Employment

Articles

29 Jun 2010

Hair today

Hair testing for drugs and alcohol has significantly evolved and improved in recent years, and is proving particularly useful in family cases, says Avi Lasarow

29 Jun 2010

Good hair day

Hair analysis is reliable and cost-effective, and can provide vital evidence in a range of cases, but it is important that it is done correctly by the right experts, says Matthew Taylor

8 Jun 2010

The final countdown

A lavish legal aid awards ceremony spelled the last hurrah for hopes of fresh state help. But if the coalition can't help, who can? Ailsa Dixon reports

1 Jun 2010

Court of Appeal uncaps wrongful dismissal compensation levels

A dismissal dispute between a surgeon and his hospital could pave the way for multi-million pound compensation claims as prior limitations are overturned.

12 Apr 2010

Attorney General's former housekeeper guilty of fraud

Loloahi Tapui, former housekeeper of Attorney General Baroness Scotland, has been convicted of fraud at Southwark Crown Court.

23 Feb 2010

Lost cause

Jennette Newman discusses the difficulties raised by the law of causation in chronic pain cases, and the case management strategies defendant solicitors can use to minimise problems

23 Feb 2010

A fine line

The sentencing guidelines on corporate manslaughter have provided welcome clarity but still leave much to the courts' discretion and risk leading to piecemeal developments in the law, says Atiyah Malik

27 Jan 2010

University lecturers lose unfair dismissal test case

Three university lecturers have lost their challenge to the imposition of a national pay agreement. The lecturers, chosen from a group of 68, argued at the EAT that their contracts had been terminated by the change and that they had been unfairly or constructively dismissed.