Most employment tribunal claims are about dismissal (actual or constructive); and most of the compensation awarded in most claims reflects loss of income from the…
If you win your unfair dismissal case employment tribunals can in some circumstances order your employer to re-employ you. (See generally this previous post.) There…
There’s quite a lot that’s troubling about the dismissal of Leonora Rustamova for what sounds like inspired and committed teaching of hard-to-reach pupils. One point…
A sign on a churchyard gate, seen on a walk at the weekend, reads: Please be aware of rabbit damage to the grass to the…
In Yerrakalva v Barnsley MBC, the EAT has given a helpful judgment on costs in the employment tribunals. The claimant had complained of disability discrimination.…
Regular readers of this blog will know that we are both mildly obsessive on the subject of bundles. I’ve recently collected another simple but effective…
It has long been normal practice in the employment tribunals to have witnesses read their statements aloud. On the face of things, this is a…
Anyone who’s ever represented a client in an employment tribunal will be familiar with the frustration of knowing you’ve seen a key document somewhere, but…
Sometimes you find identical passages in two (or more) of the respondent’s witness statements. It’s obvious what has happened: whoever has drafted the witness statements…