Often, while writing, you will leave gaps to fill in later. It is useful to have a standard bit of text, such as ‘xxx’ to…
The eighth edition of Tamara Lewis’ Employment Law: An Advisors Handbook has been published by Legal Action Group. It remains the best single volume guide…
This week’s Lawyer of the Week in The Times is Phillippa Kaufman. One of the questions The Times always asks is ‘What was your worst…
Quite a lot of material presented to tribunals is illegible. There are good reasons for this. Many documents produced out in the real world are…
Intensifiers are adverbs intended to strengthen adjectives. For example, writing ‘very unfair’ instead of ‘unfair’ should suggest that whatever you are referring to is more…
Most of us have words and phrases that we overuse. For example, I have a tendency to start sentences with ‘clearly’ when writing submissions: as…
Black. Or blue. Or dark purple, if you like. The only really important thing to avoid is using a light pastel colour, which will not…
There is a tendency for advocates, consciously or subconsciously, to divide documents and authorities between ‘mine’ and ‘theirs’. ‘My’ documents are those that come from…
Daleside is a recent EAT decision on costs. Mrs Mathew brought a direct race discrimination case, along with claims for unfair dismissal and wages. The…
The Ministry of Justice has just published its research into employment tribunal awards and whether they are being paid. They surveyed 1,002 successful claimants. It…