So, as within all areas of society, coronavirus is having a large impact on various areas of law. Even in the last 24 hours, there have been further developments which affect Solicitors and the general public alike, which include: Family Law: Unfortunately, there are reports that applications for divorce are likely to rise over coming…
Employment Tribunal fees are illegal. This was declared on 26th July 2017 by the Supreme Court in R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor. Put simply, from that day onwards, Employment Tribunals completely scrapped both issue fees (the fee for submitting a claim form to Tribunal) and the hearing fee (the fee incurred…
Elliott v The Joseph Whitworth Centre Ltd is a decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal which demonstrates what can only be described as an abject failure of the judicial process. In his judgment His Honour Judge McMullen QC describes the chronology of relevant events as “sad and disappointing”. Mr Elliott had been working as a…