header-logo header-logo

In this month’s brief, Ian Smith serves up some insight into items which are always on the employment law menu
Can a failure to secure prompt payment of employees’ bonuses be a breach of the implied term of trust & confidence, asks John McMullen
Court of Appeal wary of tribunal’s focus on ‘trust & confidence’
After a busy month for the Supreme Court, Ian Smith examines the implications for employment law & the impact on other cases in the pipeline
Is the role of the foster carer slowly shifting? John Bowers QC considers the evidence
Having your cake & EATing it: Ian Smith provides some food for thought
Is an employment tribunal a court & does it matter, asks John Bowers QC
Ian Smith signs off for the year with a salute to Shakespeare
There could be 500,000 outstanding employment tribunal claims by spring, Citizens Advice has warned
Law Commission update: Jagoda Klimowicz & Lisa Smith discuss key recommendations for the employment law hearing structures
Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
back-to-top-scroll