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News & Events
Outer Temple’s Andrew Allen KC and Naomi Cunningham presented at our ‘After Forstater: Sex and Gender in the Workplace’ seminar on 21st September 2022. The slides and full video of the talk are now available. Barristers Andrew Allen KC and Naomi Cunningham, who both specialise in Employment & Discrimination, spoke at the recent ‘Sex and Gender in the Workplace Seminar’. This event provided advice for both employers and employees on how to approach the current gender critical debate in the workplace by focussing on recent case law and the practical measures that employers can or must do. The Discussion Andrew Allen KC, joining remotely, opened the event with a short tour of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality…
Employment Webinars, Webinars & Vlogs 7 Oct, 2022
Join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for an upcoming seminar hosted by Andrew Allen QC and Naomi Cunningham named ‘After Forstater: Sex and Gender in the Workplace’. This will take place on Wednesday 21st September 2022. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for a discussion hosted by Andrew Allen QC and Naomi Cunningham on sex and gender in the workplace and employment law. Within the talk, Andrew and Naomi will analyse recent legal developments and provide practical tips and advice. This event will be useful for both claimant and respondent solicitors. The event is hybrid and will take place at Outer Temple Chambers in London on Wednesday 21st September 2022 from 6 pm – 7:30 pm as well…
Events, Employment 22 Jul, 2022
Outer Temple Chambers has been nominated by The Legal 500 Bar Awards as Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Employment Set of the Year. Additionally, barristers Saul Margo and Oliver Powell have been nominated respectively for Chancery Junior and Corporate Crime Junior of the Year. Legal 500 Set of the Year We are delighted to announce that Outer Temple Chambers has been nominated by The Legal 500 Bar Awards for Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Employment Set of the Year 2022! Our Clinical Negligence barristers cover various claims involving doctors, dentists, nurses and other health professionals. We are frequently instructed in the most demanding and highest value cases, including birth injury and other serious neurological injuries. Legal 500 has stated that…
Clinical Negligence, News, Employment, Personal Injury 6 Jul, 2022
Will Young and Courtney Step-Marsden are instructed (by Didlaw) on behalf of the Appellant (the Claimant) in an appeal concerning automatic unfair dismissal for “whistleblowing”. This will be held on Thursday 26th May in the Court of Appeal. Will Young and Courtney Step-Marsden are instructed on behalf of the Appellant (the Claimant) in an appeal concerning automatic unfair dismissal for “whistleblowing”. More specifically, the case concerns the extent to which an employer can legitimately dismiss a whistleblowing employee for conduct associated with her protected disclosures without it being found that the disclosures are the reason for dismissal. Ms Kong, Head of Financial Audit for the Respondent international bank, made protected disclosures in the course of her employment. She was subsequently…
News, Employment 24 May, 2022
Representing the Respondent operators of the Mytaxi app (now called Free Now), Andrew Short QC and Peter Linstead have successfully opposed the Claimant’s appeal to the EAT of a decision that a London Hackney carriage driver using the taxi app was not a ‘worker’ when using the app to source and transport passengers. Introduction In a decision handed down on 18 January 2022 in Christopher Johnson v Transopco UK Ltd [2022] EAT 6, the EAT upheld the decision of the employment tribunal, where Peter Linstead appeared unled for Transopco, that although the driver had an obligation of personal service, the operator was a ‘client or customer’ of the driver’s business for the purposes of s.230(3) of the Employment Rights Act…
News, Employment 24 Jan, 2022
Lydia Seymour presents an Employment Law Webinar on Pension claims in the Employment Tribunal. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, Lydia Seymour presents a Q&A Webinar on Pension claims in the Employment Tribunal. Lydia recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. In this webinar Lydia Seymour looks at pensions cases in the Employment Tribunal focussing particularly on auto-enrolment and discrimination. She discusses the new employment rights which have been introduced along with the auto-enrolment regime, and how these rights may become more frequently litigated as a result of the pensions implications of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The second part of the webinar…
Employment Webinars, Webinars & Vlogs 5 Jun, 2020
