News & Events
News & Events
Employment law issues for 2014 – 2015: A unique one-stop conference for anyone advising on employment or discrimination law. Thursday (9th) & Friday (10th) October 2014 at The Strand Palace Hotel – West End, London. Andrew Short QC is one of the 22 QC’s speaking at the event.
Events 22 May, 2014
Employment specialist Andrew Short QC of Outer Temple Chambers will be joining employment experts later this year at Sweet & Maxwell’s first Employment Law Conference, 3rd April 2014. Following a keynote speech by Mrs Justice Slade DBE and being chaired by 11KBW’s Christopher Jeans QC, the Employment Law conference will cover the most pressing challenges for employment law practitioners including; discrimination, redundancy and unfair dismissal, TUPE, whistleblowing, discrimination, social media, updates in tribunal procedure, legislation updates and a year in review for employment case law. Andrew will be joining a panel discussion focusing on key developments in discrimination with Jane Fielding, Director at Wragge & Co. and Carol Davies, Barrister, Littleton Chambers. To register for the conference and to find…
Events 20 Jan, 2014
Pell Frischmann v Others HC12E02792 2013 EWHC 2203 (CH) Most members of occupational pension schemes involved in a pensions dispute prefer to have their dispute determined by the Pensions Ombudsman (“PO”) rather than the Court. The reason for such a choice is a simple one; issuing Court proceedings exposes a member to the risk of having to pay the costs of the trustees and/or employer. Complaining to the PO does not. However, the applicable statutory regime prevents the PO from investigating when Court proceedings have already been commenced. In general terms the reverse is also true i.e. the Court will not entertain proceedings if a dispute has already been referred to the PO. When the member’s preference for the PO is…
News 7 Aug, 2013
Andrew Short QC and Naomi Ling have successfully argued before the Supreme Court that employees are entitled to bring claims for equal pay in the civil courts. In Birmingham City Council v Abdulla 174 former Council employees, represented by Leigh Day & Co, issued claims for breach of contract in the High Court. They did so on the basis that the Council had paid them less than predominantly male groups of staff, in breach of the Equal Pay Act 1970. In a judgment handed down on 24th October the Supreme Court ruled that they were entitled to do so. The Council applied to strike out the Claimants’ claims for equal pay on the basis that it was more ‘convenient’ to…
News 23 Oct, 2012
Andrew Short QC, leading Naomi Cunningham, has secured a significant victory in ongoing mass equal pay litigation against Birmingham City Council. The Council argued that a number of claims were defeated because the claimants had agreed to the modified grievance procedure, which required them not only to state their grievance, but to set out the basis for it – and they had failed to set out the basis.
News 1 May, 2012
Andrew Short QC and Keira Gore (instructed by Capsticks Solicitors LLP) are successful before the Court of Appeal in the case of Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust. The case concerns issues of age discrimination and justification on the grounds of cost.
News 23 Mar, 2012
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
