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#SarahSurviving: GCS v The Survivors’ Network

28 July 2025

For more than three years’ didlaw has supported the rape and sexual abuse survivor, turned feminist campaigner #SarahSurviving with her claims for harassment and indirect discrimination against the rape crisis service, The Survivors’ Network. The facts of #SarahSurviving’s case can be found here: Help Sarah’s Legal Challenge to Secure Female Only Rape Crisis Therapy The […]

My employer has breached my settlement agreement. What should I do?

25 July 2025

What you need to do will depend on the seriousness of the breach and whether you may have to go to court to rectify the issue.  Have a word… If the breach is something like non-payment of the settlement monies or failure to provide a reference or P45 or similar you might find your first […]

Was a pilot supplied through an agency for Ryanair employed or self-employed?

23 July 2025

He was employed by the agency, held the Court of Appeal.  We understand that some 27 cases on this subject have been stayed pending this decision. The courts are going to be busy and this case will for sure open some floodgates.  In Lutz v Ryanair & Anor Jason Lutz worked as a pilot for […]

Can I ask for reasonable adjustments in my post-termination appeal?

21 July 2025

Yes.  Reasonable adjustments extend throughout the employment relationship and beyond. They apply in pre-contract conditions such as interviews and they may apply once the employment relationship has ended or is ending.  It is right and logical that reasonable adjustments are considered in the context of a post-termination appeal against dismissal because reasonable adjustments are aimed […]

Should I resign?

11 June 2025

Sometimes resignation is the obvious choice. When, for example, you have secured a new job and want to be free to start work in a new position.  More often than not resignation is a consideration as a result of things going wrong at work and we lose track of the callers into our firm who […]

Should I stay or should I go now? Garden leave or pay in lieu of notice?

9 June 2025

When you are ending your employment relationship either by choice, by mutual agreement or because you have been dismissed a common issue which arises is whether you should agree to be paid in lieu of notice or spend your notice on garden leave.  Not all employment contracts provide for garden leave but many do especially […]

Part-time worker discrimination – the test is till the sole reason test – until and unless the Supreme Court decides otherwise

30 May 2025

In Augustine v Data Cars Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 658 (20 May 2025) the Court of Appeal has followed the Scottish Court of Session decision in McMenemy v Capita Business Services holding that the test for determining whether discrimination has taken place against a part-time work must be if the part-time status is the sole […]

I have ADHD – is it a disability under the Equality Act 2010?

28 May 2025

ADHD is not automatically a disability under the Equality Act 2010 but it may meet the section 6 definition of disability if you can show that it – It will not automatically assist you in proving that your ADHD is a disability if you take medication to treat it although remember that when assessing whether […]

Can my employer force me back to full-time office working?

26 May 2025

It depends.  If you have been working from home for all or some of the week since Covid-19 your employer may have varied your contract by its conduct. You may have an argument for saying that any attempt to revert to your previous terms i.e. full-time office working is a breach of contract. The problem […]