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Andrew Allen successful in disability discrimination claim in the Court of Appeal

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

Andrew Allen to be appointed Queen’s Counsel

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce that Andrew Allen has been successful in his application to be appointed Queen’s Counsel. He will officially be sworn in during a ceremony at Westminster Hall before the Lord Chancellor on Monday 16 March 2020. Following his call to the Bar in 1995, Andrew specialised in Employment and Discrimination Law. He is regularly instructed by claimants, respondents and defendants in matters concerning TUPE, contractual disputes, discrimination – including within partnerships, equal pay, restrictive covenants, unfair dismissal, redundancy, working time, minimum wage, breach of contract, parental and carers’ rights, remuneration and bonuses. He is also one of the few UK-based experts in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Recent landmark cases have included: Antuzis and Others v…

News 16 Jan, 2020

High Court rules on the Personal Liability of a Director and Company Secretary

Andrew Allen recently appeared in the High Court, leading Mark Greaves, on behalf of the First, Second and Third Defendants in Antuzis & Others v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd & Others [2019] EWHC 843 (QB), in proceedings concerning an application for summary judgment and trial of a preliminary issue. Judgment for the Claimants was handed down on 8 April 2019, when the Defendants were represented by Carin Hunt of Outer Temple Chambers. Summary Judgment: Breaches of Contract The Claimants were Lithuanian nationals who had been employed by the First Defendant, a registered company, to catch chickens at various farms in order that they could be transported for slaughter. They alleged that they were paid below the minimum wage; that…

News 8 Apr, 2019

Tim Nesbitt QC and Andrew Allen appointed as Recorders

Outer Temple Chambers is pleased to announce that, as of today, Tim Nesbitt QC and Andrew Allen are appointed as Recorders. Tim Nesbitt QC has over 20 years’ experience acting as an advocate and adviser in a number of areas of commercial, regulatory and public law. Tim is now a Criminal Recorder for the Western Circuit. Andrew Allen appears in employment, discrimination and other civil matters in the ET, EAT, County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal as well as in internal and professional disciplinary and regulatory disputes. Andrew has been appointed a Recorder for the North Eastern Circuit.

News 22 Mar, 2018

A case of wide import on contractual rights of NHS employees

Andrew Allen successfully represented an NHS Foundation Trust in a High Court claim about the incorporation of the Agenda for Change Job Evaluation Handbook into the employment contract. This case has implications for the extent to which the Agenda for Change Job Evaluation Handbook provides contractually enforceable rights for the hundreds of thousands of workers governed by Agenda for Change terms and conditions. The central issue between the parties was the degree to which a change in duties amounted to a ‘significant’ change entitling a worker to a re-evaluation of her Agenda for Change banding. The full judgment is available to read here. Andrew appears in employment, discrimination and other civil matters in the ET, EAT, County Court, High Court…

News 27 Sep, 2017

Andrew Allen appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel

Outer Temple congratulates Andrew Allen on his recent appointment to the hotly-contested Attorney General’s A Panel. The appointment runs from 1 September 2017 for five years. Government relies on the Panels for advice and representation – competition is fierce and Andrew, a Chambers UK and Legal 500 ranked barrister, will be undertaking work for the Crown across his core practice areas of Employment and Discrimination law. With this new appointment, Chambers now has a total of 10 members on the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel.

News 3 Jul, 2017

Andrew Allen obtains £40,000 costs award against barrister

Andrew Allen successfully represented the clerks and members of a set of barristers’ chambers against a claim of race discrimination brought by a barrister relating to allocation of work over a three year period and the manner in which the chambers responded to a complaint. All of the claims were rejected in a judgment promulgated in April 2016. At a costs hearing in November 2016, the unsuccessful Claimant was ordered to pay all of the Respondent’s legal costs, capped at £40,000 due to her means – given that she was over £100,000 in debt. The basis for the costs decision was that the Claimant had behaved unreasonably in her conduct of the case which involved “untrue allegations of discriminatory conduct” and…

News 18 Nov, 2016

Central Manchester University Hospitals v Browne

Judgment was handed down today at the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Browne. Mr Browne who was represented by Andrew Short QC and Andrew Allen at the EAT, was successful in resisting the Trust’s appeal.

News 10 Feb, 2012

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