If your hearing bundle runs to more than one volume, divide the volumes at round numbers if you sensibly can – so, for example, don’t…
Pompous writing is very common among lawyers, and if you aspire to be a lawyer or to be taken seriously by lawyers it can be…
If you are cross-examining a witness, don’t comment on his answers. That needs a little explanation. You can ask follow-up questions of the sort “But…
This may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often it gets forgotten. The problem seems to be a failure of communication between advisers, for…
Finding out the current rate of interest to be applied to an award of damages for discrimination is more difficult than it ought to be.…
Mostly it’s fairly clear which side any given witness’s evidence supports, but once in a while there’s a witness who has relevant things to say,…
There are two recent developments on the minimum wage: 1. The Court of Appeal has ruled in Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square)…
There were media reports in March this year of a secret construction industry blacklist that employers could use to check out potential employees’ employment and…
Daniel Barnett’s email employment law bulletins have been running now for 10 years. To celebrate this milestone, he is fundraising for Starlight, a charity dedicated…
What do you wish someone had told you when you were a beginner? Don’t feel you need to go on and on to keep your…