Employment

A law firm found to have constructively dismissed its head of family has now been ordered to pay her costs after an employment tribunal ruled some of its conduct of the case unreasonable.

The risks and consequences arising from non-disclosure agreements are routinely underestimated and rarely explored by solicitors, a major review has found.

The employment tribunal has issued protective awards in favour of 13 former employees of Newcastle firm Short Richardson & Forth for failing to consult over their redundancies.

The Legal Services Board has “no role” in “attempting to control or regulate lawyers involved in assisting clients in the lawful use of NDAs”, the Bar Council has said.

Employment law is one of the main areas where women face systemic barriers to seeking civil legal help and legal aid needs to be expanded as a result, a feminist think tank has urged.

A law firm that tried to change its head of family’s bonus scheme without notice and failed to promote her as agreed must pay her almost £13,000 for breach of contract and constructive dismissal.

Garden Court Chambers has been ordered to pay former member Allison Bailey costs of £20,000 following her successful employment tribunal claim against it.

The legal director of a new ABS specialising in cases for people classed as contractors says he hopes litigation brought by the firm in the next few months will “open the floodgates” to more claims.

A newly qualified solicitor has won an employment tribunal claim against a City law firm that sought to get out of paying him commission for exceeding his billing target.

A law centre volunteer waived privilege to legal advice he received from a Citizens’ Advice Bureau that made it clear his race discrimination claim had “very poor prospects”.

Sixty-four former employees of One Legal – the ABS that owned two criminal law firms – have been granted full protective awards because they were made redundant without notice.

A solicitor who was fired two weeks into a six-month contract was wrongly dismissed and entitled to be paid for the full six months, an employment tribunal has ruled.

An employment law advice service powered by artificial intelligence and now spun out of a London law firm is looking to team up with unions, charities and advice centres.

The mother of a solicitor who committed suicide five days after being given notice by his law firm can bring an employment tribunal claim out of time, a judge has ruled.

The former director of a law firm and his wife have won increased awards for unpaid wages and redundancy from the government because the practice was insolvent.