A recent EAT decision highlights that even an admission of gross misconduct from an employee is no guarantee that dismissal will be fair. The EAT agreed with an employment tribunal that an employee was unfairly dismissed and victimised when he was summarily dismissed, ostensibly for knowingly using non-kosher jam to Read more…
Landlords and managing agents should be made aware of an Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) decision in favour of a residential tenant who challenged water charges recovered through her service charge. In this case, the landlord had been put on notice that the water charges were excessive and that something was Read more…
Hello, Welcome to Dispute Update, Taylor&Emmet’s bulletin looking at the best ways to avoid, handle and win business disputes. This month’s Boardroom Briefing considers what to do when Trading Standards officers arrive on your business’s doorstep. As usual, we’ll be giving a round-up of some of the more interesting recent Read more…
The Court of Appeal has ordered a defendant to disclose e-mails to the claimant company on the basis of their former relationship as agent and principal. The court confirmed that the principal was entitled to require production by the agent of documents relating to its affairs. Materials held and stored Read more…
Boardroom Briefing Those long enough of tooth to remember the shock of the Woolf reforms will probably have spent much of the last decade wondering what the fuss was about. The rules changed, but many of our old habits were too ingrained to change. Lord Justice Jackson’s review of civil Read more…