There is a real and serious need for additional resources and funding within the ambulance services sector, coupled with a significant lack of awareness amongst the public as to how our ambulance services operate. I have a number of cases involving emergency call handlers who have either failed or delayed to send out an ambulance […]

In the age of smartphones it is relatively easy for an employee to make covert recordings of conversations during meetings. Employees may feel that they want to safeguard their position in preparation for a Tribunal hearing by recording conversations.  In Vaughn v London Borough of Lewisham & ors the EAT stated that the practice is […]

Felicia Epstein , Employment solicitor is based in Pattinson & Brewer’s London office and her successful work and commitment to representing individuals has been independently recognised by the Lawyer Monthly magazine.

Unite members providing talking therapy services have been successful in their unfair dismissal and failure to consult claims against their employers, and had their employed status recognised. The employers are third party providers who tender for the services through the NHS PCT. Proposals by the PCT that the provision of talking therapy services could be […]

Litigators across the country breathed a collective sigh of relief as the 73rd update to the Civil Procedure Rules came into force on 5th June 2013.  Coupled with the recent decision by the Court of Appeal in the case of Chartwell Estate Agents Limited v Fergies Properties SA & Hyam Lehrer [2014] EWCA Civ 506 […]

A number of employment related measures were announced in the recent Queen’s speech, including what was described as a ‘crack down’ on costly Tribunal delays, abuses of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and zero-hours contracts. It is proposed that the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will contain the following measures: Tackling NMW abuse and […]