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The EAT’s Familiar Authorities 3 Jul 2012 | 04:37 pm
The EAT has published its list of Familiar Cases. These are the cases that are so commonly cited that the EAT keeps copies of them to hand. This means that, if you are referring to one of them, you do...
Text Expansion Software 3 Jul 2012 | 01:53 pm
This isn’t a legal tip, but it is very useful. If you write a lot, particularly if you write the same thing a lot, it is worth getting a bit of software that that will replace the text you type, wit...
Don’t double dip 27 Jun 2012 | 02:35 pm
Often, when drafting a schedule of loss, you will need to include more than one claim. For example, if your case is for unfair dismissal and unlawful deduction of wages, your schedule should set how h...
Tone matters 7 Jun 2012 | 03:03 pm
A client recently told me he thought a document I had drafted for him sounded ‘smug.’ I was momentarily a bit miffed, of course. But there are at least 3 things to learn from this: 1. Tone matters. ...
Getting phone calls from the Judge 30 May 2012 | 08:06 pm
This will rarely happen. Employment Judges only speak to the parties at hearings. Some case management discussions are conducted by telephone, but usually this is through a central conference call sys...
Preserving Online Mitigation Evidence 28 May 2012 | 04:55 pm
Nowadays a lot of people search for jobs online. If you are doing this, you will need to make sure you can produce copies of the adverts and your application for the tribunal to show that you have mad...
Which part of ‘contract’ do they not understand? 22 May 2012 | 09:36 pm
This is a short post about the substantive law, for once – which is not really what this blog is about. But I’m going to write about it anyway, because it bugs me. A contract is a legally binding ag...
The mystery witness 11 May 2012 | 06:06 pm
Sometimes employers will dismiss on the strength of information from someone they are not prepared to identify – let’s call him or her X. What can you do about that? Can you make them call X to give...
Practicability and modern inventions 8 May 2012 | 08:55 pm
Under rule 35 of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure, preliminary consideration of an application for review of an a tribunal decision must be done by the employment judge of the tribunal that ...
Settling a claim against a respondent you don’t trust 3 May 2012 | 04:00 pm
You can settle your case by withdrawing it, or agreeing to withdraw it, in return for your former employer’s promise to pay you some money. (It’s normally mainly money, though sometimes there will be ...
