In July 2017, Lord Justice Jackson announced his long-awaited proposals for evolving the fixed costs regime within civil litigation. The proposals are to be put before government and change will undoubtedly be on the horizon for 2018. This could see…
The recent case of British Airways (“BA”) v Pinaud serves as a reminder that discrimination of part-time workers is unlawful under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (“PTWR”) but that employers might avoid pay-outs if such treatment can…
In a decision described by the barristers who acted for the successful Claimant, Mr Efobi, as “a radical reconsideration of the burden of proof”, last month the Employment Appeal Tribunal handed down judgment on how to correctly interpret the burden…
In 2016, in the case of Barbulescu v Romania, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that an employer was lawful in monitoring an employee’s messenger account. The ruling reinforced the UK Government’s current policy, which says that employers can monitor emails,…
In the matter of AAZ v BBZ [2016] EWHC 3234 (Fam), Mr Justice Haddon-Cave very aptly and bluntly described the trust in this matter at para 72 of his judgement: “Thus, the way in which the Trust is intended to…
Under the requirements of the new Royal Charter and in a bid to make the BBC more transparent, a salary report from the BBC Remuneration Committee has been published this week. The report discloses the pay of all senior executives…
Matthew Taylor’s Review of Modern Working Practices, or colloquially ‘Good Work’, was finally published this week. As part of a collaboration with Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent, Taylor sought to consider three challenges: Firstly, tackling exploitation at work;…
The former wife of an oil and gas trader has been awarded £453 million in financial remedy proceedings against her former husband. It is thought to be one of the largest divorce awards in the UK. The husband is 61…
Better protection for whistleblowers? Appeal upheld in Dr Day -v- Health Education EnglandThe highly anticipated Court of Appeal Judgment in Dr Day -v- Health Education England has today been handed down. The judgment has upheld an appeal by Dr Chris Day (a junior…
National housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has apologised to home buyers this week after growing criticism of its policy, between 2007 and 2011, of selling new build houses as leasehold properties. This meant that the builder owns, or may have sold on,…