Employment Law

Your textbook is about more than simply learning the legal principles. Thats why every title in the Living Law Series is packed with innovative and interactive activities that will improve your understanding of the law and strengthen your legal writing, problem solving and research skills enabling you to see how the law works in the real living world equipping you with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in your studies.

 - See how employment law works in the real world via interviews with legal practitioners, law in action case studies and key statistics 

 - Strengthen your legal skills and consolidate your learning by completing writing and drafting exercises and undertaking legal research 

 - Apply your knowledge to problem scenarios, strengthening your legal reasoning and problem solving skills for exam success 

Roger Welch, PhD, M.Phil, LLM, LLB was a Principal Lecturer in employment law at the University of Portsmouth where he is now a Visiting Research Fellow. He has written extensively on employment law matters - particularly on trade union rights and employment contracts in professional sport.

Caroline Strevens LLB is Head of School of Law at the University of Portsmouth. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was previously in practice as a solicitor. She has developed innovative units for the LL.B which include undergraduates training and working as Generalist Advisers with the local Citizens Advice Bureau.