More than 90,000 Uber drivers will welcome the news that the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that they are to be treated as workers, rather than self-employed for employment purposes. The decision means that they will be entitled to receive the national minimum living wage, paid annual leave and other worker’s rights which they would
An employer’s ‘reasonable steps’ defence to a claim of racial harassment was dismissed by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. In spite of the fact that the culpable employee and three other employees who were aware of the harassment, which included two managers who failed to report the incidents to HR, had received equality and diversity training
Employers may find themselves at risk of being ordered to pay 100% of an employee’s salary as the Employment Tribunal has held that the absence of written confirmation of furlough arrangements could give rise to an unlawful deduction of wages claim. The Claimant had worked part-time in a café since 2003 and following the national
Employees are advised to think carefully about the wording used when writing a grievance to their employer, after the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employee’s allegations in her written grievance that the employer’s conduct “may amount to discrimination” would not constitute a protected act under the Equality Act 2010. The employee in question was
People are being urged to update their wills to include their digital assets as a way of preventing problems for their family after they die. Research by the Law Society shows that just over a quarter of those surveyed know what happens to their digital assets when they die. An overwhelming 93% had not included
A divorced husband has been told that he cannot use documents from a financial dispute resolution hearing (FDR) as evidence in a court case against him. The issue arose after divorce proceedings between the husband and his former wife. In 2018 a judge made an order providing for the instruction of a firm to value
The number of new homes under construction more than doubled in the third quarter of last year. Nearly three times as many homes were completed over the same period. The official statistics show that in England and Wales, 35,710 homes were started in July to September 2020 – a 111% increase when compared to the
A mother who took her son to England without court permission has been ordered to return him to Australia so that he can be close to his father. The mother had moved to Australia from England in 2002. While there, she had an eight-year relationship with the father. They separated in 2014 and began litigation
A wife in a divorce case has been granted a search order against her son following allegations that he had helped his father put matrimonial assets out of her reach. The wife said her son had assisted the husband in dishonest schemes that were intended to prevent her from obtaining the financial settlement awarded by
A woman has won the right to inherit her father’s estate after a “DIY will” supposedly signed on his deathbed was ruled invalid. Terri Tibbles had been the sole beneficiary of a will her father William wrote a year before he died. In a letter of wishes attached to that will, Mr Tibbles said that