Publisher's Synopsis
A manual on employment law in practice, which is one of a series of materials for the Bar Vocational Course which places emphasis on the learning of legal skills. This book addresses the difficulties which will face anyone attempting to bring or to defend proceedings in the industrial tribunal. It provides a basic background to the relevant legal principles and the procedural requirements and explains how these can be used in practice to meet client's needs.;Specific chapters deal with the common law, statutory and EC sources and how they interact; substantive law in the main areas coming before the industrial tribunals (unfair dismissal, redundancy, breach of contract, discriminaton and equal pay); industrial tribunal procedure, remedies (including guidance and exercises in assessing compensation ); sample cases, showing how to complete the relevant forms, deal with interlocutory stages, use special procedures and record settlements.;Designed to accompany the Employment Law option on the Bar Vocational Course, this book is appropriate, not only for trainee barristers, but also for anyone who needs practical and accessible guidance when conducting cases in industrial tribunals.
