Employment

An judge has criticised a leading media law firm for using “unnecessary thinly veiled threats of regulatory action” against a former employee.

A leading employment lawyer has hit out at the conduct of some law firms when negotiating non-disclosure agreements for employers.

The money employers have to pay employees for legal advice on settlement agreements is not enough to deal with the NDAs they routinely include, MPs were told yesterday.

The UK legal services market grew by 10% to £52bn last year and is heading towards a strong 2025 too, according to new research.

A paralegal has been ordered to pay costs of just over £20,000 for bringing a “hopeless and misconceived” employment tribunal claim against a law firm.

A solicitor cannot base a victimisation claim against her law firm at the employment tribunal on it reporting her to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, a judge has ruled.

A power for the government to provide legal advice and representation to anyone involved in an employment dispute has been proposed for the Employment Rights Bill.

A solicitor has been ordered to pay the SRA £20,000 in costs for his “unreasonable and indeed vexatious and disruptive conduct” of litigation against it.

Well-known Leeds law firm Walker Morris discriminated against a senior partner by making him retire at the age of 63, an employment tribunal has ruled.

A trainee solicitor’s employment tribunal claims have been thrown out because he gave no credible reason for why they were issued out of time.