Andrew Burns

Great day with #ENO at the #ManchesterClassical - a top concert of opera favourites, crossover with Manchester Collective and a huge orchestra plus ENO chorus for the finale. Lovely to meet ENO's new music director and others too.

Ecclesiastical court judgments – November: lawandreligionuk.com/2024/11/30/e...

Roasted Ratatouille is my top tip. Delicious and not soggy.

That's me!

The Civil Service contracts of employment
did not indicate that the parties regarded check-off arrangements (deduction of union subs from salary)
as unenforceable. So PCS could claim under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

Another week, another #UKSC judgment about collective agreements and industrial relations. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

Current Awareness - 'Employment Appeal Tribunal gives comprehensive guidance on the correct approach to applications to extend time'
Source: Devereux Chambers
www.devereuxchambers.co.uk/resources/ne...

Another point is that the only proposed justification for permissible fire/rehire is financial which sits uneasily with discrimination justification in which cost alone is almost never allowed.

And all in 29 pages of typically clear analysis from Lady Simler and Lord Leggatt.

it offers insight on the nature of collective agreements, their incorporation into employment contract, the scope of the remedy of rectification and the jurisdiction of employment tribunals to look beyond the superficial to ascertain the real agreement between employers and workers.

Although lawyers may be tempted to write off www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2... as too niche, it has much insight.