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Employment lawyers across the UK will have to consider what the effect of incentivised whistle blowing could have on their workload. As there are murmurings that the Government is potentially looking to introduce some financial reward for successful whistle blowing. At present there is no financial reward for an employee to report any complaint to … Read more
Claims for unfair dismissal are amongst the most common brought to employment tribunals. Â If you are considering bringing a claim for unfair dismissal to an employment tribunal then you may wish to call our legal helpline on [phonenumber] for free, no obligation advice. Is there a Deadline for Presenting an Unfair Dismissal Claim to a … Read more
Employment solicitors who act for respondents are probably all breathing a sigh of relief following a decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The case in question (Osoba v Chief Constable of Herts) related to a claim for unfair dismissal and age discrimination following a redundancy proceedings. The issue in this case revolved around the scoring … Read more
With the advent of the internet the potential for defamation has increased dramatically. What one person has written can now be seen by thousands if not millions of people if posted on the right website. Â This therefore has the potential to have a significant impact on the reputation of an individual or a company. To … Read more
A caravan park manager who resigned from his job after two money-making schemes had been discovered by his employers, has lost his unfair dismissal claim. Clarence Fitzsimmons who had managed the caravan park in Rhyl for 7 years, resigned in February 2013 but claimed constructive unfair dismissal. Mr Fitzsimmons claimed that pressure from the park … Read more
When Should you Take legal Advice about an Employment Issue? Most workers will, at one time or another during the course of their working lives, encounter a problem at work.  Whatever the nature of the problem then there are steps that you can take to try and improve the situation yourself  before taking legal advice … Read more
A convicted paedophile has won compensation of over £30,000 after bringing a redundancy claim action against his former employers from his prison cell according to the Daily Mail. Robert Wills took his former employers RWE NPower to an Employment Tribunal following their refusal to pay him a redundancy claim settlement in light of his sentence … Read more
What is the Public Interest Defence? One of the defences to defamation is that of Qualified Privilege. One of the commonly argued qualified privilege is that of the public interest defence. The basis of this defence is that the person who is making the statement has a duty to do so and the person who … Read more
Defences to Defamation If you have a defamation action put to you and you think you’ve got no way of dealing with it, don’t worry there are defences to defamation and within this article we will go through them and explain how and when they can be used. Justification The first and ultimate defence to … Read more
Within the tort of defamation there are two primary actions that can be pursued. These are known as libel and slander. If you had to explain the differences between the two into one sentence it is probably best to say that libel concerns written statements about an individual or company whilst slander is to verbal … Read more