Employment
Solicitor constructively dismissed over return to work after giving birth
An associate solicitor has won her claim for unfair dismissal over the way her then law firm employer handled her return to work after maternity leave.
Ex-managing partner ordered to pay costs for misleading tribunal
A former managing partner has been ordered to pay costs for trying to mislead an employment tribunal in his claim against his firm.
MoJ brings back employment tribunal fees to “incentivise” settlement
The Ministry of Justice has launched plans to bring back “modest” employment tribunal fees of £55 per case, seven years after the Supreme Court ruled that a previous scheme was unlawful.
EAT rejects barrister’s appeal over £3m claim against chambers
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has rejected an appeal from a barrister expelled from chambers after posting a tweet about a “stroppy teenager of colour”.
Barrister who caused assistant’s “collapse” must pay £155,000
A barrister who caused her assistant to suffer a mental and physical “collapse” has been ordered to pay her over £155,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal.
Tribunal doubles costs award against “unreasonable” CIty firm staffer
A former employee of City giant Hogan Lovells tried to cause “maximum disruption” to the law firm in bringing employment tribunal proceedings, “perhaps as some form of revenge”.
Grenfell solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim over redundancy
A solicitor made redundant after her work on the Grenfell Tower disaster ended has won a claim for unfair dismissal because her law firm did not properly consider another role for her.
Law firm entitled to fire trainee who forwarded emails to private account
A law firm was entitled to summarily dismiss a trainee solicitor who forwarded client-related emails to a private email account, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Solicitor fails in discrimination claim over firm’s billing failure
A law firm’s failure to help a self-employed consultant solicitor bill tens of thousands of pounds of work was due to error and not discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled.
“Rude and disruptive” caseworker must pay £20,000 costs to law firm
A “rude and disruptive” caseworker who “embroiled” a national law firm in a “vast, unmeritorious” discrimination claim must pay £20,000 in costs, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Ex-employee sanctioned over “campaign to disrupt” law firm
A former employee who “entered into a campaign conducted to cause disruption” to a law firm, culminating in an employment claim with fabricated evidence, has been told to pay costs.
Disabled law firm director was unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules
A disabled director of leading legal aid firm Duncan Lewis was unfairly dismissed over absences from work and his failure to report them, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Solicitor’s complaint over unfair work allocation “faces problems”
A solicitor who says he made a protected disclosure about the unfair allocation of work at his former firm has been told he will struggle to prove his unfair dismissal claim.
Solicitor dismissed over health problems awarded £1.1m damages
A solicitor whose career in company secretarial work was “thrown severely off course” after being sacked due to having asthma has been awarded damages of £1.1m.
Law firm consultant was worker, not employee, tribunal rules
A solicitor who worked as a consultant for a South London law firm was not an employee and so could not sue for unfair dismissal and breach of contract, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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