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Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20215 min read
Environment Agency v Plumpton College
Environment Agency v Plumpton College Originally published by Croner-i (https://app.croneri.co.uk/reference-articles/law-and-guidance/cas...
Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20213 min read
R (on the application of Christopher Packham) v Secretary of State for Transport, the Prime Minister
R (on the application of Christopher Packham) v Secretary of State for Transport, the Prime Minister and High Speed Two Limited (HS2)...
Robert Spicer
Jun 24, 20213 min read
WORKERS: HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION
WORKERS: HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION Employment Rights Act 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order...
Robert Spicer
Jun 18, 20213 min read
EVICTION AND THE LAWYER
England’s coronavirus ban on evictions came to an end on May 32, 2021. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has reported that 400,000 private...
Robert Spicer
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Redundancy: significant cases
MISCELLANEOUS CASES Written notice Haywood v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] UKSC 22, Supreme Court The Trust...
Robert Spicer
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Redundancy: time off to look for work
TIME OFF TO LOOK FOR WORK Employees with at least two years continuous employment are entitled to reasonable time off during a redundancy...
Robert Spicer
Jun 7, 20215 min read
Redundancy and disability discrimination
Disability Disabled workers may be selected for redundancy because of the employer’s failure to make reasonable adjustments to allow for...
Robert Spicer
Jun 4, 20215 min read
Redundancy and sex discrimination
Sex Discrimination Dykes v Premier Risk Service LLP (2014) Eq Opp Rev 253:30, Leeds ET D was employed as a part-time health and safety...
Robert Spicer
May 28, 20212 min read
Redundancy & Discrimination
REDUNDANCY & DISCRIMINATION Age Discrimination Kirk v Citibank 3200291/2018, East London Employment Tribunal Facts Citibank made K...
Robert Spicer
May 24, 20213 min read
UNFAIR REDUNDANCY DISMISSAL: MORE CASES
Agreed procedures Jackson v General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Co Ltd [1976] IRLR 338, EAT:The meaning of agreed procedure, relating...
Robert Spicer
May 22, 20217 min read
Unfair redundancy dismissal: more cases
Unfair selection · The employer is under a duty to choose a fair pool from which to select redundant workers. Fulcrum Pharma...
Robert Spicer
May 14, 20213 min read
RECENT EMPLOYMENT-RELATED CASES
DAMAGES Lost years of earnings Case Head v Culver Heating Co Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 34 Facts H was the managing director of EMSL, his own...
Robert Spicer
May 14, 20214 min read
REDUNDANCY: AN OUTLINE OF LAW AND PRACTICE
SECTION 1 Redundancy, like much of employment law, is an increasingly complex concept. Its legal definition often bears little...
Robert Spicer
May 10, 20212 min read
More redundancy law and practice
SHORT-TERM WORK & LAY-OFFS Temporary Lay-Offs Workers can claim statutory redundancy pay that they are eligible for and have been...
Robert Spicer
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Fascism and the law
The use of the word “fascism” has become so debased that it is now virtually meaningless. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines...
Robert Spicer
Apr 18, 20214 min read
More recent employment cases
RACE DISCRIMINATION Harassment Stale training Case Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen UKEAT/0031/20/AT Facts G, a man of Indian origin, was employed...
Robert Spicer
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Recent employment cases: age discrimination, employment tribunals, personal injury
AGE DISCRIMINATION New pension scheme Case London Fire Commissioner v Sargeant and others UKEAT/0137/17/LA Facts In 2015 a new pension...
Robert Spicer
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Covid-19: worker's refusal to wear face mask
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Refusal to wear face mask Case Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd (2021) 3201960/2020, East London Employment Tribunal Facts K...
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