header-logo header-logo

Employment law brief: 4 November 2022

99712
Ian Smith rounds up the latest cases keeping him awake at night, including ‘pool of one’ redundancies, trade union justice & a Post Office postscript
  • Vital nature of consultation in ‘pool of one’ redundancy cases.
  • Importance of the statutory reversal of the burden of proof in discrimination cases.
  • Trade unions—disciplining, natural justice and the absence of bias.
  • Settlement agreements—when do they relate to ‘the particular proceedings’?

When most people are struck with the dreaded midnight wakeful period, they tend to lie there contemplating the meaning of life, the future of the UK economy, whether we will attain the round figure of 60 prime ministers by 2024, and who will go next in Strictly. On the other hand, your humble author lies there contemplating how to deal with ‘pool of one’ redundancy cases, how to apply the statutory reversal of the burden of proof in discrimination cases, what ‘pre-determination’ means in trade union disciplining cases and when settlement agreements can be used in

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
back-to-top-scroll