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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.
Delegated authority schemes:
Acting as panel solicitors:
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.
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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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.
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?
This professional indemnity update covers: testing witness evidence, inaccurate tax returns, disclaimers, and scope of duty.
"They are flexible and will adapt their advice and style," notes one client, who also praises the lawyers for being "solutions-driven, knowledgeable and reliable."
I have been very impressed with the team at Browne Jacobson – they have good work, sound judgement and are efficient.
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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The case of Ruffell v Lovatt is a salutary tale of how a party’s expert’s evidence can unravel in court. The Judge severely criticised one of the Claimant’s experts, finding him ill-prepared and ill-equipped to give balanced and impartial evidence.
Following mounting pressure, the Football Association has confirmed a study into suspected links between heading a football and brain damage will begin in January.
In the case of Sharp v Leeds City Council (2017), the Court of Appeal found pre-action disclosure applications were not exempt from the EL/PL pre-action protocol fixed costs scheme
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