It is acceptable for you to defend yourself in a reasonable manner and force if you are placed in a situation where someone is assaulting you and prevent them from causing you any more harm or injury. Although an act of defence, you cannot simply pull out a knife that you happened to have with […]
Whistleblowing: Liability of Individuals
Billy Muir from LBJ Consultants gives an example of a whistleblowing case. See lbjconcultants.co.uk for more. Can an individual be liable for a whistleblowing dismissal, along with the employer, under detriment provisions of the Employment Rights Act? Yes, held the Court of Appeal in Timis v Osipov. Alexander Osipov was dismissed on the ground that […]