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Victoria Harle strengthens Wollens Family Care Team

Victoria Harle strengthens Wollens Family Care Team

Family Law executive Victoria Harle is back where it all began. Victoria first joined the care team at Devon law firm Wollens in 2017 helping Childcare and Family team partner Rachel Carter. In 2019 she was promoted to Family Law Executive to focus on disputes...
Shattered pilot dream teenager wins compensation

Shattered pilot dream teenager wins compensation

A Devon teenager has been awarded ‘significant’ compensation after his dream to become an RAF pilot was shattered due to a hospital’s lack of proper treatment. The boy suffered a lifelong injury after the hospital failed to diagnose a fractured femoral head in his...
Whistleblowing in a public or private capacity?

Whistleblowing in a public or private capacity?

Section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 says that an employer must not treat a worker badly (subject them to a detriment) if they have ‘blown the whistle’ on wrongdoing (made a ‘protected disclosure’). In Tiplady v City of Bradford...
Equal pay

Equal pay

The Equality Act 2010 sets out the law in relation to equal pay. Male and female workers should be paid the same for doing the same job (like work), work which is given the same rating under a job evaluation scheme (rated as equivalent) or work of equal value, unless...
National minimum wage increases

National minimum wage increases

You may remember that the Low Pay Commission reported to government back in Autumn 2019 and recommended increases to the national minimum wage and national living wage. The national living wage is the minimum pay required for workers who are aged 25 and older. It is a...