News & Insights

Read our latest articles, news briefs and legal updates across all our different services.

Home » News & Insights

Contact Us

An employee who felt she had to resign from her job because of the way she was treated after making protective disclosures has won her claim of unfair dismissal.

Business Employment, Individual Employment

The case involved Oxford Said Business School v Heslop. Heslop had made protected disclosures to her manager concerning the lawfulness of the school’s actions in a procurement process, and potential over-charging and breach of contract in relation to a key client. The manager felt that the allegations were misconceived. Shortly after making those disclosures, Heslop

A logistics company has been granted an injunction against an employee to prevent him poaching its staff and working for a competitor.

By Business Employment, Individual Employment

The case involved JM Solutions UK Ltd. Its two directors lived in Romania, and since the Covid pandemic they communicated with staff via email and telephone. The employee, referred to as Dave, was the company’s office and sales manager, and was responsible for dealing with customers and negotiating rates. His contract of employment contained a

University entitled to dismiss lecturer before end of probation

Business Employment

A university lecturer has lost her appeal against a decision that her employer was entitled to dismiss her before the end of her probationary period. Korthals Altes began working for the University of Essex in 2017. Her contract provided for a three-year probation period, at the end of which she was entitled to apply for

Rise in Probate Fees from 26th January 2022

Wills, Trusts & Probate

The government has confirmed that probate fees will increase to a rate of £273 for all applicants, regardless of the size of the estate, from 26th January 2022. At present, where an estate is more than £5,000, HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) charges on a two tier scale. If you are a probate practitioner

Lecturer sacked for being too loud wins unfair dismissal claim

Individual Employment

A university lecturer was unfairly dismissed after she was accused of being ‘unnaturally loud’. The case involved Dr Annette Plaut, who was an experimental physics lecturer at the university of Exeter until she was fired in 2019. She had been at the university since 1990. Her style involved leading many heated discussions which included expressive

Hybrid Model: How to make it work for your business and employees.

Business Employment

Covid has impacted working life in the UK more than any other event in recent memory.  The application of restrictions regarding how employees perform their duties have fluctuated over the last 20 months.  In order to accommodate the changing nature of the workplace restrictions and also to try and protect employees from exposure to Covid,

    Request a callback

    One of our highly experienced team will be in touch with you shortly.