News & Events
News & Events
Nick Johnson QC and James Arnold authored the twelfth chapter of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption. This chapter summary looks at employment and whistleblowing. What are the practical implications of the Bribery Act 2010 in the workplace? What duties are owed by an employee to their employer in relation to bribery and corruption, and how does an employee report such conduct at work without fear of reprisal? Chapter 12 of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption addresses and explains fundamental concepts about the relationship between employee and employer through the prism of anti-bribery practice in the workplace: Section 1 deals with the terms and duties implied into an employee’s contract of employment not to commit acts of…
External Publications 4 Nov, 2020
We are delighted to announce that the Third edition of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption has been published by LexisNexis Butterworths. The practitioner’s book was edited by Fiona Horlick QC and Richard Lissack QC, and was contributed to by a number of Outer Temple members. In 2010, the UK’s law on bribery changed from a collection of ancient statutes, distorted in some cases by contradictory authority, to a single statute often regarded as one of the most rigorous, and wide-ranging in application, in the world. Since coming into force in 2011, numerous prosecutions were brought on the basis of the Bribery Act as well as five of the eight deferred prosecution agreements reached in the UK to date. It…
External Publications 30 Sep, 2020
On Thursday 7 June, members appeared in a mock-tribunal developed and organised by Excello Law, in conjunction with Outer Temple Chambers and in front of a large number of corporate clients. James Arnold sat as an Employment Judge with Gus Baker and Victoria Brown, as advocates. The event also attracted interest from The Times. The idea behind the event was to ‘give them a taste of what it is like to be grilled by a top-notch employment barrister’. The mock-tribunal at the Law Society was extremely well-attended, and a great success. James Arnold: A specialist in employment and discrimination law. His particular expertise lies in defending complex and high-value discrimination and whistle-blowing cases, as well as providing strategic advice on a broad spectrum…
News 7 Jun, 2018
Having found that the relevant decision takers in respect of the Claimant’s dismissal and appeal had in mind both that he had been a nuisance in his campaigning and trade union activities and the fact of his having made protected disclosures, the ET needed to engage with the question which had been the real reason or principal reason for the dismissal? Although it had stated it had found that the reason for dismissal had been the Claimant’s protected disclosures, there was nothing to demonstrate it had considered the alternative – that the decision takers’ view of the Claimant as a nuisance was the principal reason. On the ET’s findings, however, that had been left as a possibility, notwithstanding its rejection…
News 1 Jun, 2018
James Arnold represented the claimant in a successful transgender claim against Primark. The case involved claims of trans-gender bullying and a failure to investigate that bullying, allowing the claimant to resign and claim constructive dismissal. The claimant was awarded around £47,000 including £20,000 for injury to feelings for trans-gender harassment and discrimination and a 25% uplift for failing investigate her grievance. James was instructed by Leigh Day, for the claimant. The full decision may be found here.
News 22 Dec, 2017
James Arnold recently appeared in a Radio 4 programme entitled ‘Scotland’s Lord Haw Haw’, assisting Professor Joanne Fox, Director of the Institute of Historical Research, with the legal interpretation of the prosecution and sentencing of Scotland’s Lord Haw Haw, Donald Grant. The programme may be found here.
News 27 Nov, 2017
James Arnold collaborated with Professor Penny Cooper to write an article for the Employment Lawyer’s Association (ELA) briefing magazine entitled ‘Listening without prejudice? Procedural adjustments in the Employment Tribunal’. The article concerned the duties upon an employment tribunal to make adjustments in its procedures in order to achieve fairness in proceedings. Professor Cooper is a world-leading expert on witness intermediaries and accommodations in court for vulnerable people, including those with autism. James was able to bring his expertise in disability discrimination, and particularly reasonable adjustments, to bear on the article. The article may be found here.
External Publications 14 Feb, 2017
