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Costs: Dockerill & Healey v Tullett; Macefield v Bakos; & Tubridy v Sarwar: Only limited costs will normally be recoverable in ’small claims’ approval proceedings.
Feb 26th, 2012
The Court of Appeal have held that only very limited costs would normally be recoverable in matters subject to approval proceedings where the agreed settlement was under £1,000. The Court additionally held that the costs of instructing Counsel to attend approval hearings would not normally be recoverable
Employment Law: Delay and Constructive Dismissal – Fereday v South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust
Aug 30th, 2011
Delaying for six weeks and accepting sick pay before finally resigning meant that an employee lost her chance to claim constructive dismissal.The EAT held that the delay was of such a length that she had affirmed her contract
Credit Hire: Will the decision in Chen Wei -v- Cambridge Power and Light Ltd be short-lived?
Oct 10th, 2010
Enforceability of Credit Hire Agreements is again under the spotlight following judgment in Chen Wei –v- Cambridge Power and Light Ltd (10th September 2010, Cambridge County Court).
