Epilepsy drug valproate must no longer be prescribed to girls and women of childbearing age in the UK unless they are on a pregnancy prevention programme, writes Faye Marks of Read more…
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Posted on May 29th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
In the case of Lofty v Hamis t/a First Café, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether an in situ cancer (where cancerous cells were present in the skin but Read more…
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Posted on May 22nd, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has produced Turning the tables: ending sexual harassment at work, a report aiming to expose the reality of workplace sexual harassment. The legal Read more…
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Posted on May 10th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
In Crawford v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, the Employment Appeals Tribunal considered whether a railway signalman had been given adequate compensatory rest when he was permitted to take a series Read more…
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Posted on Apr 17th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
In Wilsons Solicitors LLP v Roberts, the Court of Appeal looked at the compensation that could be awarded for making a protected disclosure (also known as ‘whistleblowing’). In July 2014, Read more…
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Posted on Apr 3rd, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
In The Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that it is direct disability discrimination to treat someone less favourably on the basis of an Read more…
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Posted on Feb 27th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
Matthew Tebbutt, solicitor in Lyons Davidson’s Clinical Negligence team, looks at the issues around Statutory Beareavement Awards. Losing a loved one is probably the most difficult experience that many of Read more…
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Posted on Feb 22nd, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
In this article, we revisit the case of The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust v ATOS IT Services UK Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 2196, following the appeal of Read more…
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Posted on Feb 14th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
‘No’ says the Appeal Court in the case of Rochford v WNS Global Services UK Limited and others. Why? Because two wrongs do not make a right. Discriminatory treatment The Read more…
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Posted on Feb 13th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
Josie Baker, trainee solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team, looks at the issues involved in the rising costs of clinical negligence claims.
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Posted on Feb 8th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
