In July 2012 in Simmons v Castle, the Court of Appeal ruled that a 10% increase in non-pecuniary damages should apply to personal injury and similar cases in the civil courts. There has been much debate among competing authorities as to whether this uplift should apply to injury to feelings in a discrimination case but […]
TUPE and garden leave
In ICAP Management Services Ltd v Berry where a senior executive was placed on garden leave he considered that a TUPE transfer would enable him to terminate his leave early. Mr Berry gave notice to his employer, ICAP Management Services Ltd to join a competitor, BGB Services (Holdings) Limited. ICAP put him on garden leave. […]
Disclosure of the intention to compete with employer?
The Chancery Division in the case of MPT Group v Peel held it is probably not necessary for employees to disclose their intention to compete with their employer. In this case two fairly senior employees planned to set up a new company in competition with their employer once their restrictive covenants had expired post employment. […]
TUPE & Employee Liability Information (reg 11)
Is a transferor (i.e the old employer) in breach of regulation 11 of TUPE for incorrectly telling the transferee (i.e the new employer) that a Christmas bonus was non-contractual when it transpired it was in fact contractual. The Employment Tribunal held there was no breach and the Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed in the case of […]
New Employment Law Solicitor joins Astons Solicitors
I am delighted to announce that Lorraine Emery has recently joined Astons Solicitors as our latest employment law solicitor and with over 20 years experience in employment law she represents a significant addition to the team. Lorraine has worked for household names providing specialist employment advice and has extensive experience across a number of sectors […]
Annual National Minimum Wage Increase
The draft The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017 have been published. The increase is proposed to come into effect on 1 April 2017. The Regulations raise the national living wage (for those aged over 25) from £7.20 per hour to £7.50 per hour. There are other associated proposed increases for the other age bands […]