Employment
Disabled NQ solicitor awarded £23k over firm’s recruitment decision
A law firm decided against recruiting a newly qualified solicitor because of her disability, an employment tribunal has ruled, awarding her damages of £23,000, mainly for injury to feelings.
Solicitor’s overcharging warning to firm was a protected disclosure
A solicitor’s warnings to his law firm that it was overcharging a client were protected disclosures under employment law, a tribunal has ruled.
Student taken on as consultant solicitor’s secretary was not employee of firm
A law student taken on as a secretary by a male solicitor she met while a dancer at a club was not employed by the law firm where he was a consultant, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Law firm unfairly dismissed conveyancer after inadequate investigation
A Sussex law firm unfairly dismissed a chartered legal executive as a result of “fundamental unfairness” in the investigation of the charges against her, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Law firm entitled to dismiss solicitor for not passing on complaints
A law firm does not have to pay outstanding salary owed to a solicitor it fired for gross misconduct discovered after he resigned, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Tribunal orders Pure Legal to make redundancy payments to staff
An employment judge has ordered former law firm Pure Legal to pay 24 members of staff three months’ salary for not consulting before making them redundant last year.
EAT allows sacked law firm boss to continue challenging 2014 ruling
A former law firm director, now a barrister, trying to challenge an eight-year-old employment tribunal ruling that found her guilty of serious financial impropriety has overcome the first hurdle.
Tweeting barrister’s £3m claim against former chambers thrown out
The barrister who left his chambers following a storm last year over a tweet about a “stroppy teenager of colour” has had a £3m discrimination claim against the set thrown out for being time-barred.
Lawyer fails in sex discrimination claim against children’s charity
A lawyer who worked for the all-female international division of Coram Children’s Legal Centre was not a victim of sex discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled.
CPS entitled to cut pay of solicitor who moved north
The Crown Prosecution Service was entitled to cut the pay of a senior prosecutor who worked from home and moved from Bedford to the north-east, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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