AI applications such as ChatGPT have, over the last 12 months or so, become an important tool in improving business efficiency. However, a recent tribunal judgment indicates that it is not just employers who are taking advantage of AI. It was recently credited with encouraging a serial litigant in a disability discrimination claim against a prospective employer.
Employees with over two years’ service have the right not to be unfairly dismissed. This means that if an employer wants to end an employee’s employment fairly once they have two years’ service, then they need to be able to point to a ‘fair reason’ and show that they acted reasonably in relying on that reason to dismiss.
Maggie joined Bermans in 2005 as an Office Junior and in 2024 joined the Asset Based Lending team as a Litigation Assistant. Maggie started her career at Bermans as an Office Junior before becoming a Legal Secretary, a role in which she which she stayed in for many years. Maggie predominantly deals with prelegal correspondence and process driven claims and enforcement.
Bermans Jon Davage and Laura McMorland recently advised the management team at Clarion Wealth Planning Limited on its management ownership transaction.
Giulia joined Bermans in September 2024 and is a Paralegal in our ABL team based in Manchester.
Giulia assists with a wide range of asset finance and invoice transactions for lenders and financial institutions.
She has a background in banking and finance law sector from her time spent at an Italian law firm, complemented by in-house paralegal experience at a London-based software company.
She completed her law studies at the University of Bologna– Alma Mater Studiorum – in Italy and qualified as an Italian lawyer in 2011.
Outside of work, Giulia enjoys travelling to sunny, nature-rich destinations, as well as attending live music events and spending time with her family.
A warehouse worker has lost his discrimination claim after complaining about his boss having the name ‘Willy’. In Aylmer v Dnata Catering, the Claimant objected to his boss, William McGinty, referring to himself as ‘Willy’. The Claimant asked his boss to avoid using the name because of its other common use as a slang term for penis. He said in an email to his boss: “If you don’t remove it and keep insisting on being called that – I consider it as sexual harassment.” When his complaints were not followed up, he claimed that he had been victimised on the basis that his initial complaints related to sexual harassment.