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Re-engagement Order Upheld Despite Breakdown in Working Relationship
Re-engagement Order Upheld Despite Breakdown in Working Relationship An employment tribunal had been entitled to make a re-engagement order, despite a breakdown in the relationship. In Oasis Communit...
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EAT Rules on Scope of TUPE Exception
...schools after it was discovered that their own school had been built over a mineshaft. Before the contracts expired, Liddell’s tendered to provide a similar service for the 2011/12 academic year. Th...
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Is it premature to submit a claim during a notice period?
Is it premature to submit a claim during a notice period? In July, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) heard an appeal by The Governing Body of Wishmorecross School against a decision of the employme...
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Disciplinary proceedings: Legal representation at public sector internal disciplinary hearings
Disciplinary proceedings: Legal representation at public sector internal disciplinary hearings In R (on the application of G) v Governors of X School, the Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords)...
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Race discrimination: A row about cornrows
Race discrimination: A row about cornrows In G v St Gregory’s Catholic Science College, the High Court concluded that the College’s dress code policy, which prevented boys from having a cornrows ha...
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Dismissal - The Lack of an Appeal
Dismissal - The Lack of an Appeal In Davies v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the EAT ruled that the legitimacy of a final warning may be reassessed by a Tribunal, even when the employee has c...
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Disability Discrimination: Expensive adjustments were not reasonable
Disability Discrimination: Expensive adjustments were not reasonable In Cordell v Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), an employment tribunal has found that FCO did not breach its duty to make reas...
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Serial Litigants: The tide is turning
Serial Litigants: The tide is turning In February 2010, The Times newspaper reported the antics of John Berry, aged 54. He apparently scours the internet for discriminatory job adverts calling for a...
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Discrimination: Damages Should be Apportioned
Discrimination: Damages Should be Apportioned In Thaine v London School of Economics, the EAT has confirmed that when an employee's psychiatric injury has been caused by a number of factors, includin...
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Sex Discrimination: Some Guidance on Awards and Recommendations
Sex Discrimination: Some Guidance on Awards and Recommendations In The Governing Body of St Andrew's Catholic School and others v Blundell, the EAT has provided some useful guidance in respect of com...