News & Events
News & Events
Alex Haines, assisted by Stephen Butler, has recently been instructed in an appeal before the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT). The UNAT is the second and final instance of appeal within the UN internal system of justice. The UNAT was established by the General Assembly in 2009 as part of the new UN internal justice system (replacing the old United Nations Administrative Tribunal). As the second level appellate review tribunal within the UN’s justice system, the UNAT reviews (1) appeals against judgments rendered by the UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT), (2) appeals against judgments rendered by the Dispute Tribunal of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWADT), as well as (3) appeals of decisions…
News 15 Apr, 2019
Law Society Publishing have published the 7th edition of the Employment Law Handbook, by Daniel Barnett, Gus Baker and Stephen Butler. The new edition has been substantially rewritten to provide a practical and thorough consideration of all difficult employment law issues, with a special focus on the problems HR professionals and employment lawyers may encounter as we approach 2020. New developments covered include: worker status, including gig economy workers holiday pay calculations developments in unfair dismissal and discrimination law Acas early conciliation the abolition of the fees regime. Please click here to buy your copy.
News 10 Oct, 2017
Stephen Butler responds to LexisNexis’ interview on Shurbanova v Forex Capital Markets, by exploring the court’s decision. Stephen emphasises that ‘the most helpful element of the judgment is the clarification of the circumstances in which a Braganza Duty will apply’. He suggests to practitioners that they should ‘take note of the court’s willingness to uphold a more stringent express duty to act fairly when exercising a contractual power. Serious consideration should be given to whether to include such an express fetter within the contract, rather than leaving it to the courts to imply a narrower Braganza Duty.’ Click here for the written interview published by LexisNexis.
External Publications 20 Sep, 2017
In Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth [2017] EWHC 2019 Mr Justice Foskett noted that the Appellant, Ms Agoreyo, ‘had the good fortune of representation at the hearing of the appeal by Counsel instructed by the Bar Pro Bono Unit. Mr Stephen Butler […] produced a first-class Skeleton Argument with appropriate references to the evidence, the judgment and the relevant authorities […] which were properly focused on the true issues in the appeal. […] the Appellant could not have been better represented.’ Ms Agoreyo, an experienced primary school teacher with less than two years’ qualifying service, was suspended from employment during the investigation into the accusation of having used excessive physical force in handling difficult children in less than three weeks.…
News 16 Aug, 2017
