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Edward's double-glazers have quoted terms and conditions that get them off the hook for any damages. Are such 'exclusion clauses' legally enforceable? 📻 LBC Radio - http://www.lbc.co.uk 🏆 MY MAIN WEBSITE https://danielbarnett.com/ 💛 THE BEST STUFF The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com 💎 COURSES: Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Employment Tribunal Compensation - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Changing Terms and Conditions - http://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing 📚 MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books 🎁 YES, IT’S FREE! Employment law updates - https://www.danielbarnett.com Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe 🌞 WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main barrister website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about twenty legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station with an audience of 3.1m listeners, every Saturday night at 9pm. I’m also a bit of a theatre nerd, and review theatre shows for Counsel magazine. ☎️ CONTACT ME: X / Twitter - https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (June 2025), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
Rebecca's friend is a dog-walker who's setting up her own company. Can she take on clients from her former employer? Daniel explains the scope of 'non-solicitation' clauses. 📻 LBC Radio - http://www.lbc.co.uk 🏆 MY MAIN WEBSITE https://danielbarnett.com/ 💛 THE BEST STUFF The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com 💎 COURSES: Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Employment Tribunal Compensation - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Changing Terms and Conditions - http://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing 📚 MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books 🎁 YES, IT’S FREE! Employment law updates - https://www.danielbarnett.com Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe 🌞 WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main barrister website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about twenty legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station with an audience of 3.1m listeners, every Saturday night at 9pm. I’m also a bit of a theatre nerd, and review theatre shows for Counsel magazine. ☎️ CONTACT ME: X / Twitter - https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (June 2025), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
Chris's plumbers flooded his kitchen with 'effluent' and showered him with a 'micro spray' from a wet vacuum cleaner after his toilet became blocked. He asked them to leave but is now being chased for money. Daniel reveals it all comes down to 'reasonable care and skill'. 📻 LBC Radio - http://www.lbc.co.uk 🏆 MY MAIN WEBSITE https://danielbarnett.com/ 💛 THE BEST STUFF The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com 💎 COURSES: Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Employment Tribunal Compensation - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Changing Terms and Conditions - http://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing 📚 MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books 🎁 YES, IT’S FREE! Employment law updates - https://www.danielbarnett.com Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe 🌞 WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main barrister website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about twenty legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station with an audience of 3.1m listeners, every Saturday night at 9pm. I’m also a bit of a theatre nerd, and review theatre shows for Counsel magazine. ☎️ CONTACT ME: X / Twitter - https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (June 2025), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
Tracy thinks she was made redundant because of her age. Her employer is claiming an 'objective' justification. Daniel explains what employers can and can't do when it comes to a mandatory retirement age. 📻 LBC Radio - http://www.lbc.co.uk 🏆 MY MAIN WEBSITE https://danielbarnett.com/ 💛 THE BEST STUFF The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com 💎 COURSES: Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Employment Tribunal Compensation - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Changing Terms and Conditions - http://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing 📚 MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books 🎁 YES, IT’S FREE! Employment law updates - https://www.danielbarnett.com Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe 🌞 WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main barrister website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about twenty legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station with an audience of 3.1m listeners, every Saturday night at 9pm. I’m also a bit of a theatre nerd, and review theatre shows for Counsel magazine. ☎️ CONTACT ME: X / Twitter - https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (June 2025), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
Sam was unwittingly charged just £3.65 for her petrol. Now she's being chased for a further £75 for her failure to pay. Daniel explains how a contract is formed at the pump and it's good news for Sam. 📻 LBC Radio - http://www.lbc.co.uk 🏆 MY MAIN WEBSITE https://danielbarnett.com/ 💛 THE BEST STUFF The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com 💎 COURSES: Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Employment Tribunal Compensation - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Changing Terms and Conditions - http://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing 📚 MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books 🎁 YES, IT’S FREE! Employment law updates - https://www.danielbarnett.com Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe 🌞 WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main barrister website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about twenty legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station with an audience of 3.1m listeners, every Saturday night at 9pm. I’m also a bit of a theatre nerd, and review theatre shows for Counsel magazine. ☎️ CONTACT ME: X / Twitter - https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (June 2025'), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
Photographer Sam didn't give explicit permission for his photos to be used on billboards. Daniel explains 'the battle of the forms' in contract law and why this means Sam is 'stuffed'. 📻 LBC Radio - http://www.lbc.co.uk 🏆 MY MAIN WEBSITE https://danielbarnett.com/ 💛 THE BEST STUFF The HR Inner Circle - https://hrinnercircle.co.uk Virtual Employment Law Academy - https://virtualemploymentlawacademy.com HR Policies - https://policies2023.com Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com 💎 COURSES: Getting Redundancy Right - https://gettingredundancyright.com Chat GPT for lawyers & HR - https://danielbarnett.com/chatgpt/ Employment Tribunal Compensation - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal Changing Terms and Conditions - http://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/changingterms Marketing your Employment Law Practice - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/marketing 📚 MY BOOKS Employment Law Handbook - http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk Resolving Grievances - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/grievances Constructive Dismissal - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/constructive Employee Investigations - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/investigations Deconstructing TUPE - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books/tupe All small books - https://go.danielbarnett.com/books 🎁 YES, IT’S FREE! Employment law updates - https://www.danielbarnett.com Employer’s guide to redundancy - https://go.danielbarnett.com/free/redundancy Podcast - https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast Sources of free legal advice (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfdykS5jtU Deconstructing TUPE (video course) - https://go.danielbarnett.com/courses/tupe 🌞 WHO AM I: I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister. I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main barrister website (http://www.danielbarnett.co.uk) and work out of a set of Chambers in London (http://www.outertemple.com). I have a weekly podcast (https://go.danielbarnett.com/podcast) and am often asked to speak on the national and international legal and HR lecture circuits. I’ve written about twenty legal textbooks (the main one is http://www.employmentlawhandbook.co.uk) and run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals (http://www.hrinnercircle.co.uk). I present the legal hour on LBC Radio (http://www.lbc.co.uk), the UK’s leading commercial talk radio station with an audience of 3.1m listeners, every Saturday night at 9pm. I’m also a bit of a theatre nerd, and review theatre shows for Counsel magazine. ☎️ CONTACT ME: X / Twitter - https://twitter.com/daniel_barnett Subscribe to this channel - click ‘SUBSCRIBE’ above Tweeting @daniel_barnett directly is the quickest way to get a response. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭, but I promise I read all messages. ♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (June 2025), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.
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