Mackinnons Rise in Rankings
Mackinnons are delighted to once again be recognised in the Chambers UK Guide for 2025, the well-respected independent publication which each year assesses the leading players in the legal market.
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Whether you’re an employer or an employee, we can provide you with practical and pragmatic solutions to your employment issues.
Employment Law
Mackinnons’ employment team provide specialist expertise in employment law issues arising in the offshore oil and gas sector and the maritime, shipping and fishing sectors.
Are your Employees Adequately Protected?
In the case of Kennedy –v- Cordia (Services) LLP, the Supreme Court reached a unanimous decision that an employer who failed to provide a home care worker with anti-slip footwear, was in breach of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (the PPE Regulations).
Disability Discrimination: The Meaning of Day to Day Activities
The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed in the case of Banaszczyk v Booker Limited that manual handling and heavy lifting can constitute ‘normal day-to-day activities’ for the purpose of establishing disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
Applying EU Insolvency Law to Non-EU Organisations
Does a non-EU Company, operating outwith the EU but with its head office located within an EU member state, have to comply with EU insolvency law?
Discriminatory Dress Codes
Is it illegal to impose different dress code requirements on women than on men?
The Right to Work and Unfair Dismissal
When employing staff, employers must ensure that the prospective employee has the right to work in the UK.
Missing - Presumed Alive?
Ever since the high profile case of John Darwin faking his own death in an apparent canoeing accident, the issue of proof of death has been brought more sharply into focus, particularly regarding life assurance payments.
