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An East London Employment Tribunal heard how Ms Balogun's son was diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment in January 2021. This was when the UK was plunged into its third lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms Balogun who was employed by an agency,...

The McCay Solicitors team were delighted to attend the Ryan McBride Foundation Fundraising Dinner this month. This was the foundation’s first dinner in three years and what a great way to get everyone back together for a great cause.         The...

    Let’s all admit it; we have all asked the question “Granny am I your favourite?” And whilst we have all probably been told that we are; you could be sure the next grandchild coming through the door was getting the same response (as well as money and...

For most of us, our cousins are our earliest friendships and for Gareth McCay, Aaron Mullen & Andrea McGill, that bond has carried its way through their careers. As solicitors in Northern Ireland and has now brought them back together at McCay Solicitors based in...

McCay Solicitors Employment Law in Derry and Omagh   At McCay Solicitors, we are well versed in the subject of employment law. We started up in 2015, as a niche Employment Law practice and as we have grown employment law has remained a large part of our practice....

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Legislation introducing automatic life sentences for offenders who kill emergency services workers in the line of duty should be extended to Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster has said. The law, set to be introduced in England and Wales next year, follows a two-year...

Great to see the support and programme of events on offer locally, as part of the What's on Derry Strabane Disability Awareness Week! Click on the link below to see the programme of events; https://www.derrystrabane.com/disabilityweek    

      Defendant lawyers have predicted that they will be emboldened to make more wasted costs applications after securing an order that claimants should pay for running a flawed case. In a blog post, Kennedys senior associate Nicola Smith and partner...

Figures delayed as police and borders bills pass through parliament Police stop and search people during the Notting Hill Carnival. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters Campaigners said the withholding of key data appeared to be an attempt to avoid negative headlines...

In Gibson v Lothian Leisure an employee successfully persuaded a tribunal that his concerns about the safety of his workplace rendered his subsequent dismissal automatically unfair.   G was employed as a restaurant chef. He was good at his job and had been...

In Montanaro v Lansafe , an employment tribunal has decided that an employee who stayed in Italy at the beginning of the pandemic was unfairly dismissed by his employer.   The claimant was an Italian IT professional who usually worked in the UK. The claimant had...