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Welcome to our November 2024 employment law newsletter, edited by Gareth Graham, featuring news from Ben Amunwa, and celebrating our results in Chambers and Partners.
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Our newsletter includes analysis from Gareth Graham, Karen Moss and Andrew MacPhail of the following cases:
- Xie v E’quipe Japan Ltd [2024] EAT 176
- De Bank Haycocks v ADP RPO UK Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1291
- MacLennan v The British Psychological Society [2024] EAT 166 -
3PB's commercial and property barrister Alex Whatley has written an article called 'After the gold rush - chasing debts' (Alphier Capital LLP v Blyvoor Gold Capital Ltd)' for Lexis Nexis. In the article Alex analyses this High Court judgment concerning two cross applications for strike-out and adding a party, the primary dispute related to an unpaid debt for investment consultancy services and the assignment of the sums due. The court decided that the prohibition of...
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Oliver Nunn teamed up with Browne Jacobson’s Leah Jones, Naomi De Silva and Samantha Harms to deliver in Cardiff on 21 November a day’s training for the Ministry of Justice Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service providers, as part of the HLPAS Support Service. While Samantha Harms considered the benefits of embedding O Shaped values in working practices, Oliver Nunn provided a legal update, an analysis of current trends in possession work in the County Court...
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3PB's commercial and property barrister Alex Whatley has written an analysis of Advanced Multi-Technology for Medical Industry & Ors v Uniserve Limited & Ors [2024] EWHC 1725 (Ch), in which The High Court considered the circumstances in which an agent could bind its principal in making representations and variations in commercial contract agreements. The Claimant, (“Hitex”), was a manufacturer of face masks used during the Covid pandemic. The Defendant, (“Uniserve”), had agreed to purchase 80...
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Events & Seminars
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3PB's ToLATA 1996 Update - 10 December on Zoom
Date: Tuesday 10th Dec 2024 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: On Zoom 3PB Barristers are hosting a free ToLATA 1996 webinar update via Zoom on Tuesday 10 December at 11:00 for one hour. Members of both the Property & Estates and Family Group, Hamish Dunlop, Louise Worton and Rachel Bale, join together to consider co-habitee and co-owner rights, correct procedure under Civil Procedural Rules, pitfalls to avoid and other issues under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Our specialists will also reflect on how…
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Handling Litigants in Person: tips and tactics
Date: Wednesday 18th Dec 2024 Time: 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm Venue: 3PB Birmingham The Colmore Building 20 Colmore Circus Birmingham B4 6AT 3PB Barristers are hosting a free in-person employment seminar in Birmingham on Wednesday 18 December from 12.15pm until 1.45pm. Specialist employment barrister Andrew MacPhail shares his tips on handling litigation involving LIPs. Topics covered include: Most LIPs have no experience of litigation; as a result their ET1s are often very unclear. How should a Response be drafted when it is unclear what claims have in fact been pleaded? Should the Respondent ask for FBPs? Soon enough…
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'New Year, New Me' - Women in Family Law networking event
Date: Thursday 16th Jan 2025 Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Venue: 3PB Birmingham Colmore Building 20 Colmore Circus Birmingham B4 6AT Join Women in Family Law for drinks and networking on Thursday 16 January 2025 between 5.30pm and 7pm and shake off those January blues! Please RSVP by 8 January 2025 as places are limited.
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3PB Education Law Conference 2025
Date: Thursday 6th Feb 2025 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Venue: IET London: Savoy Place The full-day event will include a variety of presentations from 3PB’s specialist education law barristers: Head of 3PB's Education Law group Charlotte Hadfield, Katherine Anderson, Ben Amunwa, Alice de Coverley, Jim Hirschmann, Olivia McGonigle and Rosa Thomas. We will be joined on the day by our sponsors Simply Social Work and Boyes Turner. Presentations will cover topics of interest to private practitioners, local authorities, and schools, including: Deprivation of liberty safeguards and unlawful detention in…
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