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Employment law brief: 29 September 2016

29 September 2016 / Ian Smith
Issue: 7716 / Categories: Features , Employment
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Ian Smith tackles matters of procedure

  • Extension of time where advisers at fault.
  • ET rule on rejection of a claim ruled ultra vires.
  • Disabilty cases—making reasonable adjustments for the hearing.
  • Giving reasons in an indirect discrimination case.

As your humble author was lazily floating in the balmy waters of the North Sea off Southwold beach one day in our scorchio August (sorry—that had to go in because it may not be possible to say it for another decade) he thought what a good idea it would be for one of these columns to concentrate purely on matters of procedure (the Cinderella subject of employment law) rather than substance. This primarily shows what a saddo your humble author is (even before getting to Dr Who and Robot Wars ), but lo it came to pass that that is what has happened this month. Of the following four cases below, three concern matters ever likely to arise in tribunal litigation, with the fourth being a highly unusual case of

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

NEWS
The House of Lords has set up a select committee to examine assisted dying, which will delay the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
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