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We reported in our blog of 29 December 2025 that the Government is looking into reforming non compete clauses in employment contracts.

When asked to collaborate on an article for The Law Society Gazette on why women leave law, I jumped at the chance to participate. This is an issue I've commented on for years, gleaning observations...

Faye Russell Caldicott (a pseudonym) begins her trial in the Leeds Employment Tribunal today.

The Employment Rights bill has been ping-ponging back and forth between the House of Commons and the House of Lords for some considerable time now.

In Attorney General v Messi the Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued a restriction of proceedings order against an individual...

The appellant in the case of Shawcross v SMG Europe Holdings Ltd & Ors was dismissed on 28 April 2023. Two days before her dismissal she was inadvertently copied into email correspondence...

In Leicester City Council v Parmar the Court of Appeal has confirmed that Mrs Parmar was directly discriminated against because of race.

On 21 May 2026, the EHRC’s updated Services Code of Practice was laid in Parliament by the Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson.

Delays in the Employment Tribunal have become significant in recent years. The current government is in the process of introducing...

The circumstances in which interim relief is available are very limited. The threshold to prove that interim relief is appropriate is a high bar to meet.

At the time of the hearing and not months in advance, said the Court of Appeal in Sharma v University of Nottingham [2025] EWCA Civ 1457.

Acas data shows that the number of disability discrimination cases referred to them post-submission of a claim to the Employment Tribunals has risen by 41% year on year from 8,946 in the year 2023-2024 to 11,958 in the year 2024-2025.

There is no common law right to receive a wage or salary under a contract during periods of sickness absence. Many contracts of employment offer contractual sick pay at normal rates of pay for an initial period...

The Employment Rights Act 2025 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 in relation to paternity leave with effect from 6 April 2026.

The claimant was dismissed following an extended period of ill health. An Employment Tribunal found that her dismissal was unfair and she also succeeded in claims of disability discrimination and victimisation.

It was reported in The Times and other media in early August that the EHRC Guidance is likely to suggest a ban on trans women using single-sex spaces.

KJ v British Council concerned a woman who was employed by the British Council in Morocco. During her employment she was subjected to harassment and sexual harassment by a colleague.