A Whistlestop Tour: Preparing for an Interim Relief Hearing

Join Andrew Allen KC, Chevan Ilangaratne and Jessica Franklin for the second instalment of our Employment Lawyers Talks Series on 20th October 2026.

As the second part of our Employment Lawyers Talks Series, aimed at those under 10 years PQE, this seminar will provide a ‘Whistlestop tour’ update on the law of whistleblowing and the practical steps both Claimants and Respondents need to consider in the run-up to an Interim Relief Hearing.

The session will feature discussion of scenarios based on real cases and will be followed by a Q&A. Following the Q&A you are invited to stay for networking drinks.

Agenda

• 17:30 – Registration
• 17:45 – 18:45 – Seminar
• 18:45 – 20:00 – Networking

To book onto this event, or join the waitlist, click here.

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Andrew Allen KC represents both employers, employees and workers across the full spectrum of employment law issues. He is regularly in the Employment tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. Andrew has been sitting as a fee paid Employment Judge since 2011. He was assigned as a fee paid Immigration Judge between 2017 and 2020. He was appointed as a Recorder in the Crown Court in 2018 and has also been sitting as a Recorder in the County Court since 2021.

Chevan Ilangaratne is a specialist Employment, Education Law,  Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence law practitioner. Chevan represents both Claimants and Respondents/Defendants in statutory and commercial employment disputes. Prior to coming to the bar, Chevan worked as a Legal Adviser at the whistleblowing charity Protect, Chevan advised workers in the public, private and third sector on the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. He also prepared training materials for businesses across the private sector on implementing appropriate ‘speak up’ arrangements.

Jessica Franklin specialises in employment law. She is ranked in the Legal 500 as a Rising Star in employment law (2025 and 2026). She is particularly experienced in discrimination and whistleblowing claims. She is routinely instructed as sole counsel in multi-day employment trials, and in preliminary hearings covering issues such as interim relief, worker status, jurisdiction and time limits.  Jessica appeared in the EAT as junior counsel for the successful claimants in the case of British Airways plc v Rollett & Others [2024] IRLR 891, in which it was established that claimants without the relevant protected characteristic could bring claims under s19 Equality Act. 

Events 28 Sep, 2026