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In employment law, awards for ‘injury to feelings’ have historically been permitted only in claims linked to discrimination, whistleblowing, and trade union membership.

As consultations go, it was always going to be ambitious, sprawling and dividing of opinions. When, in 2017, we submitted our considered thoughts as an industry towards the government’s consultation on fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence (CN) cases, we did so in the full knowledge that there would be no quick and easy solution.

Employment law can be a complex, confusing business and wrongful dismissal is an area where there are too many misconceptions, which puts employers at risk. Here DAS Law’s Michaela Smeaton gives us the low-down on Wrongful Dismissal, and suggests a few things you can do to protect your business against these claims

With the key judgement in the BNM v MGN case not expected until the end of the year, and decisions in the fixed recoverable costs arena not due until 2019, the ATE insurance sector – already burdened by ever changing regulation – is playing something of a waiting game.

The example in the headline is a facile one, but I’d like to share a few serious(ish) thoughts about cancellation. Most of us have been there; a shiny product and convincing salesperson, and the price never seems expensive when it’s broken down into 80 years’ worth of monthly payments in a finance deal. Then the next day – remorse. But can we cancel? The answer is often yes, but it can turn on some surprisingly arbitrary points.