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Employment and discrimination newsletter - March 2024

26th March 2024

Welcome to 3PB's employment law newsletter, edited by Stephen Wyeth. In this edition, we welcome Ben Amunwa to our employment, public law and education practices. Analysis is provided by Stephen Wyeth, Ben Amunwa, Sarah Clarke, Joseph England, Emma Greening and Robin Pickard on the following cases:
- Rentokil Initial UK Ltd v Miller [2024] EAT 37
- Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (t/a Global Artists) & Anor [2024] EAT 30
- Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice [2024] EAT 29
- Vaultex v Bialas EA-2022- 001258-AT
- Scottish Water v Edgar [2024] EAT 32
- Hilton Foods Solutions Ltd v Andrew Wright [2024] EAT 28

Employment and discrimination newsletter - February 2024

29th February 2024

Welcome to 3PB's employment law newsletter, edited by Craig Ludlow. We celebrate Matthew Curtis’ appointment as part-time Deputy District Judge. This month our newsletter includes analysis from Craig, Sarah Clarke and Jo Laxton on the following cases: Hargreaves v (1) Evolve Housing & Support (2) Mr Simon McGrath; Jones v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care EA-2022-000744-JOJ; and Bauhaus Educational Services Limited v Elemide [2023] EAT 161.
Mark Green follows up an important change in the law since his £350,000 win in the associative indirect discrimination case of Follows. S19A Equality Act 2010 expressly permits such claims and therefore provides important clarity for carers and others who may suffer indirect discrimination by association.

3PB’s Employment Team celebrates increased individual Chambers & Partners rankings and retaining Band 1 rankings in 2 Circuits

19th October 2023

3PB Barristers congratulates its Employment and discrimination law team for achieving 3 new rankings in the Midlands, while retaining its Band 1 ranking in two Circuits (Western and South Eastern) in Chambers and Partners’ 2024 edition published today. The team increases its rankings to a total of 18 individual rankings, up from 15 last year, in London, Western and South Eastern, and adds the Midlands as a Circuit in which its expertise is recognised. Client...

3PB’s Employment law team receives TIER 1 ranking in 2 Circuits in latest Legal 500 rankings 

4th October 2023

3PB’s Employment and Discrimination law team is celebrating 2 TOP TIER rankings – in the Western and South Eastern Circuits - in the Legal 500 2024 edition just published. The team now has 13 of its 23 juniors ranked in the publication, totalling 22 individual rankings across the South Eastern, Western, London and Midlands Circuits. The team welcomes its promotion to the top tier in Western and retains its top tier position in South Eastern....

Employment and discrimination newsletter - September 2023

5th September 2023

Welcome to the September 2023 edition of our employment and discrimination law newsletter, edited by Joseph England, it features analysis and contributions from Joseph England, Mark Green, Sarah Clarke, Katherine Anderson and Grace Holden and team news about Sarah Bowen, Mark Green and Sarah Clarke.

Case analysis covers the following cases: Rajput v Commerzbank and Société Générale [2023] EAT; Habib v Dave Whelan Sports Ltd t/a DW Fitness First [2023] EAT 113; Owen v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd [2023] EAT 106; and AECOM Limited v Mallon [2023] EAT 104.

Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds appeal on TUPE location issue

1st September 2023

Judgment was handed down this week (29 August 2023) in Jagruti Rajput v Commerzbank AG and Societe Generale (London) [2023] EAT 116. The underlying case concerns a claim of discrimination against two investment banks. The appeal was on the question as to when a TUPE transfer took place, with Mr Justice Kerr finding that the tribunal judge had erred in law in excluding from his consideration matters which took place in Germany, wrongly finding that...

Employment and discrimination newsletter - August 2023

4th August 2023

Welcome to the August 2023 edition of our employment and discrimination law newsletter, edited by Alex Leonhardt, with analysis and contributions from Alex Leonhardt, Jo Laxton, Sarah Clarke, Stephen Wyeth and Emma Greening.

Case analysis covers the following cases: Jackson v The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust [2023] EAT 102; Charalambous v National Bank of Greece [2023] EAT 75; Pilkington v Jones [2023] EAT 90; United Taxis Ltd v (1) Mr R Comolly (2) Mr R Tidman - and - Mr R Tidman v (1) United Taxis Ltd v (2) Mr R Comolly [2023] EAT 93; and Mrs R Kealy v Westfield Community Development Association [2023] EAT 96.

Employment and discrimination newsletter: our 50th! - July 2023

5th July 2023

Welcome to the 50th edition of our employment and discrimination law newsletter, edited by Simon Tibbitts and featuring team news with contributions from head of group Craig Ludlow, Jo Laxton, Colin McDevitt, Stephen Wyeth and Alex Leonhardt.

Case analysis is provided by Simon Tibbitts, Katherine Anderson, Joseph England and Alex Leonhardt and covers the following cases: Mrs Kristie Higgs v Farmor’s School (The Archbishop’s Council of the Church of England intervening) EA-2020-000896-JOJ; Phipps v Priory Education Services Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 652; Greasley-Adams v Royal Mail Group Limited [2023] EAT 86 and Mrs N Moustache v Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust: [2022] EAT 204.

Welcome to April's newsletter  Spring into April with the newsletter from 3PB Employment and Discrimination barristers. The group have been busy analysing and discussing a vast range of cases: Head of the Employment and Discrimination group Craig Ludlow looks at the case Minnoch and ors v Interserve FM Ltd and ors in which Mr Minnoch and 36 others brought claims for withheld pay relating to days they were on strike in 2019. Colin McDevitt looks...

Items include a look at the increase to the National Minimum Wage due in April 2023, new legislation allowing employees to request flexible working from day one in a job, as well as two proposed bills - the Carer's Leave Bill and the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill, and a look at The Exclusivity Terms for Zero Hours Workers (Unenforceability and Redress) Regulations 2022.
Analysis includes Nexus v RMT & Unite the Union [2022] EWCA Civ 1408, Mr J Hilaire v Luton Borough Council [2022] EAT 166, and how employers can protect themselves during Christmas party season.

Read the latest employment law news and cases analyses from the 3PB Barristers team. packed full of insights and news for employment and discrimination practitioners.

3PB’s Employment Team achieve record 15 individual rankings in Chambers & Partners 2023 and promoted to Tier 1 in two Circuits

20th October 2022

3PB Barristers congratulates its Employment and discrimination law team for achieving a Tier 1 ranking in two Circuits (Western and South Eastern) in Chambers and Partners’ 2023 edition published today. The team now records a total of 15 individual rankings, up from 12 last year, in London, Western and South Eastern. Our individual barristers attracted significant praise in the directory, as well as our clerks described as 'standouts for their promptness of service, friendliness and...