How congenial?

For many years, Mr Seldon was a partner in a law firm. At the end of the year following his sixty-fifth birthday, in accordance with the partnership deed, his fellow partners forced him to retire. Mr Seldon sued the firm for age discrimination. Read on

An Unfair Share?

Tesco Stores v Pook is oft cited as authority for the proposition that a share option scheme will contain an implied term that an employee may not exercise share options whilst in material breach of contract. Read on

Woodward v Abbey National plc

In Woodward v Abbey National plc, the Employment Tribunal had to grapple with the question of whether post-employment disclosures are caught by the whistleblowing legislation. The case is also an interesting illustration of the good faith requirement and of the application of the burden of proof in a whistleblowing case. Read on