An employment tribunal is set to determine whether staff working in a law firm on a client account which is then transferred to another law firm are afforded protection under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006). All but six members of staff from Lees Lloyd Whitley were found positions with Barnetts which took over the account; the six are now seeking compensation in the tribunal which is set to hear the claim in June 2008. For more information on TUPE, see here.

