Pattinson & Brewer employment specialist Paul Statham was co-chair of the ELA (Employment Lawyers’ Association) working party which responded to the Government’s request for consultation regarding its planned reforms to the courts and tribunals subsidy system. The following press release has been issued by the ELA… (more…)
Business Development Director Denise Kitchener reflects on a 2013 remembrance of Workers’ Memorial Day… and its powerful call to action. (more…)
Though disappointed and frustrated by last week’s Supreme Court appeal judgment in the Gareth Jones case, Arti Shah’s resolve to fight for justice for innocent injured people remains undaunted… (more…)
Employment specialist Elaine Bruce, from our London office, looks (expectantly) at the Government’s proposed changes for working families… (more…)
Clinical negligence partner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp reflects on the apparent hypocrisy of the Justice Secretary’s appreciation of our legal system… (more…)
Partner Marcus Weatherby is dismayed but not surprised at the latest twist in the Government’s reform programme for our justice system… (more…)
Time has flown by for Arti Shah of our London office, as she recalls her 2011 award with pride…
Partner and personal injury specialist Marcus Weatherby ponders upon the costs – human and financial – of the Government’s bizarre stance on health and safety…
In the light of the ongoing Jimmy Savile controversy, the irony of new government legislation that will actually weaken employment protection for workplace ‘whistle-blowers’ has not been lost on partner and employment law specialist Paul Statham… (more…)
Partner and employment law specialist Paul Statham considers the rights of whistle-blowers in the light of the Jimmy Savile furore, and questions the Government’s commitment to the whole concept of ‘consultation’…