We published a blog in February warning Residential Landlords that the Localism Act 2011 was introducing some changes to the way the landlords deal with tenant’s deposits. The change requires that all deposits must be protected in a tenancy deposit ...

The Supreme Court handed down a judgment yesterday which will enable families of victims of asbestos exposure to bring their claims.

The recent events involving Fabrice Muamba have highlighted the frailties of human life. Whilst watching the events of that evening unfold it was clearly evident that whilst Fabrice’s life was in the balance he was in a place whereby he received som...

Are judges workers? In the good old fashioned socialist sense of the word, Judges would have been considered the antithesis of ‘a worker’, indeed they would frequently have been considered a ‘class enemy’.

Apprentice brings unfair dismissal claim against Lord Sugar A winner of The Apprentice competition, Stella English, is currently pursuing Lord Sugar for unfair dismissal.

It seems recently that a week cannot go by without a misguided tweet getting some Joe-public or a ‘celeb’ in legal hot water.

Increased penalties for failure to comply with deposit rules

The newspaper headlines last Saturday concentrated on the fact that due to a finding of an Employment Tribunal the taxpayer was going to have to pick up a bill of £67m to pay out awards to the employees of Woolworths who were made redundant in 2008.

On the 5th January 2012 a Tribunal was asked to determine if an employee who resigned due to his Company calling him into disciplinary meetings to discuss his use of Linkedin had been constructively dismissed. The employee had posted his CV on Linked...

Far too often employers proceed with the dismissal of employees without seeking advice from experts who can guide the employer through the process. Seeking advice before making the dismissal can potentially save employers many thousands of pounds bo...