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Employment law brief: 29 September 2016

29 September 2016 / Ian Smith
Issue: 7716 / Categories: Features , Employment
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Ian Smith tackles matters of procedure

  • Extension of time where advisers at fault.
  • ET rule on rejection of a claim ruled ultra vires.
  • Disabilty cases—making reasonable adjustments for the hearing.
  • Giving reasons in an indirect discrimination case.

As your humble author was lazily floating in the balmy waters of the North Sea off Southwold beach one day in our scorchio August (sorry—that had to go in because it may not be possible to say it for another decade) he thought what a good idea it would be for one of these columns to concentrate purely on matters of procedure (the Cinderella subject of employment law) rather than substance. This primarily shows what a saddo your humble author is (even before getting to Dr Who and Robot Wars ), but lo it came to pass that that is what has happened this month. Of the following four cases below, three concern matters ever likely to arise in tribunal litigation, with the fourth being a highly unusual case of

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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