Robert Spicer
Unfair dismissal: drugs test: contributory conduct
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Contributory conduct Case Renewi UK Services v Pamment EA-2021-000584-DA Facts R tested positive for cannabis as part of...
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Robert Spicer
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Disability discrimination and dismissal
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Dismissal tainted by discrimination Case P2CG v Davis (2021) Morning Star, November 9, EAT Facts D was employed...
Robert Spicer
Nov 16, 20212 min read
Gig economy: new case on meaning of "worker"
WORKER Provision of services personally Case Stuart Delivery Ltd v Augustine [2021] EWCA Civ 1514, Court of Appeal Facts A worked as a...
Robert Spicer
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Whistleblowing: protected disclosures: new cases
WHISTLEBLOWING Case Watson v Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd and another UKEAT/0092/20/BA Facts W made protected disclosures to his...
Robert Spicer
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Trade unions and collective bargaining: landmark Supreme Court decision
Collective agreement Direct offer by employer Case Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and others [2021] UKSC 47, Supreme Court Facts D and 56 other...
Robert Spicer
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Disability discrimination law problems
Disability discrimination The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is a good example of the modern mystification of a new area of law. The...
Robert Spicer
Nov 4, 20212 min read
More new employment cases: settlements and deductions from wages
SETTLEMENT Personal injury claim excluded Case Farnham-Oliver v RM Educational Resources Ltd [2021] EWHC 2418 Facts F was employed by R...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Landmark Supreme Court case on compensation for accidents abroad
SUPREME COURT Foreign law Service out of jurisdiction Case FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 Facts In January 2010 Lady...
Robert Spicer
Oct 22, 20212 min read
More new employment cases
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Costs Case Ibezakio v York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Locum Placement Group Ltd EA 2019-000145-LA...
Robert Spicer
Oct 14, 20212 min read
New employment cases: package holidays and disability discrimination
CONTRACT Tour operators Package holiday contracts Case X v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2021] UKSC 34, Supreme Court Facts Ms X was on a package...
Robert Spicer
Oct 5, 20213 min read
COMPARATIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY
COMPARATIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY I have now completed more than 20 international health and safety topics for publication. These have...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 27, 20213 min read
GPT- 3 and how it can revolutionise the legal industry?
GPT-3 is a piece of software that can predict what the next word will be in the specific text. It can repeatedly do that, to the point...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 24, 20216 min read
Julie E. Cohen, ‘Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism’ – Rev
Your legal concepts of property, expression, identity, movement, and context do not apply to us. They are all based on matter, and there...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 20, 20213 min read
The DAO: Is it the end to the idea of using algorithmic authority to create a new form of sociality
Legal authority is a well-known “issue” in the cryptocurrency and block-chain world. For years, strong idealistic proponents of...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Four green cryptocurrencies to watch
Regulators, investors and the public are increasingly worried about the carbon footprint left by crypto mining activities. Searches for...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 13, 20212 min read
DoNotPay and popular facial recognition tools
Legal tech company DoNotPay is best known for its army of “robot lawyers” — automated bots that tackle boringonline tasks like canceling...
Robert Spicer
Aug 30, 20212 min read
Sexual harassment and barristers
It has been reported that the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service (BTAS) is proposing increased penalties for barristers found guilty...
Robert Spicer
Aug 27, 20211 min read
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS
Case management decision Access to documents Case Kular v Atos IT Services UK Ltd (2021) UKEAT 0101/20/2901, Employment Appeal Tribunal...
Robert Spicer
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Employment tribunals procedure: new case
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS ET1 Form Amendment Case Marrufo v Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council [2020] UKEAT 0103/20/0312, Employment...
Robert Spicer
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Whistleblowing: more guidance
WHISTLEBLOWING Thought processes of dismissing officer Case University Hospital North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust v Fairhall...
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