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      October Employment Law Newsletter - Out Now!

      Welcome to our October employment law newsletter edited by Mark Green. We celebrate Legal 500 team and individual success and look forward to our conference on 16 October in Birmingham.
      Analysis is provided by Andrew MacPhail, Ben Amunwa, Emma Greening and Joseph England on the following cases:
      - Ms E Cohen v Mr K Mahmood MP [2025] EAT 134
      - AB v Grafters Group Ltd [2025] EAT 126
      - Ahmed v Capital Arches Group Limited [2025] EAT 133
      - Andras Szucs v GreenSquareAccord Ltd [2025] EAT 110
      Enjoy this month’s edition.

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      September Education Law Newsletter - Out now!

      Welcome to 3PB’s September Education Law Newsletter. Edited by Jack Felvus, this edition features analysis from Katherine Anderson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley and Jim Hirschmann on
      - The legal and practical implications for schools of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
      - Artificial Intelligence in Education and EHC Plans
      - Phelps v The London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] 2 A.C. 619; [2000] E.L.R revisited 25 years on.
      Find out more about our Education for Local Authorities webinar series and our forthcoming 3rd Education Law Conference and lots of Education sector news.

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      September Employment Law Newsletter Out Now!

      Read our Employment law newsletter edited by Robin Pickard, with analysis from Robin, Sarah Clarke, Stephen Wyeth and Sarah Bowen on the following cases:
      - Aslam v Transport UK London Bus Ltd (formerly known as Abellio London Ltd) [2025] EAT 113
      - Leicester City Council v Bindu Parmar [2025] EWCA Civ 952
      - CX v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EAT 114
      - Mesuria v Eurofins Forensics Services Ltd [2025] EAT 103
      Don’t forget to register for our conference on 16 October – only a few places remain.

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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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