“Does the employment contract contain a PILON clause?” The question often asked by employment lawyers of their clients when drafting Settlement Agreements to be issued to a departing employee. The PILON in question is of course a payment in lieu of notice clause. If a contract of employment contains a 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…
An important thing to understand about personal injury law is that compensation awarded is not based on the accident or the injury itself – it is awarded for the impact that it has on the victim’s life. Obviously, the nature of the injury and how it occurred is integral to our Read more…
The news on 14 October 2015 that two ex-wives had secured victory in the Supreme Court over their ex-husbands’ non-disclosure of assets should send out a strong message to divorcing spouses – if you are not honest about your financial circumstances any settlement can be set aside. The cases of Read more…
There has been a lot of discussion over recent months about the Government’s proposal to replace the commonly used compromise agreement with a “settlement agreement”, but not everyone is clear about what the difference is and why the Government is proposing a change. So what is the difference? Compromise Agreements Read more…