News & Events
News & Events
Three Outer Temple members, Andrew Short QC, Naomi Ling and Fiona Scolding are highlighted by The Lawyer for their involvement in two high profile cases throughout 2016. To read more please click here.
News 19 Jan, 2016
Following on from the liability judgment in the IBM Project Waltz proceedings which was handed down on 4th April 2014, a further lengthy and important judgment has been handed down that deals with the remedies available to members of the scheme. Outer Temple barristers Andrew Spink QC, Andrew Short QC and Saul Margo appeared for the Trustee whilst Nicolas Stallworthy QC and Lydia Seymour, also of Outer Temple, appeared on behalf of the Representative Beneficiaries. In the judgment, Warren J dealt in turn with each of the elements of Project Waltz that breached the “Imperial” duty of good faith and the contractual duty of trust and confidence. Warren J found in favour of the members on the vast majority of…
News 23 Feb, 2015
Adams & Ors v Asda Stores Ltd has been selected as one of the top 20 most important cases of 2015 by The Lawyer. Three Outer Temple barristers, Andrew Short QC, Naomi Cunningham and Keira Gore are instructed by Leigh Day for the claimants. This landmark equal pay claim is the first of its kind to be brought against a private sector employer. The full article is available online through via The Lawyer’s website.
News 19 Jan, 2015
In a case described by the BBC as “Made in Dagenham for the 21st Century”, thousands of female ASDA shop workers are claiming equal pay with the company’s predominantly male warehouse staff, saying their own work is of equal value. Three Outer Temple barristers, Andrew Short QC, Naomi Cunningham and Keira Gore are instructed by Leigh Day for the claimants. All three were previously instructed in mass equal pay litigation against Birmingham City Council. The ASDA case is the first such claim against a private sector employer, but it is unlikely to be the last. You can read more on the BBC.
News 25 Oct, 2014
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
