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.

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.