Weekly Issue 45 - April 2000

The band strikes up again but softly

Rumours of the death of the band of reasonable responses test turn out to have been exaggerated.

Strict test for insolvency payments

In order for an employee to qualify for payments out of the National Insurance Fund the employer has to be "insolvent".

Further and better particulars

Requests for further and better particulars are depressingly familiar to applicants' representatives in tribunal claims, particularly discrimination cases.

Brian Thompson

On 26th February 2000 Brian Thompson, son of Thompsons' founder WH Thompson, died suddenly at home. He is greatly missed by everyone who knew him.

Disabled in the soup with insipid justification test

The relatively short life of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 has been marked by a series of contradictory decisions.

Three ball pool

In Indirect discrimination claims, the key is often to identify the right pool for comparison.

Equal or not?

We report below two disappointing decisions of the higher courts on equal pay.