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Andrew Allen KC will be speaking at the upcoming Michael Rubenstein event entitled ’22 KCs on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2023 – 2024′. This will be held on the 5th – 6th October 2023. Michael Rubenstein Conferences, a company who organise high-level employment and discrimination law conferences, will be holding the upcoming conference ‘22 KC’s on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2023-2024′. The event will involve 22 hot topics being explored by 22 of Britain’s top employment and discrimination law silks. Andrew Allen KC of Outer Temple, who specialises in employment and discrimination law; and who holds an MSc in Gender and Sexuality from Birkbeck, University of London will be speaking at this event on 6th October, on the topic of…
News 4 Oct, 2023
The Employment Tribunal has handed down its judgment in Clayson & Ors v Ministry of Justice & Lord Chancellor in which Andrew Allen KC and Alexander Line represented the successful party. Judgment was handed down on 31st August 2023 by the Employment Tribunal in a group claim brought by salaried Circuit Judges, relying on their former Recorder status, in Clayson & Others v Ministry of Justice & Lord Chancellor (Case No: 2204416/2022 & Others). Andrew Allen KC and Alexander Line represented the successful party in this part-time worker challenge. Following their recent success in the EAT in Ministry of Justice & Lord Chancellor v Dodds [2023] UKEAT 31, Andrew Allen KC and Alexander Line, instructed by the Government Legal Department,…
News 1 Sep, 2023
Judgment was handed down by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) on 7th March 2023 in a group claim brought by salaried judges; Ministry of Justice & Lord Chancellor v Mr R Dodds & Others [2023] EAT 31. Andrew Allen KC and Alexander Line represented the Ministry of Justice and Lord Chancellor. The Background Claims had been brought by a group of salaried judges under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000. Representative claims from that group were determined by the Employment Tribunal (‘ET’) in December 2021. Three of the representative claimants were salaried Circuit Judges who each had authorisation to sit in the High Court under s.9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981. They claimed that, when…
News 10 Mar, 2023
Outer Temple’s Andrew Allen KC and Naomi Cunningham presented at our ‘After Forstater: Sex and Gender in the Workplace’ seminar on 21st September 2022. The slides and full video of the talk are now available. Barristers Andrew Allen KC and Naomi Cunningham, who both specialise in Employment & Discrimination, spoke at the recent ‘Sex and Gender in the Workplace Seminar’. This event provided advice for both employers and employees on how to approach the current gender critical debate in the workplace by focussing on recent case law and the practical measures that employers can or must do. The Discussion Andrew Allen KC, joining remotely, opened the event with a short tour of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality…
Webinars & Recordings 7 Oct, 2022
Andrew Allen KC will be speaking at the upcoming Michael Rubenstein event entitled ’22 KCs on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2022 – 23′. This will be held on the 29th – 30th September 2022. Michael Rubenstein Conferences, a company who organise high-level employment and discrimination law conferences, will be holding the upcoming conference ’22 KC’s on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2022 – 23′. The event will involve 22 hot topics being explored by 22 of Britain’s top employment and discrimination law silks. Outer Temple’s Andrew Allen KC, who specialises in employment and discrimination law, will be speaking at this event on 30th September, on the topic of ‘Recent Cases on Privacy, restricting Publicity and Anonymity’. Please click here to…
News 21 Sep, 2022
Join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for an upcoming seminar hosted by Andrew Allen QC and Naomi Cunningham named ‘After Forstater: Sex and Gender in the Workplace’. This will take place on Wednesday 21st September 2022. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for a discussion hosted by Andrew Allen QC and Naomi Cunningham on sex and gender in the workplace and employment law. Within the talk, Andrew and Naomi will analyse recent legal developments and provide practical tips and advice. This event will be useful for both claimant and respondent solicitors. The event is hybrid and will take place at Outer Temple Chambers in London on Wednesday 21st September 2022 from 6 pm – 7:30 pm as well…
