The Law Lords are considering whether to grant leave for an appeal by a Welsh bus company over the level of unfair dismissal payments to a group of sacked drivers. In June 1993 an industrial tribunal held there was no jurisdiction for the payments to the drivers, who lost their jobs after industrial action, to be cut on the basis they contributed to their own dismissal. That decision was overturned by the Employment Appeals Tribunal but reinstated by the Court of Appeal last year. Now the company, Crosville Wales, seeks to appeal to the Lords.
Legal Task Force aims to protect employees with indemnity clause
A TASK Force of young solicitors and freelance practitioners has launched a model clause in a bid to stop partners suing their staff for negligence. The clause includes an indemnity by the employer against all liabilities and claims which might be made against a member of staff and pledges the firm will not attempt to […]