Employment

A self-employed consultant at a law firm fell within the definition of an employee for the purposes of claims under the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has ruled.

The former chief executive of listed London law firm Rosenblatt used a highly offensive racial term at a dinner attended by a Black lawyer, an employment tribunal has revealed.

The employment tribunal has set aside a ruling from 2014 that a former law firm director, now a barrister, was guilty of serious financial impropriety.

An employment tribunal has rejected a former law firm managing partner’s claim for non-pecuniary damages despite an earlier finding that he had suffered disability discrimination.

An employment tribunal has rejected disability discrimination claims made against a Welsh law firm by a paralegal dismissed after just nine days for his poor timekeeping.

An assistant solicitor who won his unfair dismissal claim solely on the basis of the procedure followed has failed to persuade the judge to reconsider his decision.

A team manager whose unfair dismissal and breach of contract claim against Yorkshire law firm Minster Law was time barred has blamed his solicitors for issuing it too late.

A law firm unfairly dismissed an assistant solicitor by failing to follow the correct procedure – even though it was justified in firing him, an employment tribunal has ruled.

A barrister who overturned a Bar Standards Board sanction for a tweet about Muslims that it said would cause offence is now suing the regulator for discrimination.

A trainee solicitor whose terms of employment were changed four days before he began work has won his tribunal claim for breach of contract.