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Employment law brief: 14 March 2025

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Good things come in threes: in this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith rounds up a triple whammy from the Employment Appeal Tribunal on crossed wires, application errors & misconduct
  • Employee liability for inaccuracy in an application.
  • The role of an employment tribunal in misconduct cases.
  • Mistaken belief in resignation can be an SOSR dismissal.

Three Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) cases in the last month have made significant additions to our little subject (!). The first resurrects a point that had gone to sleep for 16 years, concerning the legal implications of inaccuracies in an individual’s application form; the second declines to extend the categories of cases where an employment tribunal (ET) should investigate a point off its own bat, even if not raised by a party; and the third gives guidance for the first time on cases where the employer has terminated the employment in the genuine but mistaken belief that the employee has in fact resigned. This last one is of particular interest

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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