On the 25th April I will be running the London Marathon again on behalf of the Free Representation Unit. I have been involved in FRU…
Many litigation lawyers have a weakness for sports metaphors. This is probably because litigation is in some ways like a competitive game. But there are…
Sleep on it. The problem with editing something you’ve just written is that you are too close to it. You will tend to see what…
In Is this the best you can do? we emphasised the important of rewriting and editing. It’s easy to say that rewriting is important, but…
There is a Tribunal Procedure Committee, which drafts rules for tribunals. But the Committee only deals with the First-tier and Upper Tribunals; the employment tribunals…
The law is often a bit weird, and it’s rarely quite how we would like it. But it is generally not an ass. So if…
Most employment cases involve one claimant and one respondent. But many involve more – multiple claimants, multiple respondents or both. There are many ways in…
Having a right, for example the right not to be unfairly dismissed, or to have reasonable adjustments made to your disability, is one thing. But…
Inspector Gregory: “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in…
The opposite of ‘unfair’ is ‘fair’. Not ‘not unfair’. So write “The Respondent has not shown a fair reason for the dismissal”, rather than “The…