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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
15 January 2018
Diplomatic and state immunity – landmark Supreme Court judgments
There is an old saying that goes “You wait ages for a bus, then two come along at once”. State and diplomatic immunity are only rarely the subject of consideration by the highest court in the land. After waiting ages for one case, in October we saw two Supreme Court judgments on diplomatic and state immunity arrive on the same day. These test cases concerned the impact of state and diplomatic immunity on employment claims by domestic workers. They have established that diplomatic and state immunity in the employment context are not absolute and can successfully be challenged.
12 January 2018
Dealing with complaints of sexual harassment at work
What happens when an employee claims sexual harassment in the workplace? Offering practical advice to employers on how to handle such complaints.
19 December 2017
The pitfalls of employee immigration status
What can employers do if they discover a staff member’s status is not what it appeared? Richard Fox and Marcia Longdon report in light of a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling.
14 December 2017
Maternity Action report finds ‘unfair redundancies are forcing new mothers out of work’ – is it time for legislative change?
Maternity Action is the UK’s leading maternity rights charity. They have recently released an important report entitled Unfair Redundancies During Pregnancy, Maternity Leave and Return to Work, as part of their campaign to end unfair redundancies for pregnant women and new mothers.
13 December 2017
When is a data controller liable for the criminal acts of a rogue employee?
The acquisition from organisations of large databases of personal data by external parties (usually hackers) is an increasingly modern phenomenon – think Ashley Madison, PlayStation, TalkTalk. Less common, and perhaps of greater concern for employers, is the ‘inside job’ where a trusted employee is responsible for a major breach of data security. The High Court case of Various Claimants v Wm Morrisons Supermarket PLC [2017] EWHC 3113 (QB) has shown that a data controller can be held vicariously liable for the misuse of date by one of its employees even where it has done everything it reasonably can do to prevent such a breach.