Hello and welcome back to this week’s case of the week. If you missed last week’s case on Kinch v Compassion in World Farming International, please click here to read it. This week, we look at the landmark ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16. At the heart of [...]
The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) judgment in Marston Holdings Ltd v Mrs A Perkins addresses pivotal issues concerning indirect sex discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 and unfair dismissal under the Employment Rights Act 1996. This case involved Mrs. Perkins, a manager at Marston Holdings, whose employment was terminated amidst disputes over a newly [...]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to our Case of the Week update! For those of you who don’t know me — I’m Kyle, one of the solicitors here at PJH Law. This week, we’re diving into a case expertly handled by none other than PJH Law's Liam Pike. The case involves a harassment related to sex [...]
In February 2025, following a 13-year legal battle, an employment tribunal awarded Professor Roya Sheikholeslami over £1 million in compensation after ruling that the University of Edinburgh had unfairly dismissed her. Professor Sheikholeslami, who joined the university in 2007 as a professor of chemical process engineering, faced delays in laboratory access due to refurbishment setbacks, [...]
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for our case of the week. Last week, we had the case of Mr I Stanley v The Village Bakery (Wrexham) Ltd involving a Claimant with a sight impairment who was dismissed during his probation period at a bakery. For anyone that missed it, you can find [...]
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for our case of the week. Last week we had our monthly newsletter for May, for anyone that missed it, you can find it here. This week, we are looking at a successful pregnancy discrimination claim against a Somerset based cheesemaker. This week’s Employment Tribunal case is [...]
Welcome all and thank you for joining us for another case of the week update. This week we'll be bringing the festive joy by looking at a 2010 case involving a Christmas party!.. And the dismissal that occurred shortly afterwards. For anyone that missed it, our last update looked at a case where an employee resigned [...]
Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. Last week we had our monthly newsletter for October 2023, where we looked at Freddie Flintoff’s settlement with the BBC and employers aiming to be more inclusive to reflect equality and diversity in their recruitment processes. In our lighter side of the news, we [...]
