Demand For Workplace Dispute Resolution Up 27% In A Year

By Adele Redmond

Workplace disputes mediator Acas said Friday that the number of requests from workers for dispute resolution have grown by 27% in a single year as parties increasingly take formal routes to dealing with problems at work.

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Insurer Loses Bid To Brand Ex-CEO's £1.7M Take Dishonest

By Eddie Beaver

An appeals court rejected on Friday an insurer's argument that its former chief executive had dishonestly pocketed £1.7 million ($2.3 million) from the business, ruling that a judge had fairly concluded that he believed he was authorized to take the money.

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Analyst Forced To Leave UK After No-Notice Firing Wins Claim

By Max Austin

An employment tribunal has ruled that an electronics retailer unfairly fired a business analyst without warning after it failed to follow a fair disciplinary process, despite knowing he would lose his visa sponsorship as a result.

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Worker Wins Dismissal Case Over Untested Anonymous Tip

By Max Austin

A tribunal has ruled that a charity unfairly dismissed a support worker after it relied solely on an anonymous witness' untested account that accused her of plotting to oust its chief executive.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London, Russia's state development bank was sued in a commercial fraud claim involving military GPS technology, one of Nike's subsidiaries brought an intellectual property claim against a menswear company owner, BlackBerry re-opened a $6.49 million claim against its South Asian licensee and CBRE property services filed a claim against CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. 

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More Than 9 In 10 Pension Pros 'Would Use Surplus Funds'

By Tom Fish

More than nine in 10 U.K. pension professionals expect to take advantage of planned new government rules that would allow defined benefit retirement schemes to release surplus funds, a pensions consultant has said.

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