Georgina Churchhouse and Sam Cuthbert provide an update on dealing with data subject access requests, a vital tool in the armoury of any employment lawyer.
Category: Updates
12 from 12: What the Forstater case does and doesn’t say about protected beliefs and the trans debate
The EAT handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Forstater v CGD Europe and ors (UKEAT/0105/20).
Worker status and litigants in person – lessons from Cox v Adecco
Junior Counsel for the Appellant, Henry King, has written this short piece on a couple of points that might have been missed in the tumult about Respondents’ and Judges’ obligations towards litigants in person arising out of Cox v Adecco and ors.
Webinar – Uber and the Supreme Court: The last word in worker status?
Our webinar on worker status following the Supreme Court’s decision in Uber v Aslam is now available to watch.
Legitimate aim versus discriminatory effect: objective justification under the microscope
Henry King considers a recent EAT decision setting out helpful guidance for how Tribunals balancing legitimate aims pleaded by an employer against the discriminatory effects suffered by employees in cases of objective justification.
The argument against narrative pleadings
HHJ Tucker has, in her EAT judgment in C v D, set out some useful guidance encouraging employment lawyers to move away from the common ‘narrative’ style of Tribunal pleadings.
Vulnerable parties and witnesses in employment tribunal proceedings
The first Presidential Guidance on vulnerable parties and witnesses in employment tribunal proceedings was issued this April. Key parts of the guidance deal with (i) identifying when a participant is vulnerable, and (ii) case management: directions and orders.
Vicarious liability webinar
A panel discussion, led by Harry Steinberg QC, of the state of the law and practice in light of the recent Supreme Court decisions in Morrisons and Barclays.
How central to a settlement agreement is its confidentiality?
The High Court in Duchy Farm Kennels v Steels has handed down a decision on the nature of the confidentiality clause in a settlement agreement that might leave some employment lawyers scratching their heads.
Carluccio’s administration – Furlough under the spotlight
This case, concerning the well-known Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s, is the first case to consider the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, colloquially known as ‘furlough’, in the context of an administration.
