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The basic position is that with some exceptions, it is inappropriate for an Employer to ask a job applicant any health related questions before offering work (which includes e.g. contract work or a partnership) to the job seeker or putting that person...

Rule 3.4 of the Civil Procedure Rules  (“CPR”) enables the court to strike out the whole or part of a statement of case which discloses no reasonable grounds for bringing or defending a claim (CPR 3.4(2)(a) ), or which is an abuse of the...

Unlike the High Court of the County Court, no fees are currently charged by the Government in respect of applications made to the Employment Tribunal. However, from the Summer of 2013 fees will be charge when a claim is brought in the Employment Tribunal or...

With effect from 1st October 2012 provisions in the Equality Act 2010 relating to age discrimination come into force and will affect private members club or associations who: Have at least 25 member Have rules regulating who can be a member and there is a...

What is redundancy? This is defined by Section 139 Employment Rights Act 1996.   A redundancy occurs if the dismissal is wholly or mainly attributable to: The employer ceasing or intending to cease to carry on its business (i) for the...

Many senior employees are asked to sign contracts containing restrictive covenants which limit their ability to e.g. solicit work from clients or customers, to poach staff or work within a prescribed area on leaving their employment. Such contractual...

The Housing Act 2004  (which did not come into force until 6th April 2007) introduced the requirements for landlords to register deposits paid by their shorthold tenants in an authorised scheme, and to give the tenant prescribed information...

Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 Where a relationship breaks down and the parties cannot agree how their property should be dealt with e.g. a sale or transfer of the property to one of them application can be made to the court for a...

As part of two separate schemes  under the Job Seekers Employment and Enterprise Regulations 2011  to help recipients of Job Seekers Allowance back to work, individuals were required to take part in schemes that involved them undertaking...

Is an au pair entitled to the national minimum wage if certain tasks are not shared with the family? No, says the Court of Appeal in conjoined appeals concerning the application of the Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (“NMW”)to domestic...