Dismissal: Settlement agreements – what can the P&O scandal tell us?

Stewarts Law LLP | May 2022 #230
Joseph Lappin reviews how to use confidential settlement agreements correctly after accusations that P&O ‘blackmailed’ staff into signing away their employment rights Settlement agreements should never be used to prevent proper disclosure about the agreement or the circumstances surrounding the agreement to professional advisers, who are bound by a duty of confidentiality. In March this …

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Media access: Look before you leap

Hughes Fowler Carruthers | April 2022 #212
Mark Harper highlights the potential consequences of increased transparency in the family courts and whether issues such as privacy for children and data protection have been given sufficient consideration Ancillary litigation about the terms of a reporting order will add to the costs burden for the parties where, for example, parties are inevitably very anxious …

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Confidentiality: Protecting sensitive business information in the virtual workplace

Fox Williams LLP | April 2021 #219
Joanna Chatterton and Ed Livingstone highlight the key steps which employers should take to safeguard trade secrets and confidential information in light of the increased risks that arise from prolonged working from home After termination of employment, employees continue to be subject to the implied duty to keep trade secrets confidential. Many office-based businesses will …

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