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Employment Restrictions After Termination: Be Cautious
Kau Media Group (KMG) Ltd. sought to enforce two post-termination employment restriction (PTRs) contained in a contract of employment to restrict Mr. Hart, a former employee, from working for his proposed new employer, MiSmile Media Ltd. (MML). Mr. Hart had worked for...
Beware of rushing to judgement before terminating employment.
A Tribunal has ruled that a deputy security manager was unfairly dismissed, despite performing “no prescribed tasks” while ‘working from home’, many hundreds of miles from his place of work. Mr. Kitaruth travelled from London to Cornwall to...
Self-employment cannot be used as a tax smokescreen for contracted employees
A complex celebrity case arose recently in which the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) was asked to consider the application of the intermediaries’ legislation (IR35), otherwise known as off-payroll working, to payments made by Manchester United Football Club (MUFC)...
Not all hurt feelings are uncapped & costly
The Employment Appeal Tribunal slashed a £10,000 award for injury to feeling by 80% after an original tribunal ruling was deemed not to be Meek compliant as it failed to provide adequate reasons for the quantum awarded. A Miss Graham was employed by Eddie...