Frances McCarthy video expresses concerns over Government legal changes

Although at first sight some of these changes might seem like common sense, a second look reveals their (potentially fatal) flaws… 

New Employment Tribunals fees unfair, says P&B’s Paul Statham

The coalition Government’s money-saving proposals to introduce fees for claimants in employment tribunals are set to fail, according to expert legal opinion. Read partner Paul Statham’s views, published recently in ‘The HR Director‘. 

Remembering the workers: Workers’ Memorial Day, 2012

With Workers’ Memorial Day in mind, partner Marcus Weatherby – in a considered piece for Employment Law magazine - looks critically at the Government’s current misguided attack on ‘excessive health and safety provision’.

Fees in employment tribunals unfair to workers!

The coalition Government’s money-saving proposals to introduce fees for claimants in employment tribunals are set to fail, according to expert legal opinion. 

Are these Employment Tribunal changes a genuine improvement, or just another way to ‘clobber the claimant’?

Damian Brooks, from our Employment department, wonders whether ‘efficiency’ is really the motivation behind forthcoming changes to Employment Tribunal procedure…

We never stop fighting the injustice of industrial disease

 Jack Waller - from our London office – reflects on our ongoing struggle against industrial disease as historic exposure to asbestos dust continues to make life – and death – a misery for those afflicted…  

ITV Daybreak report on compensation claims and the NHS

This report illustrates just how badly understood the legal fees issue is with regard to NHS compensation claims… 

Valentine’s Day administration gives Glasgow Rangers the blues.

With Glasgow Rangers Football Club going into administration, Jane Farrell – of our Employment department – looks at what ‘administration’ really means. Where do employees stand when a creditor puts the boot in? 

Why young drivers see more ghosts…

Personal injury specialist John Kilmister – from our Bristol office – has seen a few in his time… but not the white-sheet variety. These are dodgy motor insurance brokers. And they prey on naive motorists looking to be legal, but trying to avoid the spectre of premiums that make your hair stand on end…  

Will this mean fairer care provision from Local Authorities?

Four national charities (Sense, National Autistic Society, RNIB and Guide Dogs) will today obtain clarification from the Supreme Court as to whether a local authority should take an individual’s financial resources into account when they are assessing a person’s needs.