Ian Smith
Barrister & professor
Ian Smith, barrister, emeritus professor of employment law at the Norwich Law School, UEA & general editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Barrister & professor
Ian Smith, barrister, emeritus professor of employment law at the Norwich Law School, UEA & general editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Making history: Ian Smith performs a perfect loop-the-loop & serves up three significant Court of Appeal decisions
Remembrance of things past: Ian Smith reflects on echoes from the past & unravels some current employment conundrums
Ian Smith draws inner strength from a great statesman & tackles the impenetrable conundrum that is unjust enrichment & quantum meruit
To kick off the new year, Ian Smith serves up a selection of delights including the role of fairness, the impact of the ACAS uplift & the relevance of gross misconduct in unfair dismissal claims
Get me out of here! In his end of year address, Ian Smith navigates a series of obstacles & challenges including notification, blacklisting, reconsideration, anonymisation & postponements
Ian Smith leaves no stone unturned as he tackles rudeness, gross insubordination, stigmatisation, honour, reputation, & protected disclosure
This month, Ian Smith focuses on part-time and zero hours conundrums, and shares a tale of compulsory retirement from the city of dreaming spires
Ian Smith serves up some employment classics & shares some wise lessons from the past
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Carter-Ruck—Tomas Vail
Carter-Ruck strengthens International team with appointment of arbitration partner Tomas Vail
Slater Heelis—Nick Terry
Slater Heelis strengthens crime and regulatory team with appointment of Nick Terry as partner
Payne Hicks Beach—Thomas Moran & Sarah Gogan
Payne Hicks Beach strengthens private wealth offering with appointment of two new partners
NEWS
Construction workers injured in comparable accidents can face sharply different routes to compensation on opposite sides of the Atlantic
Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance
Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn
A formidable reputation cannot protect a law firm when partner departures, fragile finances and client uncertainty begin feeding each other
Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track
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