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11 December 2013 / Michael Salter , Chris Bryden
Issue: 7588 / Categories: Features , Employment
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Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss some of the key developments of 2013 & share a few predictions...

With a nod towards the impending Winterval holiday period, this article rounds up some of the more interesting developments in the field of employment law throughout 2013, as well as forthcoming changes that employment practitioners can look forward to in 2014. There is no defining strand running through the matters highlighted other than they caught the eye of the authors.

 

New fees

The first matter in 2013, and probably that which cumulatively has affected employment practitioners the most is the introduction of fees for tribunal claims.

  • To lodge a claim in the employment tribunal a claimant must now either pay the fee or apply for a fee remission.
  • All claims made from 29 July 2013 fall within the fees regime.
  • In addition, a hearing fee is payable, and applications (such as for a review) also attract fees.
  • Cases are divided into type A and type B claims, with all but the most simple (such
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

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NEWS
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Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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