Employment

A Yorkshire law firm did not fail to safeguard a member of staff from her ex-partner, who had become a disgruntled client, an employment tribunal has ruled.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority and five government department have obtained a restraint order against a law student who has brought multiple employment claims against them.

An employment law platform which has helped 12,000 people bring their own tribunal claims – providing unbundled services – has raised £2m in seed funding.

A former managing partner has failed in his appeal against a £210,000 costs order after trying to mislead an employment tribunal in a claim against his firm.

A consultant solicitor in a long-running dispute with his former law firm over his entitlement to a share of its fees has failed in his appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

The government is “working at pace” on further restrictions on the use of non-disclosure agreements, a minister has told the House of Lords.

A salaried partner was “unrealistic” in his expectation of joining the equity of his firm given the poor financial performance of his department, an employment tribunal has ruled.

A City law firm with a leading employment law practice withdrew a briefing on last week’s Supreme Court ruling defining women after the successful claimant blasted it as “rubbish”.

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.