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12 December 2019
Humbug. This utterance of Dickens’ favourite parsimonious employer suggests he was not entirely enamoured of the festive period. Could he have been thinking about the risks associated with office parties, excess consumption and that determined employee wobbling on a wonky ladder to hang up the final paper chain?
10 December 2019
The festive period is a great opportunity to reconnect with the friends and family that we haven’t seen enough of over the past 12 months. Photographs will be taken and exchanged, lasting memories created and shared.
06 December 2019
Adjudicators often determine complex disputes in a short space of time and their decisions are frequently challenged. If a challenge is successful against only part of the decision, the question becomes whether the decision falls entirely, or only those elements that were subject to the challenge. A recent Scottish case provides useful guidance on when the court will be willing to ‘sever’ the adjudicator’s decision, allowing enforcement of only part of the original decision.
03 December 2019
Yes, according to the decision of an employment tribunal sitting in London in Dewhurst & others v (1) Revisecatch & (2) City Sprint, in another example of the courts being asked to apply employment laws to the world of the “gig” economy.
25 November 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, it is perhaps a good time to reflect on what was perhaps the final year before Qualified One Way Cost Shifting (QOCS) is implemented in Scotland and to consider the implications of the legislative civil litigation reforms occurring both north and south of the border in the context of fraudulent claims.
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