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Sapan Maini-Thompson has acted successfully for the former Deputy National Secretary of the Police Federation, Gemma Fox, to establish the jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal over her claims for whistleblowing detriment, sex discrimination and harassment. As the Claimant is an elected official lacking worker status, the primary dispute before the Tribunal was whether she is in a position “analogous” to a ‘limb b’ worker under the Employment Rights Act and, if so, whether it would amount to a discriminatory breach of her right to free speech under the ECHR to deny her whistleblowing protections. The Respondent argued the Claimant was in a position analogous to a secondee (deployed from the City of London police force) and therefore she was barred…
News 2 Sep, 2026
Emman Kaur Bhangu has been successful at a public preliminary hearing for her claimant client in Sabir v The Government of the United Arab Emirates. In August 2026, Emman Bhangu, acted as counsel in Sabir v The Government of the United Arab Emirates (Case No. 2201882/2024) at the Central London Employment Tribunal. Her claimant client, a Medical Co-ordinator employed at the UAE Embassy’s Dubai Health Authority (London) function, brought claims of unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, and failure to pay a redundancy payment and holiday pay. The UAE Government asserted state immunity under the State Immunity Act 1978. At a Public Preliminary Hearing before Employment Judge Brown, Emman successfully established that state immunity did not bar the claimant’s claims. The Tribunal accepted…
News 12 Aug, 2026
We are delighted to announce that employment law and discrimination barrister, Charlotte Tosti, has joined the Employment Law team at Outer Temple Chambers. Since joining the Bar in 2024, Charlotte’s employment practice already spans the full range of employment and discrimination matters in the employment tribunal and county courts. She is regularly instructed in the employment tribunal for both claimants and respondents across a wide range of claims including worker status; unfair dismissal; whistleblowing; disability, race and gender reassignment discrimination, and equal pay. To complement her practice, she has experience of, and offers services in, inquests, personal injury, clinical negligence and public law. As a native speaker, she also accepts instructions in the Italian language. Before coming to the Bar, Charlotte worked in Parliament as a…
News 1 Jun, 2026
Employment Tribunal rules in favour of agoraphobic claimant on basis of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination in Dudding v Gravesham Borough Council. Chevan Ilangaratne acted for the Claimant, Marina Dudding, who had been working for the Respondent, Gravesham Borough Council, since 2001. The Background Ms Dudding’s most recent post was as ‘Allocations Officer’ within the Housing Options Service. From 2021 onwards, Ms Dudding had worked from home following recommendations made in a stress-risk assessment. Ms Dudding was later reviewed by Occupational Health in May 2023, which concluded that she had displayed symptoms of Agoraphobia, as well as having Depression and Anxiety. From October 2023, the Respondent removed her hybrid working arrangements, and insisted on her coming into the office full-time.…
News 1 Jun, 2026
