Dispute Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution in employment tribunals
Legal advice privilege and amended investigation reports: a closer look at the University of Dundee v. Chakraborty [2023] Scot CS CSIH 22
If you leave WhatsApp messages on a work laptop, can you expect them to remain private?
Can unenforceable non-compete clauses be saved? Severing terms
The principle of open justice is upheld by the EAT
Can an employer dismiss fairly even if it doesn’t offer a right of appeal?
The remedy of re-engagement: the difference between what is possible and what is practicable
UK employment tribunals: on 8 October the rules they are a’changing
When can off the record discussions be used in evidence?
Section 111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 enables “pre-termination negotiations” to take place between an employer and employee to […]
'Egregiously unfair' dismissal costs employer £30,000
The employer, Michelin, dismissed their employee who was signed off with stress.
Supreme Court rules that embassy staff are not excluded by state immunity
In the recent case of Benkharbouche v. Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs & Anor the Supreme Court agreed with the EAT and the Court of Appeal and unanimously held that sections 4(2)(b) and 16(1)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 (SIA) cannot protect embassies from Employment Tribunal claims brought by domestic staff in the UK.