A legal document which sets out your wishes regarding your estate when you die – who administers it (the executors) and who receives it (the legatees and beneficiaries).

If correspondence is marked “without prejudice”, then generally speaking, it means that it cannot be produced in court. There are some exceptions to this.

A Tribunal order forcing an unwilling witness to come to the tribunal.

Written statement containing a witness’s tribunal evidence.

Wrongful Dismissal is based on contract law. Any claim for wrongful dismissal will therefore mean looking at an employment contract to see if the contract has been broken.

The most common breach is where an employee is dismissed without notice or the notice given is too short. An employer can often justify dismissing an employee without notice (Summary Dismissal) if the employee commits a serious breach of the contract.

Wrongful dismissal claims can be brought in the employment tribunal, county court or High Court depending on the value of the claim.

An agreement in relation to financial matters reached during the course of negotiations, which cannot be reneged upon.

A common term for a contract under which an employer does not guarantee to provide work and pays only for work actually done.