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2019 – Year of the Equal Pay clean-up?

2019-05-01T19:36:51+00:00

Despite its unobjectifiable obviousness in the modern day, Equal Pay has been a topic under the glare of the employment law spotlight for some time and something the public have become increasingly passionate about. As an employment lawyer, it would be nice to believe that the public were as interested in employment statistics and reform as we are. However the far more plausible explanation is that modern day transparency, the #MeToo campaign and the Harvey Weinstein scandal have kickstarted the much-needed motivation in order to achieve meaningful change. It was less than a year ago that employers were made by [...]

2019 – Year of the Equal Pay clean-up?2019-05-01T19:36:51+00:00

Fixed Costs Pilot Scheme Introduced on a voluntary basis

2019-05-01T19:38:04+00:00

The High Court in London, Manchester and Leeds has recently commenced a two-year trial under which it is proposing to limit parties costs for litigation that meets the specific criteria of the pilot scheme. Whether there are sufficient cases that will meet these criteria remains to be seen but there is no doubt that commercial court users will welcome some certainty as to the potential costs risk of litigation. This does not address the risk that so few cases will fall within the criteria and that so few parties will agree to volunteer for the process that there will only [...]

Fixed Costs Pilot Scheme Introduced on a voluntary basis2019-05-01T19:38:04+00:00
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