Don’t lie beyond your intellectual capacity…
One of my colleagues in chambers had a case recently where the employer claimed to have completed and issued a proforma written warning in mid-2007. The employee claimed never to have seen the document...
View ArticleSir Fred’s pension – protected by Human Rights?
Most lawyers felt unease as they watched Harriet Harman tell Andrew Marr that: Sir Fred should not be counting on being £650,000 a year better off as a result of this because it’s not going to happen....
View ArticleRegulation of solicitors
It’s been a common view for a while that SRA regulation: is inappropriately one-size-fits-all, with the same requirements of High Street solo practices and of magic circle firms; that the regulation...
View ArticleDaniel Barnett reaches milestone
Part of the lack of updates to this blog recently means I’m late reporting on a true employment law internet luminary reaching a real milestone. Daniel Barnett, barrister at 1 Temple Gardens, has been...
View ArticleThe Rule of Law
Charon QC references an article in the Law Gazette talking of a speech given by Lord Phillips on the rule of law. The rule of law is a concept poorly understood by most in our country, yet it underpins...
View ArticleWill the BNP hire BME employees?
Whether or not the Race Relations Act 1976 applies to membership of political parties is uncertain, hence the British National Party’s policy of refusing entry admit non-white members continues...
View ArticleMore discussion on the future of legal services
Legal Action Group magazine has an interesting article on Legal Disciplinary Partnerships in which it derides the Law Gazette for playing one-upmanship with the Bar on their relative speed of reform to...
View ArticleSaviour of Planet Earth
Those of you who enjoyed my post 18 months ago on celebrity egotist, hypocrite and pregnant-chef sacker Trudie Styler might have been wondering what she’s been up to since. Don’t worry! The wickedly...
View ArticlePink Tape hosts Blawg Review #226
For those of you who haven’t cast their net too wide into the online world of law resources, be aware of the regular Blawg Reviews, in which guest editors present a round-up of all that’s new on law...
View ArticleEquality Act 2010 – there is an actual devil in the detail
Section 60(9) of the Equality Act 2010: “Work†means employment, contract work, a position as a partner, a position as a member of an LLP, a pupillage or tenancy, being taken as a devil, membership...
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