Blog archive

The White Paper on the UK’s future immigration system was published on 19 December 2018 and heralds the most significant changes to the UK immigration system for around 40 years...

The Supreme Court has dismissed Andrew Williams’ disability-related challenge to the way his early retirement pension had been calculated by Swansea University’s pension scheme...

The European Court of Justice has given some important clarification about the steps employers must take if they are to enforce a “use it or lose it” rule for holidays at the end of the leave year...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that an employer acted in breach of contract when it dismissed an employee while he was contractually entitled to long-term disability benefits (otherwise known as permanent health insurance or PHI benefits)...

In last month’s lengthy decision about the reorganisation of public health services in south London, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has given important guidance on the scope of the exemption from TUPE for public administrative functions...

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that Barclays Bank was vicariously liable for sexual assaults committed by a self-employed GP it had engaged to undertake medical examinations of employees and prospective employees...

In its latest decision about internal appeals, the Court of Appeal has raised the possibility that handling the appeal process badly may be a breach of contract, even if the final outcome is in favour of the employee...

A school has been found to be in breach of the Equality Act when dismissing an English teacher because of an error of judgement that it thought was unconnected with his disability...

The Supreme Court has decided that when written notice is given to end a contract of employment, there is an implied term that the notice period does not start to run until the employee has a reasonable opportunity to read the notice...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that there is no general rule that an employer is only required to consider bumping if it is raised by the employee...

The Supreme Court has ruled that it was reasonable for a school disciplinary panel to dismiss a head teacher because she had failed to disclose her friendship with a man convicted of making indecent images of children...

Mills & Reeve's health and care update has recently reported on a case where an NHS foundation trust was held to have unfairly dismissed a locum consultant as a result of failing to renew her contract...