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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
29 April 2016
EAT allows appeal against order for re-engagement
In Lincolnshire County Council v Lupton UKEAT/0328/15 the Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed an appeal against an order for re-engagement which followed a successful unfair dismissal claim.
28 April 2016
Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth: Distinction between “allegation” and “information” described by EAT as a false dichotomy
Facts
Ms Kilraine was employed by the London Borough of Wandsworth as an Education Achievement Project Manager. She was dismissed on 30 September 2011, allegedly by reason of redundancy.
26 April 2016
Subject Access Requests - Guidance on the crime and legal privilege exemptions
The recent High Court decision in Gurieva v Community Safety Development (UK) Ltd (“CSD”) gives some practical guidance to data controllers on the approach they need to adopt if they wish to rely on the crime and legal privilege exemptions to compliance with Subject Access Requests (“SARs”) made under the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”).
25 April 2016
“Pulling a Sickie”
In the recent case of Ajaj v Metroline West Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the effect of “pulling a sickie” on the employer/employee relationship.
19 April 2016
Modern Slavery Act: Is your business ready?
The date triggering the first reporting obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the MSA) passed a few weeks ago. Here is a brief look at some of the key questions we are being asked.
