Legal Updates 2011

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Business wrong to always see red about employment regulations

23 June 2011

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9 June 2011

Mahood v Irish Centre Housing Ltd IDS 924

Mr Mahood is Irish and a protestant and worked for Irish Centre Housing (ICH Ltd) as a temporary project worker, which required a CRB check...

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9 June 2011

Fuller v London Borough of Brent [2011] IRLR 414

Ms Fuller, a bursar at a school for children with special needs, objected to the way a child was being restrained, and refused to follow...

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9 June 2011

Watkins v Crouch t/a Temple Bird Solicitors [2011] IRLR 382

Angela Watkins, was employed as a secretary. She was placed in a redundancy selection pool of 8 employees, which included Ms Woodhouse, the firm's receptionist,...

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19 May 2011

Employee required to account for secret profit

In Samsung Semiconductor Europe Ltd (SSEL) v Docherty the Outer House of the Court of Session held that an employee owed a fiduciary duty to...

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19 May 2011

Amendments to the Takeover Code proposed

Following last year's negative public and union reaction to Kraft's takeover of Cadbury, the Takeover Panel has published a consultation on proposed amendments to its...

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19 May 2011

Notice runs from the day after it is given

In Wang v University of Keele the EAT held that, unless a contract provides otherwise, contractual notice, whether oral or written, runs from the day...

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Learning and development funding taking a hit

19 May 2011

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19 May 2011

Lack of expert medical evidence made dismissal unfair

In Pacey v Caterpillar Logistics Services (UK) Ltd an employment tribunal has upheld a claim for unfair dismissal, criticising the employer for failing to obtain...

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19 May 2011

New Task Force for employee engagement

The Prime Minister has given his backing to a new independent Employee Engagement Task Force which will share good practice, generate debate and offer support...

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19 April 2011

Arriva London South Ltd v Nicolaou IDS 922

Section 45A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) protects an employee from being subjected to a detriment by their employer for refusing to forgo...

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X v Mid-Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau [2011] IRLR 335

19 April 2011

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