HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) have advised that there will be an update to the technology supporting the Cloud Video Platform (CVP) and the Video Hearings Service (VHS). The update requires organisations to check, and possibly change, their firewall settings. The changes impact any practice area that could involve attendance at a court hearing…. >>
In Chumbu v The Disabilities Trust [2024] EAT 113 the EAT held that the employment tribunal had erred in making an earlier costs award the subject of an unless order. This had the effect of turning the costs award into a form of deposit order, absent the safeguards provided by Rule 39 ET Rules. It… >>
In Ngole v Touchstone Leeds (ET Case No 1805942/2022) a Christian social worker has partially succeeded in his claims of discrimination and harassment based on religion or belief against the health support charity that rescinded his job offer after an internet search revealed his views on homosexuality. The claim for direct discrimination based on religion… >>
In Thorney Golf Centre Ltd v (1) Reed (2) Reed [2024] EAT 96 the EAT held that, when deciding whether to extend time for a late response, the starting point, in relation to delay, should be a consideration of the extent of the delay in putting in the response itself and/or (if done later) in… >>
In Stanley v The Village Bakery (Wrexham) Ltd ET/1602387/2023 a blind employee won his discrimination case against a Welsh bakery when an employment tribunal found that the bakery didn’t give him time to familiarise himself with his surroundings or offer him a ‘buddy’ while he adjusted to his new workplace. Pro Employment LawFormed in 2017,… >>
In Clifford v IBM United Kingdom Ltd [2024] EAT 90 the EAT held that: future claims can be waived in a settlement agreement so long as appropriately clear language is used; this is the case irrespective of whether it is a ‘clean break’ end of employment situation or the parties remain in a continuing employment… >>
In Bugden v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2024] EAT 80 the claimant, who had been dismissed as a result of periods of ill-health absence over a number of years, contended that the employment tribunal should itself have raised the possibility of redeployment both as a potential reasonable adjustment under EqA 2010, s 20 and in… >>
The Code of Practice (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Order 2024 is made to bring into effect the Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement (the Code) on 18 July 2024. The Code was laid in draft before both Houses of Parliament on 19 February 2024 and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons on… >>
In Lawes v Fleet Maritime Services (Bermuda) Ltd [2024] EAT 77 the EAT upheld an Employment Judge’s decision to stay, effectively, a decision as to the territorial reach of the Extension of Jurisdiction Order 1994. The claimant had reserved the right to pursue a contractual claim before the courts for amounts over and above the… >>