Events 22 Jul, 2022
Andrew Short QC and Andrew Allen QC will be speaking at Michael Rubenstein’s ’22 QCs on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2021 – 22′ on 30 September & 1 October 2021. Andrew Short QC and Andrew Allen QC will be Michael Rubenstein and 17 of Britain’s other top employment law and discrimination silks over the annual 2-day seminar. Andrew Allen QC will be presenting on fair and unfair dismissal on Thursday 30 September 2021 at 2:15pm. Andrew Short QC will be presenting the latest cases in disability discrimination on Friday 1 October 2021 at 1:45pm. Registration You can register for the event here. Find out more Andrew Short QC is a leading employment law silk, ranked in the directories and…
News 2 Sep, 2021
What can be achieved via electronic means within the 2013 Employment Tribunal Rules? Andrew Allen QC has updated his earlier article to reflect the changes to the 2013 ET Rules made on 8 October 2020? Hearings by electronic means Following the changes to the 2013 ET Rules made on 8 October 2020, Andrew Allen QC has updated his article analysing the practical issues faced by Employment Judges in considering, within the parameters of the 2013 ET Rules, whether to list hearings that are to be conducted by electronic communication. You can view the article here. Find out more These extraordinary circumstances bring new perspectives on employment law and the existing rules. Please contact Nick Levett on 020 74274905 or Mark Gardner on +44 (0)20 7427 4909ho will be…
Legal Blogs 9 Oct, 2020
Andrew Allen QC presents an Employment Law Webinar on Whistleblowing. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, Andrew Allen QC presents a Q&A Webinar on whistleblowing. Andrew recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. This webinar covers claims for whistleblowing and whether the law on whistleblowing has served its purpose. Andrew also looks at the interplay between whistleblowing law and discrimination law and also the relationship between whistleblowing and human rights law. Andrew Allen QC is the Head of the Employment Workgroup at Outer Temple. His most recent Whistleblowing case was Jesudason v Alder Hey in the Court of Appeal which explored disclosures to…
Webinars & Recordings 29 May, 2020
Employment Tribunals may well face an increase in interim relief applications arising from concerns from those returning to work after lockdown. Andrew Allen QC provides a practical guide for both employees and employers. There has been considerable speculation about the potential for applications in the employment tribunal for interim relief to continue the employment contract, being brought by employees who have raised concerns about the safety of returning to their workplace after lockdown and who have been dismissed. Andrew Allen QC provides a practical guide to the situations in which an employee can and cannot make such applications and sets out the legal tests and hurdles to be overcome for those making and defending such applications. Introduction Sections 128 to…
Legal Blogs 18 May, 2020
Outer Temple Chambers is very proud of Andrew Allen who is formally sworn in today as a member of Queen’s Counsel at the QC Appointment Ceremony 2020. Some of the finest legal minds awoke today eagerly anticipating the QC Appointment Ceremony that will formally give them silk status, including Outer Temple’s Andrew Allen. Whilst the celebrations have understandably been scaled down, we are giving Andrew a virtual celebration to recognise his achievement and will get together to raise a glass as soon as we can. Silks Day The 2020 QC Appointment Ceremony, colloquially known as ‘Silks Day’, is the culmination of a rigorous application process to demonstrate excellence in advocacy in the higher courts. It is made to advocates…
News 16 Mar, 2020
Andrew Allen successfully resisted an appeal in the Court of Appeal handed down today in a case where a sickness absence dismissal took place before the resolution of a late grievance. Lady Justice Simler’s judgment rejected the argument that a PCP applies to every act of unfair treatment of a particular employee. She held that to test whether the PCP is discriminatory or not it must be capable of being applied to others because the comparison of disadvantage caused by it has to be made by reference to a comparator to whom the alleged PCP would also apply. The full judgement can be read here. Andrew Allen was instructed by Eversheds Sutherland LLP. Andrew’s employment and discrimination practice encompasses TUPE, contractual disputes, discrimination – including within partnerships,…
News 7 Feb, 2020
