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On Friday night I had the strange experience – which many other Scots will share this evening – of addressing a pile of offal tied up in a sheep’s stomach, in front of a captive audience. Since then I’ve been wondering: will Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, be reciting Robert Burns’ ‘Address to a Haggis’ tonight? And if so, as he plunges a sharp knife into its ‘honest, sonsie face’, will he pause to reflect on the impact that Scottish independence may have on the system of employment law in the UK? More
Few of us can remain untouched by the shocking events of the last few nights. While the Government and the police face the problem of bringing the perpetrators of these crimes to their senses and then to justice, the rest of the nation fearfully looks into its collective soul, and struggles to understand how such extremes of civil disobedience can have been generated. For direct victims of the violence, however, the pain is much less existential. Those who have lost their homes and all their possessions, or their family businesses, will at some point have to address the very tangible questions of what insurance they had, what their legal rights are, and how to go about rebuilding their lives. We hope we can help in some small way by addressing the legal implications for employees unable to get to work because of disruption, because their office or shop is closed due to riot damage – or because their workplaces have been burnt to the ground. More
When Methodist minister Ms H A Moore brought a claim of unfair dismissal in 2009, she probably didn’t realise what contortions the President of the EAT would be put through in trying to decide, on appeal, whether she had the necessary legal status to bring her claim. The way the law has developed in this area makes for a fascinating study of the difficulties faced by employment judges in reconciling apparently conflicting authorities. More
A silent, but significant, revolution takes place on 31 January 2011. Few may realise it, yet it will reform one of the oldest and largest of institutions in this country. More
Clarence House announced that William and Kate are to be married on 29 April 2011. In response, the Prime Minister David Cameron said this ‘happy and momentous occasion’ would be marked by a public holiday to ‘ensure the most people possible will have a chance to celebrate on the day.’ Marvellous stuff. But, without wishing to dampen the national spirit of enthusiasm, will ‘most people’ actually be able to take the day off to participate in the mass waves of bonhomie? More
