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Civil way: 3 April 2015

02 April 2015
Issue: 7647 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Employment tribunal limits up; Latest credit hire ruling; Pleading diarrhoea; New CoP rules & CPR latest update

ON—AND OFF—THE JOB

The annual RPI tweak of employment tribunal award limits will impact on post-5 April 2015 axings where the employee can afford to make a claim. As employment tribunal judges and their deputies contemplate taking their knitting to work with a circa 80% drop in business and the renaming of their bases to unemployment tribunals, the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2015 (SI 2015/226) raises the limits by 2.3%. For the unfair dismissal compensatory award, for example, this means a new ceiling of £78,335 and the cuddly one week’s pay panning out at £475. And for employment anoraks, the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunals Fees (Amendment) Order 2015 (SI 2015/414) which swept into force on 25 March 2015 clarifies that an employer’s contract counterclaim fee is to be charged as a type A and not a type B.

The ACAS code of practice on disciplinary procedures has been revised as from 11 March

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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

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
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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