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Employment & Discrimination

Director crosses custody threshold after death on building site

On 2 December at Stafford Crown Court Lee Cottrill, a company director, was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months for health and safety offences. Mr Cottrill was for 20 years a company director of Albion and Tower Scaffolding and had admitted that whilst a director of Albion he has consented or connived in the construction of an unsafe system of scaffolding built around a warehouse outside Burton on Trent. Tim Green was instructed by the HSE to prosecute the case. Three other defendants also pleaded guilty. The Judge found that in respect of each defendant their breach of health and safety law was a significant cause of death. The total fines and costs imposed exceeded £150,000.

News 3 Dec, 2014

High Court success for Fiona Horlick

Fiona Horlick successfully represented a doctor who appealed against a GMC MPTS panel’s decision to hear his FTP case in his absence and where he had no legal representation. The issues in the case were very serious, justifying erasure. The High Court ruled that the ‘panel erred in a number of serious ways in their approach to the exercise of their discretion’.

News 2 Dec, 2014

Costs in Employment Tribunals 2nd edition

Costs in Employment Tribunals 2nd edition, published October 2014. Meets the needs of practitioners, analysing what tribunals are doing and, more importantly, why they are doing so. Uniquely, it draws on decisions in approximately 100 unreported tribunal cases where costs were awarded or refused, offering the reader clarity on how costs decisions are made in these cases. The new edition has been completely revised in light of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013. For more information and or to purchase a copy click here.

External Publications 5 Nov, 2014

Female ASDA shop workers claiming equal pay

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

Benjimin Burgher addressed the Dubai Employment Lawyers group

Benjimin Burgher addressed the Dubai Employment Lawyers group, at the offices of Hadef & Partners. His presentation was on the current legislative position in DIFC employment law and he illustrated how it applies to specific circumstances.

News 12 Oct, 2014

Paul Rogers represents South Lakes Wild Animal Park in the inquest into the death of Sarah McClay

Outer Temple’s Paul Rogers represents South Lakes Wild Animal Park in the inquest into the death of Sarah McClay, an animal carer who was killed when attacked by a tiger, in the keeper enclosure of the tiger house in May 2013. Paul was instructed by RPC solicitors.

News 16 Sep, 2014

Employment law issues for 2014 – 2015

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 Law Handbook, Law Society Publishing

Daniel Barnett and Keira Gore of Outer Temple Chambers, together with Henry Scrope, have updated the popular Employment Law Handbook (Law Society Publishing). The sixth edition, published May 2014, provides a comprehensive overview of the main topics within employment law. This new edition covers a range of new and anticipated developments in employment law, including: Rules of Procedure 2013; tribunal fees regime; protected settlement conversations; ACAS conciliation; employee shareholders; the 2014 amendments to Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE); changes to whistleblowing law and unfair dismissal compensation; anticipated changes in maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave.

External Publications 18 May, 2014

Outer Temple Chambers to participate in Sweet and Maxwell Employment Law Conference

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

Benjimin Burgher is presenting a CLT webinar on Constructive Dismissal – Process, Principles & Pitfalls

Constructive dismissal has spanned civil and statutory jurisdiction for a significant period of time. However, determining whether circumstances amount to constructive dismissal is far from settled. The purpose of this webinar is to analyse the key features of constructive dismissal and how they operate in practice. Consideration will be given to the leading cases in this complex area with an emphasis on more recent unexpected developments. For more information and to book on this CLT webinar please click here.

Events 3 Sep, 2013

Tom Gibson wins in Court of Appeal pro bono case

Tom Gibson appeared for the successful appellant in the Court of Appeal in Duffy v George [2013] EWCA Civ 908 (http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/908.html). In allowing the appeal and remitting the case, the Court of Appeal set out useful guidance on how employment tribunals should set fair procedures for accommodating vulnerable witnesses. In particular, the Court of Appeal said that in sexual harassment cases employment tribunals could consider (1) putting questions to a party itself rather than allowing a claimant to be cross-examined by a respondent in person, (2) hearing evidence from each party separately and in the absence of the other party, and (3) allowing witnesses to give evidence from behind screens, as happens in the criminal courts. Tom appeared for the…

News 24 Jul, 2013

Naomi Ling comments in The Lawyer magazine

Employment litigation has not been immune from the effects of the Jackson reforms nor from those designed to reduce the financial burden on the public purse. The clutch of initiatives coming into force this summer includes measures intended to reduce litigation in the employment tribunals (ETs), such as a compulsory period for conciliation and fees to present a claim and to progress it to hearing. ETs have never previously demanded fees of any kind but from 29 July claimants will be required to pay £160 and £230 for issue and hearing respectively of simpler claims such as deductions from wages. For other claims, such as unfair dismissal and discrimination, the corresponding sums are £250 and £950. Read the full article…

News 25 Jun, 2013

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