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      July Employment Law Newsletter - Out Now!

      In the latest edition of our employment law newsletter, edited by Daniel Brown, we are delighted to announce the launch of our new chambers in Manchester. We feature more team news including about Mathew Gullick KC, Joseph England and Alex Leonhardt. Our employment law conference programme is confirmed and bookings are now open. Analysis is provided by Daniel Brown, Joseph England, Robin Pickard, Jo Laxton and Emma Greening on the following cases:
      - Raison v DF Capital Bank Limited & Others [EA 2024 000292]
      - Hendy Group Ltd v Daniel Kennedy [2024] EAT 106
      - Willis v 1) GWB Harthills LLP 2) Hester Russell 3) Elizabeth Lord [2025] EAT 79
      - Alistair Dobbie v Paula Felton T/A Feltons Solicitors [2025] EAT 71
      - Stedman v Haven Leisure [2025] EAT 82

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      June Employment Law Newsletter - Out Now!

      Welcome to the latest edition of our employment law team’s newsletter, edited by Ben Amunwa - in which we proudly announce our upcoming Inaugural Employment Law Conference in Birmingham on 16 October 2025.
      While our analysis section features a note from Ben Amunwa exploring ‘When the withdrawal of a claim takes effect', our contributors this month also include Simon Tibbitts, Matthew Curtis, Gareth Graham and Daniel Brown on the following cases:
      - Handa v The Station Hotel (Newcastle) Ltd & Ors [2025] EAT 62
      - Melki v Bouygues E and S Contracting UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 585
      - XY v AB [2025] EAT 66
      - Woodhead v WTTV Ltd & Anor | [2025] EWHC 1128 (KB)

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      Education law newsletter - March 2025

      Naomi Webber edits the 12th edition of our education law newsletter featuring analysis from our barristers Alice de Coverley, Ben Amunwa, Olivia McGonigle, Naomi Webber and Alex Leonhardt. We look back at our team's 2nd education law conference in February and highlight recent involvement of our barristers in important cases and upcoming events.

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      Policy for accommodating asylum seekers at ex-RAF base found unlawful

      The High Court has today found that the Home Secretary breached the public sector equality duty, (‘PSED’) in s.149(1) of the Equality Act 2010, when arranging for single adult male asylum seekers to be accommodated at a remote ex-RAF base in the north Essex village of Wethersfield. The judgment in TG and others v SSHD [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin) follows over a year of litigation prompted by the previous government’s emphasis on the use of...

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      December Employment Law Newsletter Out Now

      Welcome to 3PB’s final Employment and Discrimination Law newsletter for 2024. Edited by Jo Laxton, it features analysis from Ben Amunwa, Alex Leonhardt and Emma Greening on the following cases:
      - Connor v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [2024] EAT 175
      - Shakil v Samons Limited [2024] EAT 192
      - L v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2024] UKFTT 001044 (TC)
      We thank all our clients and contacts for their support throughout 2024 and wish you all our best wishes for 2025.

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      November Employment Law Newsletter Out Now

      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.
      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

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      High Court upholds article 3 ‘systems’ challenge to public funds delays

      On 21 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in R (SAG & others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2984 (Admin), an expedited judicial review challenge to the government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) system, following a hearing on 13 and 14 November 2024. The default position of the Home Office is to grant UK visas subject to a NRPF condition that prohibits most migrants from accessing welfare...

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      Tribunal finds sessional social worker was not an 'employee'

      The Employment Tribunal has dismissed a claim against a local authority brought by an 'as and when' or 'sessional' social worker. The respondent, Harrow Council, hired the claimant on a casual basis and worked on a variety of projects over a period of 11 years for the youth justice team. The respondent accepted that the claimant was a 'worker' but denied that he had become an 'employee', entitled to bring a claim for constructive dismissal following a...

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    • 3PB’s Public and Regulatory Law team rewarded with 5 rankings in Chambers and Partners

      3PB congratulates its Public and Regulatory Law team for earning 3 new rankings in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition. To its existing 2 accolades for Administrative and Public Law, the team has added 2 rankings for Professional Discipline and one ranking for Inquests and Public Inquiries. Head of Group Mathew Gullick KC commented: “This significant gain in Chambers and Partners’ latest publication reflects both new and existing members of our national set of chambers,...

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      Ben Amunwa in systematic judicial review challenge to asylum accommodation at ex-RAF base Wethersfield

      3PB's public law barrister Ben Amunwa is on the counsel team representing four ex-residents of MDP Wethersfield, near Braintree in Essex, who are taking legal action against the Home Secretary, claiming she acted unlawfully by housing them at the site. The asylum seekers stayed at the former airbase between July 2023, when the site opened, until February 2024, in accommodation described to the High Court by their counsel as "seriously inadequate". The Home Secretary has...

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      Education law newsletter - July 2024

      Jim Hirschmann edits the 11th edition of our education law newsletter, packed full with team news, awards, book launches, events and analysis from our barristers Charlotte Hadfield, Lachlan Wilson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley, Matthew Wyard, Emma Waldron, Alex Leonhardt, Caroline Stone, Mark Green, Sunyana Sharma, Katherine Anderson, Ben Amunwa and Rosa Thomas, to name a few.

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      July Employment Law newsletter - out now!

      Welcome to 3PB's July 2024 employment law newsletter, edited by Naomi Webber. We are delighted to announce that Liz McGrath KC has become our Head of Chambers. David Parratt KC (Scot) takes on the role of Deputy Head of Chambers. Our many congratulations to them!
      Our newsletter reflects on Labour’s General Election victory and provides analysis from Ben Amunwa, Robin Pickard, Grace Holden, Daniel Brown, Alex Leonhardt and Emma Greening on the following cases:
      - Adekoya & Ors v Heathrow Express Operating Company Ltd [2024] EAT 72
      - Parmar v Leicester City Council [2024] EAT 85
      - Ballerino v The Racecourse Association Ltd [2024] EAT 98
      - NSL Ltd v Mr P Zaluski [2024] EAT 86
      - Christopher Watson v Wallwork Nelson Johnson & Anor [2024] EAT 105
      - Boohene & Others v The Royal Parks Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 583

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