future of employment law in the light of all the changes introduced by the ConDems last year. You can find […]
Earlier this week, I represented the family at the Inquest into Victoria Harrison’s untimely death. Victoria (26.10.94-16.08.12), who liked to be known as Tor, died aged 17 at Kettering General Hospital after an operation to remove her appendix. During the operation an artery was severed and repaired but, tragically Victoria bled again later and opportunities […]