Weekly Issue 300

Judicial review under attack

The government’s onslaught on access to justice continues with the launch of a consultation to restrict the use of judicial review procedures to challenge the lawfulness of decisions by public and government bodies and ministers.

Reasonable response

When deciding whether a dismissal is unfair, tribunals have to consider whether the reason given by the employer was within the range of reasonable responses.

Continuous employment

To bring a claim of unfair dismissal, employees have to have worked continuously for a specified period of time with the employer.