Updates

A short reminder, courtesy of HHJ McMullen QC that Rule 40(1) of the Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 does not require unreasonable behaviour for costs...

With thanks to Laurie Anstis of Boyes Turner (@ljanstis on twitter)  for drawing everyones attention to this point on Twitter. The new Minister of State for  Employment Relations, Norman...

In Eversheds LLP v Gray (2011) UKEAT/0585/11/CEA, HHJ Peter Clark sitting alone has considered the circumstances in which a PHR can be heard in private when the nature of...

Happy New Year to all of the readers of this website. 2012 will bring changes in employment law. Of particular note is the move to have Employment Judges sit...

The Court of Appeal has handed down Judgment in Key 2 Law (Surrey) LLP v DeAntiquis (Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills Interveniing) EWCA Civ 1567...

Maurice Kay LJ (The Vice President of the Court of Appeal Civil Division) sitting with Rix LJ and Rimer LJ in Ministry of Defence v Cartner EWCA Civ...

An issue that arises with surprising regularity is the joining of a new Respondent to Employment Tribunal proceedings. One element of this is the joinder of a Respondent at...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Underhill P sitting with members) has provided useful guidance in Working Men’s Club and Institute Union Limited v Balls (2011) UKEAT/0119/11/LA on the appropriateness of...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Underhill P sitting with members) has held in Fraser v Southwest London St.Georges Mental Health Trust (2011) UKEAT/0456/10/DA that an employee seeking unpaid statutory holiday...

In Land Rover v Short (2011) UKEAT/0496/10/RN Langstaff J sitting with members has confirmed that whilst an Employment Tribunal will be assisted by an agreed list of issues, even...