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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
11 April 2014
Top tips for law firms recruiting teams and partners
We outline some of the key issues to be considered by management in law firms when recruiting teams and partners.
10 April 2014
Employment Tribunals – is East London bucking the trend?
I attended a meeting yesterday for “users” of the Employment Tribunal at East London – mostly lawyers, but also others who bring or defend cases before the Tribunal on a reasonably regular basis. I was fully expecting to be told Tribunal applications had “fallen off a cliff” here, as in every other region in the country.
7 April 2014
Employment Law changes are afoot…
A number of important changes to UK employment law came into force yesterday. Below are our comments in relation to those which we think will have the biggest impact on litigation tactics and strategy, for employers and employees alike.
3 April 2014
Negotiated exit: avoid the pitfalls of partner and team moves
Various stories have hit the headlines recently of law firms holding departing partners to lengthy notice and garden leave periods. While this may have advantages from a cashflow perspective (as it enables firms to hold on to partners’ capital contributions for longer), it is rarely advisable from an HR, morale or partnership law perspective.
This article suggests a practical way forward for firms faced with partner departures. It also offers tips for recruiting firms on how to avoid disputes with new partners’ former firms.
2 April 2014
Legal Update: Dismissals due to harmonisation of terms after a TUPE transfer were automatically unfair
Before 31 January 2014, when changes to TUPE came into effect, a dismissal was automatically unfair if the sole or principle reason for it was the TUPE transfer itself. If the reason for the dismissal was not the transfer itself but was connected to the transfer then it was automatically unfair unless it was due to an economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce (known as an ETO).
