Preparing to compete with your employer? Beware…
08 June 2017
In a recently reported English Chancery Division case of MPT v Peel the Court had to consider whether a business was entitled to various interim remedies against 2 former senior staff.
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Post termination provisions – are you protected?
07 June 2017
In the case of Egon Zehnder Ltd v Tillman the company sought a court order to enforce a term in the employment contract, a restrictive covenant, to stop the former employee from working for a competitor for six months following the ending of his employment.
Expatriate employees and UK employment law
06 June 2017
Many UK businesses recruit employees to work solely overseas, and the question arises as to whether these individuals have unfair dismissal rights under UK employment law.
Redundancy due to disability related absence
06 June 2017
We have often been asked to advise employers in one difficult scenario: an employee has been off sick with a disability related illness, or is on maternity leave, and in their absence the employer realises that the employee actually did very little, even when at work, and that their duties could easily be absorbed by others in the company.
Doctors and the law – blowing the whistle?
29 May 2017
Medical practitioners are regulated by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC’s Guidance, 'Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety', sets out the GMC’s expectation that all doctors will, whatever their role, take appropriate action to raise and act on concerns about patient care, dignity and safety.