Compromise agreements

As an employment lawyer advising an employee on the terms of a compromise agreement, how many times have you been asked to give the following warranty (or something si...

The introduction of fixed conciliation periods may result in an increased use of compromise agreements for those who fail to conciliate in time. Roseanne Russell examines the consequences and consi...

The Court of Appeal has now provided definitive guidance on the drafting of compromise agreements after overturning the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in the case of Hinton v University of...

The application of s.203 ERA 1996 continues to raise a few questions for employers. Julian Yew looks at Hilton UK Hotels Ltd v McNaughton in which the EAT warned employers that the key iss...

Julian Yew examines the case of CMC Group Plc & ors v Michael Zhang. Here, the Court of Appeal considered the enforceability of a repayment clause in the event that the employee breached a...

The Court of Appeal, in Burlo v Langley and anor 2006 EWCA Civ 1778, has confirmed the EAT's decision that an employee claiming compensation for unfair dismissal was not entitled to full pay in res...

Timothy Brennan QC addresses some of the tax questions that commonly arise on termination of employment, or on judgment or compromise of the ensuing dispute. He also suggests how to avoid some comm...

"The simplification of anything is always sensational,'' GK Chesterton.
When the statutory dismissal, disciplinary and grievance procedures were brought in by the Employment Act 2002 they wer...