Kuldeep S. Clair, Consultant Solicitor, offers his views Some people would imagine that being persistently late to work every week would be quite inexcusable and a definite basis for dismissal. It could be argued that if an employee argued that his repeated lateness was due to a disability, he was just trying to pull a
Defamation My client was a professional girl in her mid-twenties who had done modelling work and had contact with a man who worked part-time as a photographer. He made repeated and persistent requests to my client for her to send photographs and to pose for photo-shots, which turned into requests for nude and semi-pornographic
Kuldeep S. Clair, Consultant Solicitor, offers his views I have written this article as a result of a story in the news this week about the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chis Whitty, who was abused and harassed in central London by a couple of drunken young men. Here is a link to the story: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/01/man-who-grabbed-chris-whitty-sacked-from-job-as-estate-agent
Kuldeep S. Clair, as an expert solicitor, tells the story of one of his recent cases: This question commonly arises particularly when an employee does not have the right to claim unfair dismissal due to short length of service. Or otherwise, it may be especially important where the employee is lucky enough to be entitled
Kuldeep S. Clair, Consultant Solicitor, offers his views In employment cases, it is generally crucial for there to be a fair investigation before an employee is dismissed for an allegation of misconduct. All relevant evidence must be heard. The employer must show that he has not acted unreasonably, or for underhand motives when dismissing. The
Kuldeep S. Clair, Consultant Solicitor, offers his views I wrote last year on the impact of Covid-19 on employment law. This piece follows on from that. It should be of interest whether you are an employee or employer. In 2021, this has developed into a question of where the rights of employers/employees conflict when
Just now, in January 2020, prominent new case was reported widely in the news involving equal pay. It is prominent because it involved a claim by a well-known BBC journalist, Samira Ahmed, against her employer, on the basis that she had been underpaid for several years, for presenting one programme, amongst others. Her equal pay
Are you an employee or ‘worker’? Are you a self -employed ‘contractor’? Are you an employer? What are your rights and liabilities? You may think you know the answer to that question, but the answer may be different from what you imagine. Your position may be either better or worse than you think! Why is
Can the directors of a limited company be personally liable for the company’s breaches of an employment contract with its employees? Kuldeep S. Clair looks at an interesting recent case: The basic principle is that the company is a legally distinct and separate entity from those individuals that own and direct the company. That
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