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23 March 2007
Issue: 7265 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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EMPLOYMENT

Ezsias v North Glamorgan National Health Trust [2007] All ER (D) 104 (Mar)

It would only be in an exceptional case that a claim for unfair dismissal in the employment tribunal would be struck out as having no reasonable prospect of success when the central facts are in dispute.

Moreover, whistle-blowing cases have much in common with discrimination cases, and the approach set out by Lord Steyn in Anyanwu v South Bank Student Union [2001] UKHL 14, [2001] 2 All ER 353 (at para 24), was that “the bias in favour of [such] a claim being examined on the merits or demerits of its particular facts is a matter of high public interest”.

 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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