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On Thursday the 3rd May Siobhan Crawford from our Serious Personal Injury Team visited The Children's Trust as part of their Open Day for Professionals. It was her second visit to the Trust since we nominated the charity as our national charity.

Security guard Keith Smith won his claim for unfair dismissal against former employer Status UK at a Birmingham Employment Tribunal even although he had breached health and safety regulations by allowing an unauthorised member of the public onto his factory’s site.

In a row over entitlement to holiday pay once she turned sixteen, Kelly Smith took her former employer, Fraser Stark of City Chips, Brechin, to an employment tribunal after he had laughed at her claim for the benefit.

Cumbria Police spent almost £50,000 over the last 5 years defending itself from its own employees - despite having safeguards designed to protect it from disputes reaching tribunal.  

Ivor James, a driver, dismissed by multi-millionaire racehorse owner for feeding a piece of leftover lamb to his Labrador has succeeded in his claim for unfair dismissal. 

Car dealer Pendragon has been forced to pay a £5000 fine to HMRC and over £30,000 to 40 employees from whom it deducted wages for leasing cars and other benefits.

Should landlords register deposits taken from tenants before April 2007 into a deposit protection scheme? Do they have to? We look into what the rules are and what landlords and letting agents should consider with the new rules coming into force.

Landlords currently holding a deposit for an assured shorthold tenant (AST) need to make sure they register them with an approved tenancy deposit scheme (TDS) before the 6th May 2012 or face being liable for fines of up to three times the value of the deposit.

Roger Coleman and Paul Amison from our Manchester Office took part in the Greater Manchester Marathon on Sunday to help raise money for the Children's Trust and Christies. It wasn't the best of days for marathon running but both of them braved the storm to complete the race, raising over £1,500!