Industrial Relations

Our Industrial Relations Work

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• Advising Unions in redundancy and TUPE transfers

  Advising on consultation with unions in redundancy and TUPE transfer situations where industrial action is threatened

  Allegations of failure to consult on a change programme

  Advising a company in the UK in relation to a high value claim brought by a trade union for a failure to inform and consult appropriately around a change programme.

  Establishing internal employee consultation structures

  Advising clients in establishing internal employee consultation structures (both with and without unions)

  Legal options of balloting and strike action

  Advising on legal options around, and the legality, of balloting and any calls for strike action (and working in relation to any industrial action being called off)

  Long running Unite Employment Tribunal case

  Advising on a long-running employment tribunal case brought by a trade union Unite, relating to collective consultation and protective award proceedings

  Pre-litigation equal pay case and Trade Union negotiations

  Advising a plc on a substantial pre-litigation equal pay case with over 600 potential claimants, which included undertaking an equal pay review, reporting on liability and quantum, negotiating with the trade union and co-ordinating with an equal pay expert and Counsel.

  Request for registration as a leviable establishment

  Working with an industrial services company in the UK in relation to a request from a training board for its registration as a leviable establishment.

  Resolution of dispute and avoiding industrial action

  Working with an international company in relation to the management of its relationship with its recognised unions, and the management of a dispute and avoidance of industrial action

  Resolving disputes via ACAS and other processes

  Advising clients in dispute situations as to how to resolve existing disputes via ACAS and other processes

  Trade Union rule book revisions

  Assisted in drafting rule books revisions for 2 major trade unions

• Breach of copyright claims

  Claims for breach of copyright by companies where a Web developer has used copyrighted images when designing a website without paying the appropriate licence fee

  United Kingdom

  Claims for repayment of fees due to dissatisfactory work

  Claims for repayment of fees where the work done by the Insured has proved to be of a dissatisfactory quality

  United Kingdom

  Community care and development industries advice

  Advising fostering and adoption charities and residents associations, including in relation to service charge and injury claims.

  United Kingdom

  Copyright infringement claims

  Claims for infringement of copyright and designs rights where it was alleged that the website designed by the Insured was similar to that of the claimant

  United Kingdom

  Failed installation of new IT system

  Failure by an IT systems installation expert to install a new IT system for a firm of solicitors that was 'fit for purpose'

  United Kingdom

  Failed software programme by IT programmer

  Failure by an IT programmer to provide a software programme which provided a contact management system for their client

  United Kingdom

  Negligence claims alleging incorrect coding of website shopping cart

  Claims for negligence where the Insured had failed to correctly code the shopping cart on a website used for the sale of the claimants' product, resulting in items being purchased for a quarter of the price

  United Kingdom

  Professional recruitment claims

  Advising on claims arising out of the supply of individuals to professional firms and companies, and representing a recruitment industry lobbying group

  United Kingdom

  Website created by IT website developer failing client's specifications

  Failure by an IT website developer to create a bespoke website in accordance with the specifications requested by the client

  United Kingdom