Robert Spicer
Employment law reforms
“V” for Vendetta In a recent speech, David Cameron lauded the ease with which employees, in the UK, can legally be fired, relative to...
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Robert Spicer
Jan 17, 20123 min read
Health and Safety attacked
Cameron attacks Britain’s ‘health and safety culture’ but raises more questions than answers Last week at a conference for business...
Robert Spicer
Jan 15, 20122 min read
Employment law reforms
Anyone giving legal advice in Bristol, and more specifically those providing employment law advice, needs to be aware that the scope of...
Robert Spicer
Jan 5, 20122 min read
Recent Health and Safety Fines and Prosecutions
Anyone providing advice on employment law in general, and health and safety law in particular, needs to be aware of the following recent...
Robert Spicer
Dec 29, 20111 min read
Racial harassment
Liability of local authority: delay by employment tribunal Employment law advisers need to be aware of the decision of the Employment...
Robert Spicer
Dec 21, 20112 min read
Health and Safety: the reality
Those of us who provide advice on employment law in Bristol, and throughout the UK, have a duty to argue against the current...
Robert Spicer
Dec 17, 20111 min read
Resolving workplace disputes
The Government recently published its Response to the Consultation on Resolving Workplace Disputes. In it, the Government indicated a...
Robert Spicer
Dec 7, 20112 min read
Health and safety offences:level of fines
Employment law advisers in Bristol, and in the whole of the United Kingdom, should be aware of the decision of the Scottish High Court in...
Robert Spicer
Nov 30, 20114 min read
Migrant workers
Migrant workers Since the enlargement of the European Union, with the general principle that citizens of EU states have the right of free...
Robert Spicer
Nov 30, 20113 min read
Bristol City Council announce cuts of £21million as 350 job losses are expected
Bristol City Council announce cuts of £21million as 350 job losses are expected Bristol City Council has recently outlined its plans for...
Robert Spicer
Nov 24, 20112 min read
Employment law reform
Employment law advisers in Bristol, and throughout the United Kingdom, need to be aware of the following proposals put forward by the...
Robert Spicer
Nov 17, 20117 min read
Employment law advice and the Iraq War
Those of us who provide employment law advice in Bristol may question the relevance of the Iraq War to their practice. My view is that...
Robert Spicer
Nov 14, 20111 min read
Public Access Barrister
I have been in practice in Bristol since 1993. My practice has mainly involved advice in employment law matters. Bristol has a very wide...
Robert Spicer
Nov 10, 20114 min read
Employment Law
In the context of general employment law the rules have become so detailed, complex and obscure that non-lawyers have little chance of...
Robert Spicer
Nov 6, 20111 min read
Employment Tribunals
Ever since their creation, Employment Tribunals have been free. Their very ethos is access to justice, which is reflected in the...
Robert Spicer
Jan 23, 20103 min read
The importance of Health and Safety Law
In the early nineteenth century the industrial revolution caused a massive, rapid and uncontrolled increase in the number of workers...
Robert Spicer
Jan 23, 20101 min read
Redundancy
The legal meaning of redundancy is far more complex than the popular view. The general principle is that redundancies arise when an...
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