It is becoming increasingly common for the Insurers of Defendants to hire Private Investigators to follow and film Claimants who allege they have suffered serious injuries and are seeking to recover large sums of money by way of compensation. This is especially so where the injured person may have a Read more…
Personal Injury lawyers hear this sort of comment a lot, usually when we advise a client how much their claim is worth and they tell us that someone they know received more compensation for what they believe to be the same injury. They may well be right, because everyone is Read more…
We are now well into the winter season and are all turning up the thermostat and leaving the heating on longer, but how safe is your boiler and your other household appliances? Are you at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning? What is Carbon Monoxide Poisoning? Carbon monoxide (CO) is sometimes Read more…
This is essentially the principle that came out of the case of Whittlestone v BJP Home Support Limited. The Case In this case, Mrs Whittlestone was employed as a care worker. She was paid £6.35 per hour for all time that she spent providing care to a service user. She Read more…
The words “ Court Proceedings ” sends shudders through the spines of most of the population who immediately equate the word with their being humiliated in front of a jury and a packed public gallery by an aggressive, silver-tongued barrister. In Personal Injury cases, reality is very different to that belief, Read more…
This is the time of year that many people start to think about booking a holiday. Cruises are more popular than ever with an estimated 1.64 million people in the U.K opting to go on a cruise instead of a traditional resort holiday. Additionally many holidaymakers are opting to travel Read more…
We now have an interesting case on how the Tribunals should approach “protected conversations” under section 111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996, and how this might differ from the traditional approach to without prejudice discussions. Since 29 July 2013 s.111A has rendered evidence of pre-termination negotiations inadmissible in unfair Read more…
With the upcoming referendum now less than a month away (taking place on 23 June 2016), what are the potential implications for UK Employment Law of an exit from the EU and how much of the media coverage is fact or fiction? It is fair to say that there has Read more…
In addition to our blog on Employment Tribunal statistics, the BIS has also conducted a survey on Tribunal users and applications received in 2013. The document is rather large at 280 pages, however if you would like to read the full report, it is at httpss://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/316704/bis-14-708-survey-of-employment-tribunal-applications-2013.pdf. The most interesting findings Read more…
Employment Tribunal statistics for the first quarter of 2014 have been published today. In light of the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees last year, these statistics have been eagerly awaited. You may recall from our previous blog that the statistics for the period from October to December 2013 showed a Read more…