Hospital Worker Loses Claim For COVID Shielding Pay

By Tabitha Burbidge

A London hospital worker has lost her claim alleging that she was wrongly put on statutory sick pay during the pandemic after a tribunal found she was not entitled to full pay under the COVID-19 shielding program because of a lack of eligibility.

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Appellate Judge Says Addison Lee Can't Toss Deposit Order

By Hanna Vioque

British car service company Addison Lee can't overturn an order requiring it to pay £125,000 ($161,434) to continue relying on certain arguments in its defense as it fights hundreds of drivers claiming worker status, an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled Thursday.

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Ex-Council Officer Gets Fresh Trial After Delay Refused

By Tabitha Burbidge

A former senior officer at a London council has got a second shot at her unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claim, after an appellate judge ruled Friday the trial should have been postponed when her lawyer became too sick to represent her.

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Solicitor Sanctioned Over False £1M Gov't Loan Declaration

By William Janes

A solicitor who signed an inaccurate declaration confirming that an investor had £1 million in a client account for the purposes of a government loan scheme was fined £15,000 ($19,400) on Friday and banned from being a partner.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen a libel clash between comedian Paul Currie and the Soho Theatre Company over allegations of anti-semitism, technology giant Huawei face a patents claim by Mediatek, Westfield Europe pursue action against Clearpay Finance for contract breaches and tour operating company Carnival hit chartered airline Maleth Aero for significant flight delays. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Pension Scams Body Calls For Early Launch Of Online Portal

By Joel Poultney

The Pensions Scams Industry Group on Friday said that British pension schemes are ready to get started with the much-delayed dashboards project designed to connect savers with lost pension pots.

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Decoding Plans To Simplify The Transfer Of Undertakings Law

The prior Conservative government's proposed reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations to simplify processes protecting employee rights have generally been welcomed, but the fact that Labour is now in power casts significant doubt on whether they will be pursued, says Robert Forsyth at Michelmores.

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