Outer Temple’s recent lunch-time briefing update on abuse claims is now available online, presented by James Counsell QC, Patrick Sadd and Paul Livingston. James Counsell QC, Patrick Sadd and Paul Livingston recently hosted a lunch-time briefing update and practice points review on the subject of abuse claims. Topics included: Reviewing two High Court decisions: DSN v Blackpool Football Club and BXB v Watchtower Costs: the impact of the Defendants’ approach before and during trial Limitation climate: is it possible to forecast? Consequence for vicarious liability following Supreme Court decisions in Barclays and Morrisons Watch the full webinar here: The Speakers James specialises in acting for claimants in historical and more recent sex abuse claims against religious organisations, schools, the scouts…
News, Webinars & Vlogs, Personal Injury 4 Jun, 2020
Outer Temple is proud to announce that Emily Gordon Walker has been appointed as a fee paid Employment Judge, sitting at London Central Employment Tribunal. Her appointment brings the total number of appointed fee paid Employment Judges at Outer Temple to three, with her joining Keith Bryant QC and Andrew Allen QC in this position. This is a part time position that runs alongside her existing practice. Find Out More Emily Gordon Walker has a specialist employment and discrimination law practice. She is ranked as a leading junior in the employment field in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, which identify her as “a fantastic up-and-coming barrister” who “cuts straight to the pertinent issues, however complex the case”. To find out more…
News, Employment 2 Jun, 2020
Gerard McDermott QC & Will Young Present an Employment Law Webinar on Personal Injury Claims in Employment Tribunals. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, Gerard McDermott QC & Will Young present a Q&A Webinar on Personal Injury Claims in Employment Tribunals. Gerard and Will recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. Gerard and Will spoke and answered questions about personal injury claims in the Employment Tribunal – when such claims can be made, and the particular issues that often arise. Much of the discussion focussed on the difficult questions of causation that such claims often involve, as well as the medical evidence required…
Employment Webinars, Webinars & Vlogs 1 Jun, 2020
David Grant presents an Employment Law Webinar on Proceedings in Different Fora. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, David Grant presents a Q&A Webinar on Proceedings in Different Fora. David recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. This webinar covers claims for work related psychiatric injury in the High Court and County Court. David looks at the concept of concurrent litigation — different proceedings in different places — when it might occur, how it might be managed and best controlled and what principles arise from the different circumstances in which concurrent litigation can arise. Free Representation Unit The webinars raised £15000, which was…
Employment Webinars, Webinars & Vlogs 1 Jun, 2020
Sarah Crowther QC presents an Employment Law Webinar on Territorial Jurisdiction. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, Sarah Crowther QC presents a Q&A Webinar on Territorial Jurisdiction. Sarah recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. This webinar covers claims for Territorial Jurisdiction. Increasingly employment relationships have an international element. Sarah Crowther QC discusses how the tribunals have handled difficult questions about whether those whose work takes them outside Great Britain can still enjoy the protections of employment statutes including the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Equality Act 2010. She explains how these issues are not the same as jurisdiction and applicable law…
Employment Webinars, Webinars & Vlogs 29 May, 2020
Andrew Allen QC presents an Employment Law Webinar on Whistleblowing. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 day Employment Law Series, Andrew Allen QC presents a Q&A Webinar on whistleblowing. Andrew recently presented this webinar in a series of employment law seminars put together by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. This webinar covers claims for whistleblowing and whether the law on whistleblowing has served its purpose. Andrew also looks at the interplay between whistleblowing law and discrimination law and also the relationship between whistleblowing and human rights law. Andrew Allen QC is the Head of the Employment Workgroup at Outer Temple. His most recent Whistleblowing case was Jesudason v Alder Hey in the Court of Appeal which explored disclosures to…
Employment Webinars, Webinars & Vlogs 29 May, 2020
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