The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Policy statement PS25/23: Tackling non‑financial misconduct in financial services, following amendment of the Code of Conduct (COCON) and the Fit and Proper test for Employees and Senior Personnel (FIT) sourcebooks. The policy statement contains final guidance on serious non-financial misconduct (NFM) in the financial services sector, and aims… >>
The President of Employment Tribunals (England & Wales), Judge Barry Clarke, has announced the launch of 18 explainer videos on YouTube aimed at improving access to justice by clarifying tribunal procedures and complex employment law for unrepresented parties. The initiative also seeks to help litigants present focused claims and responses, reducing case management time. This… >>
In Lockwood v Cheshire and Wirral NHS Foundation Trust (ET case numbers: 2401211/2024, 2407178/2024), an employment tribunal has rejected a non-binary National Health Service (NHS) worker’s complaint over repeated misgendering at work, ruling that protections under equality laws did not apply. Judge Nicky Benson ruled that Haech Lockwood, a Cheshire and Wirral NHS Foundation Trust… >>
In Government of the State of Kuwait v Mohamed (EA-2024-000300-JOJ; EA-2024-000302-JOJ), the EAT allowed an appeal by the Kuwaiti government and granted an extension of time for an appeal against an employment tribunal’s decision that section 5 of the State Immunity Act 1978 (SIA 1978) excluded state immunity in discrimination and harassment claims involving personal… >>
In Attorney General v Mallon [2025] EAT 168, the Attorney General successfully applied for a Restriction of Proceedings Order (RPO) under section 33 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 against Dr Mallon, who had habitually and persistently instituted vexatious employment tribunal proceedings across the UK. The EAT imposed the RPO indefinitely, deeming it, on the… >>
The UK’s equality watchdog said on 7 November 2025 that it has asked McDonald’s to do more to protect its staff from sexual harassment after ‘serious allegations’ emerged following an initial deal with the fast-food giant. The Equality and Human Rights Commission announced that it had extended a legal agreement that McDonald’s first agreed to… >>
In Mayanja v City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council [2025] EAT 160, the ET initially rejected the claimant’s claims for breach of contract, race discrimination, victimisation and harassment on the basis that he had not been a credible witness, particularly as he had seemingly lied about a job offer received from the respondents. The ET… >>
In Reynolds v Abel Estate Agent Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1357, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal regarding early conciliation (EC) requirements in employment tribunal proceedings. The Court concluded that EC requirements imposed by section 18A of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 are jurisdictional in nature, meaning the employment tribunal lacked jurisdiction to entertain… >>
In Amajane v Metroline Travel Ltd [2025] EAT 122, following an altercation with a bus controller, the claimant, a bus driver, resigned by letter on 15 January 2020, giving one month’s notice to expire on 22 January 2020. Before his notice expired, the respondent initiated a disciplinary process and arranged a hearing for 22 January… >>