Cooper Contracting Ltd v Lindsey The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has summarised the main principles in decisions on mitigation of loss in this case. An employee is under a duty to mitigate their loss if unfairly dismissed by looking for...
Griffiths v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions The Claimant in this case was an administrative officer who suffered from post-viral fatigue and fibromyalgia. She was absent from work for 66 days, most of which was attributable to her disability....
You might be surprised to hear that January is a buoyant time for the housing market. Rightmove, who had over a million visitors to their website on Christmas day 2014, say that on the first working day of January 2015 nearly three million people visited...
Kelly v Covance Laboratories Ltd The Claimant in this case was a Russian national who worked at a laboratory which was involved in animal testing. The Respondent was concerned that the Claimant might be an animal rights infiltrator as she would regularly...
The first step if you’re considering starting up or running a small business is to write a business plan. This is not such a daunting prospect as you may think, help is available. An attractive and well thought out business plan is a crucial tool,...
Farnan v Sunderland Association Football Club The Claimant was the Marketing Director at Sunderland Football Club (“the Club”). The Club summarily dismissed the Claimant without notice for sending sexist emails, making derogatory comments...
The surprise announcement in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement of an extra 3% charge on Stamp Duty for buy to let homes has met with an angry reaction from landlords and letting agents. Mr Osborne is hoping the new charge will raise £1billion by...
Mental capacity means that a person is able to understand and retain information and make a choice based on that information. Unless it is proved otherwise every adult has the right to make his or her own decisions. Sadly people can lose their capacity to...