Ian Smith
Barrister & professor
Ian Smith, barrister, emeritus professor of employment law at the Norwich Law School, UEA & general editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Barrister & professor
Ian Smith, barrister, emeritus professor of employment law at the Norwich Law School, UEA & general editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Newlawjournal.co.uk
To kick off the new year, Ian Smith serves up a selection of delights including the role of fairness, the impact of the ACAS uplift & the relevance of gross misconduct in unfair dismissal claims
Get me out of here! In his end of year address, Ian Smith navigates a series of obstacles & challenges including notification, blacklisting, reconsideration, anonymisation & postponements
Ian Smith leaves no stone unturned as he tackles rudeness, gross insubordination, stigmatisation, honour, reputation, & protected disclosure
This month, Ian Smith focuses on part-time and zero hours conundrums, and shares a tale of compulsory retirement from the city of dreaming spires
Ian Smith serves up some employment classics & shares some wise lessons from the past
Ian Smith signs off from his beach hut with an eclectic mix of cases involving suspicion, doubt, disbelief & enforcement
Bargaining rights denied: Ian Smith reports on Deliveroo drivers, detriments & debatable opinions
Ian Smith investigates a gap in protection for workers in the ‘gig economy’
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman
Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate
Ellisons—Carla Jones
Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford
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Freeths—Louise Mahon
Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire
NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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