• The Court of Appeal hold that the dismissal of a union representative for storing and sharing confidential information, which raised concerns about five union members’ selection for redundancy, was unfair.
• Acas has published new guidance on suspension, where an employee continues to be employed but does not have to attend work or do any work.
• The Ministry of Justice have published quarterly ET statistics for Jan to Mar 2018 which show that single ET claims increased by 118%, with breaches of the Working Time Regulations being the most common complaint.
• The High Court has given the IWGB union permission for a judicial review of the CAC’s decision that Deliveroo drivers are not workers for the purpose of obtaining statutory recognition for collective bargaining.
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday 19th January, SMB won a claim to recover the domain name blackjack.com on behalf of our client, Hanger Holdings.
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SMB’s Media Team have advised FAE Film and Television Limited on the production and financing of new film Save The Cinema for Sky Cinema.
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