Further details of the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) plans to curb and control no-win no-fee arrangements in employment tribunal claims were given this week.
Penna has categorically denied it told Barkers to make at least 60 staff redundant just days before it purchased the company, as part of a "deal clincher" to avoid shelling out redundancy pay.
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