Sarah Jennings, Trainee Solicitor
The standard use of pre-employment health related questionnaires is a common practice within employment, and has long been used by many employers to weed out job applicants who might have had particular health problems or taken long periods of sick leave. The new provisions of the Equality Act introduce sweeping changes to the law...
Mark Cornish, Partner
Most of the Equality Act 2010 is now in force despite early post election indications that it could be revised and delayed...
David Marshall, Partner
Managing Partner - December/January 2010
Claims for workplace intimidation and harassment were among those expected to increase as the economic downturn impacted on everyone's workload. Law firm HR policies could usefully include information about effective time and stress management...
Mark Cornish, Partner
Mark reviews the latest developments in Employment Law following the Equality Bill 2009, the contents of which are intended to come into effect in Spring 2010...
David Marshall, Partner
Solicitors Journal - 6 October 2009
David reviews how the courts determine causation and calculate compensation in stress at work claims...
David Marshall, Partner
Solicitors Journal, 21 April 2009
David Marshall considers the calculation of damages in occupational stress claims...
David Marshall, Partner
Traps for the Unwary: Part 1
Increasing numbers of claims for "non-physical injury" arising out of employment have led to an overlap in the law and remedies provided by the Courts and the Employment Tribunals. Whilst there are issues of principle, there are also numerous practical implications for the personal injury lawyer and for the employment lawyer...
David Marshall, Partner
Traps for the Unwary: Part 2
In Part 1 I set out a hypothetical case study. Here I set out some of the pitfalls and some of the pros and cons of the courses of action and try to give some pointers as to how to advise a client in such circumstances...
Mark Cornish, Partner
Contractual bonuses for amounts often far in excess of basic salary have been widely used to incentivise employees in the City for some time. But in the last decade there have been a flurry of cases concerned with the legal nature of bonuses. Mark Cornish ,...
