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employment practice liability

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We have an experienced team of specialist employment lawyers undertaking a wide range of EPLI claims both as panel and claims handler advising on related policy coverage work and who have a thorough understanding of the commercial, regulatory and reputational pressures faced by our clients in the current market. Our team deal with the employment aspects of Professional Indemnity claims and when a negligence claim arises as a result of employment related procedural claims.

Our team of qualified lawyers provide advice and assistance to policyholders facing employment related claims and also provide representation in the Employment Tribunals. We also regularly provide training and know-how to insurer clients on the quick-changing regulatory employment law landscape.

what we do...

Delegated authority schemes:

Our clients – international specialist insurers and policyholders.
Specialist Services – providing bespoke delegated authority schemes, coverage issues and policy interpretation to include wordings.
Customer focus - excellent customer service is at the heart of what we do. At any early stage we will engage with brokers/policy holders and enhance their claims experience by seeking the earliest resolution to disputes.

Acting as panel solicitors:

Representation – qualified lawyers specialising in all sectors including leisure, sports, charities, I.T, manufacturing, construction, engineering, health and education.
Expertise – we provide training on new or anticipated employment legislation and industry developments.
Our experience – qualified solicitors with varying post qualification experiences and rates applicable to a client’s needs. All our solicitors are members of the employment lawyers association.

recent experience

Advising on claim notifications and coverage involving multiple directors following a breakdown in the relationship between shareholders.
Working closely with USA counter parts on a discrimination claim presented in the US brought against an international media and publishing company based in the UK.
Defending claims against policy holders in complicated discrimination claims alleging failures to make reasonable adjustments.
Representing government funded front line services in multiple claims for failure to consult in accordance with the TUPE Regulations.
Advising a UK leading animal charity in a claim alleging failings by management.

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Freelance Solicitors not subject to Minimum Terms

As part of the SRA’s ‘Looking to the Future’ programme, from November 2019 solicitors who provide reserved legal activities who wish to practise on their own have the option to go freelance. Freelance solicitors will be a new class of solicitor.

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Legal updates

#MeToo but what comes next for third party recovery in claims?

The #MeToo movement has swept the western world since 2017 and given power back to women who have been harassed or abused in the work place.

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Legal updates

Psychiatric reports - can you challenge the ‘diagnostic’ tests?

How often in psychiatric reports prepared for medico-legal purposes do experts cite the results of ‘diagnostic’ tests including the Impact of Events Scale (IES) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to establish whether or not a claimant is suffering from psychiatric injury?

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Legal updates

Accountants and auditors professional indemnity update

This professional indemnity update covers: testing witness evidence, inaccurate tax returns, disclaimers, and scope of duty.

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related opinions

Organisations owe no duty to staff when responding to claims

In Bowen v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, the Supreme Court have confirmed that members of the workforce aggrieved by the way in which such claims are defended or settled are not entitled to pursue a claim against their employers on this basis.

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