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Gordon Turner

SM v Lauren Richards Ltd.- February 2021

Here an employee brought very broad ranging allegations after she was dismissed. Because she didn’t have 2 years’ continuous employment, her case was brought as a disability related claim for which there is no qualifying period. Instead of getting bogged down in the volumes of data she provided, we applied to have the case dismissed on a narrow point: the medical evidence provided didn’t meet the hurdle for establishing she was a disabled person under the Equality Act 2010.  

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R S v Onyx Ltd

In a complex ‘blackmail’ type case, R S v Onyx Ltd the employee was ordered to pay £20,000 towards our client’s legal costs. The case has now gone to the Civil Courts for enforcement.

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Redundancy in Lockdown

You’re not alone…

If you’ve been offered a Settlement Agreement due to the current economic uncertainty, you are certainly not alone…The CIPD published a report in Autumn 20 indicating 30% of employers were planning to make redundancies and other steps to cut workforce costs such as furlough, redeployment and cutting bonuses- ‘Labour Market Outlook: Autumn 2020.’

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Happy Birthday Alan Turner (aka Dad)!

We all know what a letter from the Queen means...well here's a certificate and letter from the President of the Law Society congratulating my Dad on 60 years as a solicitor.

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DO -v -NHS – June 2019

NHS Employee wins £185,000 in a breach of contract claim regarding redundancy pay.

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