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A Case of Bad Faith?
Posted on 27 September, 2018 in Employment by Matthew Sellwood
If something is not done in good faith, then one might think it must have been done in bad faith. The two terms appear mutually exclusive, and the man on the street would be forgiven for thinking that...

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High Court rules interim declaration a “very exceptional remedy” in contractual disputes
Posted on 25 September, 2018 in Employment by Talia Barsam
Employment lawyers will be very familiar with principles governing applications for injunction, but perhaps rather less so with applications for interim declarations brought pursuant to CPR 25.1(1)(b)...

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Sleeping on the job? Court of Appeal overturns EAT on national minimum wage for sleep-in workers
Posted on 04 September, 2018 in Employment by Katya Hosking
Until recently, a series of EAT decisions stretching back more than a decade appeared to establish that some sleep-in workers were entitled to be paid at the rate of the national minimum wage (NMW) fo...

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