Discrimination happens in the workplace, for example, if you are not hired for a particular reason in an interview. If you are discriminated against for any reason — age, sex, race, religious beliefs, pregnancy — the first step is to raise a formal grievance with your manager.
If this formal complaint is not received well, we then move on and take your claim to an employment tribunal. This is where you will explain your case and seek the compensation that the judge believes is appropriate. If your claim is successful, you could be compensated for your experience of discrimination. Employment law covers areas such as unfair dismissal and contract and pay disputes.
If you have been dismissed without a valid reason, contact our employment law team here at Hattons Solicitors. You may have experienced unfair dismissal if your employer has not gone through the formal procedures required to dismiss someone. You can then sue your employer for reimbursement or reinstatement of your position.
The evidence required to sue will include the details of all communication you have had with your employer regarding the dismissal. One reason you may need to sue is due to medical and dental negligence. This is where you have undergone a treatment, such as surgery or a dental procedure, that has not worked. The procedure may have even left you in a worse position than before. Other medical issues such as receiving a wrong or delayed diagnosis, experiencing care home neglect, or even experiencing prescription errors, can all be grounds to sue.
Medical and dental records, as well as letters from your doctors and other registered medical professionals, are great in these situations.
These are all suitable examples of evidence that can support a medical and dental negligence claim. You may have injured yourself at work, on private property or due to a faulty product you purchased. The person you will sue depends upon where the incident happened and who was to blame.
For example, you may slip and break your leg on a recently washed floor at work. The court will scrutinise the evidence in trying to determine how and why the accident occurred. This is so they can figure out where the blame falls.
This can be done via evidence such as timesheets and cleaning work contracts. You may also need your medical notes regarding the damage caused by the fall. Long-term projections for how your leg will heal, signed by a doctor, can also help. Need a personal injury lawyer? Professional negligence happens when someone you employ does not fulfil their duty of care when providing their services. An accountant that messes up your accounts, for example, can be sued. Their error has the potential to leave you personally liable for the professional mistakes they make.
What are the statutes of limitations in California? How long do I have to file my lawsuit? Earliest: The date of harm. Later: The date on which the plaintiff reasonably should have discovered the harm.
This refers to the date when a judge considers it fair to say that the plaintiff should have known about the harm, even if the plaintiff didn't actually know about it. Latest: The date on which the plaintiff actually discovered the harm. Medical malpractice actions : Three years from the date of injury or one year from the date the plaintiff discovered or should have discovered the injury, whichever occurs first.
Breach of an oral contract: Two years. Breach of a written contract: Four years. Suits for libel or slander : One year. Personal injury claims based on negligence: Two years. Suits for injuries resulting from domestic violence: Whichever is later: three years from the last act of domestic violence, or three years from the date the victim discovered or should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from domestic violence.
Childhood sexual assault: Whichever is later: 22 years from the victim's 18th birthday in other words, the date the victim turns 40 , or five years after the victim discovers or should have discovered that psychological injury or illness occurring after age 18 was caused by the sexual assault. Talk to a Lawyer Need a lawyer? Start here. Practice Area Please select Zip Code.
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Once a Summons and Complaint is filed, you enter the discovery stage. This is when both sides have the chance to gather information they would otherwise not be allowed to have. Then the defendant usually sends a number of formal requests to the plaintiff making demands for certain information, such as:.
The plaintiff responds to these demands and then sends their own requests for other information, such as:. Once both sides have had a chance to exchange information, then the depositions begin.
Depositions give each side an opportunity to question parties and witnesses, outside of court, so they can gather more information about the case. Depositions usually happen in a conference room, often at one of the law firms involved in the case. Giving testimony at a deposition is very similar to giving testimony at trial, in that you must promise not to lie and your statements are recorded, word for word.
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