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New guidance on direct marketing has been published by the Information Commissioners Office. The guidance aims to help businesses comply with their data protection obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer's failure to provide an impartial grievance appeal process (by allowing an employee to appeal to a different manager than the one who had heard the original grievance) could amount to a...

Employers should take note of what appears to be the first case to consider the effect of a successful internal appeal on a prima facie case of indirect sex discrimination. The EAT held that an employee had not suffered indirect sex discrimination when her...

The Department for Communities and Local Government has introduced a new empty property rate relief scheme for newly built commercial property. Relief will be available for new properties completed after 1 October 2013 and before 30 September 2016 that are...

On 10 October 2013 Clare Wiseman was elected as Vice-Chair of Resolution West-Midlands at the AGM. This is a prestigious appointment to a highly active and important group for family law. Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers and other...

A partner at leading Black Country law firm George Green has been appointed as a Fee Paid Employment Judge. Tim Lang’s appointment is one of only 40 appointments made nationally by the Lord Chancellor and he will sit part time in the London North and...

At the end of last month, employees started paying to bring claims in tribunals.  The new tribunal fees provisions came into force on 29th July, bringing with them a significant shift in the spirit of the employment tribunal. But two legal challenges to...

Employers keen to avoid costly employment tribunal cases should face greater protection when new regulations preventing pre-termination negotiations being used as evidence in unfair dismissal cases come into force next week. That’s according to...

Black Country employers had an opportunity to learn more about the potential pitfalls of unfair dismissal claims when local law firm George Green LLP hosted a mock employment tribunal in association with the Black Country Chamber of Commerce. The...

Employers could face a sting in the tail when new Employment Tribunal fees designed to discourage weak or spurious claims are introduced next month, according to leading Black Country law firm George Green. From 29 July this year, claimants bringing a claim...