A further six barristers specialising in employment law are to join 4-5 Gray's Inn Square, it has been confirmed. The new arrivals are: Richard O’Dair (1988 call) Raoul Downey (1988 call) Terence Finn (1995 call) Sheila Aly (2002 call), Lorraine Mensah (1997 call) Anna Loutfi (2019 call) and Jimmy Ogunshakin (2022 call). They will join as full tenants from Monday next week. On Monday the set…

Devon County Council has threatened to "fire and rehire" more than 800 staff after union members rejected the council's proposal to change the terms and conditions of a car users' allowance it offers to some staff.

A report by school leaders’ union NAHT has revealed that more than four in five (82%) school leaders say they have been abused by parents in the past year, leaving some considering “quitting the profession they love”.

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a former teacher’s appeal against a finding by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) that he had developed an “inappropriate relationship” with a pupil - and therefore would be precluded from being a teacher - despite a separate TRA disciplinary panel finding he was not guilty of professional misconduct.

4-5 Gray’s Inn Square has strengthened its employment law offering with the arrival of eight barristers.

Wiltshire Council is to withdraw an appeal against a finding by an Employment Tribunal that an email sent by the local authority’s chief executive to union members ahead of a vote on industrial action was unlawful as it sought to deter union members from voting in favour of a strike.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has confirmed that it has opened an investigation regarding the conduct of two individual accountants in relation to Woking Borough Council’s operations and investment activities.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a Christian school employee who was dismissed because she posted messages on her personal Facebook account opposing the teaching in schools, and in particular primary schools, of “gender fluidity” and that same-sex marriage is equivalent to marriage between a man and a woman.

A headteacher found to have spent school funds on martini glasses, champagne flutes and a giant Jenga set has lost an appeal against a ban from the profession.

Removal of the possibility of so-called ‘fire and rehire’, without a replacement mechanism for making contractual changes to terms and conditions, will impact on councils’ ability to implement equality proofed pay structures or deliver local government reorganisation, the Local Government Association has warned.

A councillor at Torridge District Council has been jailed for 18 weeks for harassment of the local authority’s head of legal and governance.

Barnet Council's monitoring officer and its Section 151 officer have jointly issued a section 114 report after finding a series of payments in and out of its pension fund that they believed were unlawful.