Employment


No continuing loss from law firm’s breach of contract, tribunal rules

23 May 2023

A trainee solicitor whose never took up his job after the terms of employment were changed four days before he began work has failed in his bid for damages greater than his contractual notice period.


Ex-Hogan Lovells staffer to pay costs for attacks on firm’s integrity

2 May 2023

A former employee of Hogan Lovells whose unfair dismissal claim was thrown out has been ordered to pay costs because of attacks he made on the City firm’s integrity.


Paralegal wins claims for disability discrimination and harassment

26 April 2023

A paralegal at a London law firm was unfairly dismissed over unpaid wages, subjected to disability discrimination and harassed on the basis of her sex, an employment tribunal has ruled.


Barrister fails in appeal over discrimination claim against chambers

24 April 2023

An employment tribunal did not show bias in dismissing a claim brought by a black barrister against his chambers, an appeal tribunal has ruled.


Firm’s post-dismissal conduct worsened pregnant paralegal’s stress

21 April 2023

The way a law firm dealt with a pregnant paralegal after it unfairly dismissed her exacerbated the stress she suffered, an employment tribunal has ruled.


Law firm to pay £19k for unfairly dismissing pregnant paralegal

20 April 2023

A law firm has been ordered to pay damages of nearly £19,000 for unfairly dismissing a pregnant paralegal after going through a tick-box redundancy exercise.


Firm’s failure to pay lawyer’s bonus or promote her was unfair

17 April 2023

A law firm that tried to change its head of family’s bonus scheme without notice and failed to promote her as agreed fundamentally breached her contract, a tribunal has ruled.


Law firm unfairly dismissed “homophobic” secretary

23 March 2023

A law firm unfairly dismissed a legal secretary who made homophobic comments because of how it ran the disciplinary process, an employment tribunal has ruled.


Barrister awarded £136,000 for CPS disability discrimination

23 March 2023

A disabled former senior prosecutor has been awarded damages of nearly £136,000 for discrimination suffered at the hands of the Crown Prosecution Service.


Solicitor ordered to pay costs after failed unfair dismissal claim

21 March 2023

A solicitor has been ordered to pay costs for his conduct of a failed employment tribunal claim against his former law firm.


Pay appeal blow for judges who ‘sit up’ in higher courts

20 March 2023

A ruling that salaried judges who ‘sit up’ in higher courts from time to time should be paid more for the work has been overturned by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.


Circuit judge fails in discrimination and harassment claim

16 March 2023

An employment tribunal was right to strike out a circuit judge’s claims over the way two grievances she raised were handled, a High Court judge has ruled.


Litigator able to bring disability discrimination claim, tribunal rules

27 February 2023

A litigator who had emergency heart surgery three months before being sacked was disabled and so can take forward a discrimination claim against his ex-firm, a tribunal has ruled.


Paralegal awarded £30k over pregnancy discrimination and low pay

17 February 2023

A solicitor has been ordered to pay a paralegal over £30,000 after an employment tribunal found he discriminated against her once she became pregnant.


Self-employed consultant was employee of firm under Equality Act

13 February 2023

A self-employed consultant at a law firm fell within the definition of an employee for the purposes of claims under the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has ruled.

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