L.E. Law Solicitors

University Chaucer lecturer made redundant amid row over 'decolonising of the curriculum' wins more than £70,000 for unfair dismissal - but tribunal says 'no evidence' of any cultural cancellation: https://ow.ly/n1JC50TnLpo Via #DailyMail #employmentlaw #unfairdismissal #legalnews

Thousands of families are becoming embroiled in a soaring number of inheritance disputes leading to a record volume of “ruinously expensive” and emotionally gruelling court cases: https://ow.ly/rQuu50TnLny Via #TheGuardian #inheritancelaw #probate #wills

Employment Tribunals have a duty to give sufficient reasons for their decisions so that the parties to a claim can understand why they won or lost. In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned a finding of indirect disability discrimination because the reasoning behind it was unclear. Learn more at https://ow.ly/X5Bb50TnLkj #legalnews #uklaw #employmentlaw #employers

Unmarried couples who hope to have children together via fertility treatment must comply with a number of requirements in order for both partners to be legally recognised as parents, but if a mistake is made in the documentation, the courts can often assist. This point was demonstrated in a recent case where a declaration of parentage under Section 55A of the Family Law Act 1986 was granted to a woman in a same-sex relationship whose partner had given birth after undergoing IVF treatment. Learn more at https://ow.ly/K3b050TfzLf #legalnews #uklaw #familylaw #lawfirm

Family fallouts over inheritance are on the rise with more challenges at the early hurdle of obtaining probate, which unlocks an estate so it can be distributed: https://ow.ly/hKqE50TfANb Via #ThisIsMoney #probate #inheritancelaw #wills

Under Regulation 8 of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, employees who have worked continuously for four years or more under a series of fixed-term contracts automatically become permanent employees unless the renewal of their employment on a fixed-term contract was objectively justified. Recently, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered whether such justification applied in the case of a locum consultant Learn more at https://ow.ly/VEgW50TecSj #legalnews #employmentlaw #employers

Pontins has apologised directly to Irish Travellers saying its previous refusal to allow guests to stay because it suspected they were from the community was "clearly wrong": https://ow.ly/9sf650TfAyO Via #BBCNews #discrimination #legalnews #uklaw

The High Court has ruled that a businessman's final will, which left most of his estate to his two youngest children and largely disinherited his two eldest children, was invalid. Learn more at https://ow.ly/6ZoR50TecbH #legalnews #uklaw #will #probate #inheritancelaw

Full-time workers' rights to ask for a four-day working week could be strengthened under government plans to increase flexible working: https://ow.ly/sWuj50TaAhq Via #BBCNews #flexibleworking #workplacelaw #legalnews

Can a local housing authority serve an improvement notice under Section 12 of the Housing Act 2004 in respect of a hazard that may or may not exist? This question was raised in a landlord's recent appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Learn more at https://ow.ly/IoBf50Tcy3g #legalnews #uklaw #legal #propertylaw