Employment settlement agreements

Assisting a international marketing agency facilitate the exit of a sales director

This client appointed a sales director who was given wide responsibility for sales teams based in a number of European countries, and for creating a presence in the US. Unfortunately, some poor decision making on the part of this director meant that the client business soon suffered from loss of revenue and recruitment issues.

Thomson Snell & Passmore assist in reaching a commercial settlement

Nick Hobden was contacted by a disability charity. One of the client’s employees was dismissed following long term sickness absence.

Advising a headteacher on whether action taken so far could give rise to a claim of procedural fairness

Nick Hobden was contacted by a headteacher of a specialist school when an employee (a speech and language therapist) did not return to work after the Christmas break. The employee gave notice and was signed off as sick by her GP for work-related stress for the duration of her notice period.

Acting for an individual sued by his previous employer

Our client was sued by his previous employer for £277,240 for breach of express and implied terms of his employment contract. In particular, it was alleged that he had breached his duties of faith and fidelity, had taken confidential information and had approached and solicited clients in competition with his previous employer as well as enticing five employees to leave with him.

Huge hike in compensation payments for hurt and upset employees

With effect from the 11 September 2017 there will be a very significant rise in compensation awards for injury to feelings or psychiatric injury in discrimination cases.

Significant court case continues

On 26 July 2017, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the employment tribunal fees regime, introduced in 2013, was unlawful. The government had already undertaken that if it lost the case it would refund the fees paid over the last four years.

When a gift is a gift and not a bribe

When a gift is a gift and not a bribe.  Nick Hobden considers the law on giving and receiving gifts in the workplace.

Law firm network draws on family law to create collaborative approach to employment disputes

Four law firms have joined forces to launch Collaborative Employment Law (CEL), a group aiming to bring a novel mediated approach to employment disputes as an alternative to litigation, modelled on a technique developed by family lawyers.

Collaborative Mediation

Our employment team advised a large FE College on a difficult matter that arose involving a fraud and safeguarding investigation against a senior member of staff.

Workplace Law - May 2016

Welcome to our May edition as ever legislation is on the move and case law continues to move the goal posts challenging HR and employment practitioners.

Changes affecting staff and employers

Ben Stepney speaks to Caring UK and outlines changes in employment law and states how this will affect employers and their employees.