News for: Katherine Anderson

Katherine Anderson has edited 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke, Simon Tibbitts and Grace Nicholls. Cases reviewed are: Jesudason v Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWCA Civ 73 - Whistle-blowers beware: just because there is a PD doesn’t necessarily mean that the employer can’t respond (and damage your reputation) in order to ‘set the record straight’ Robinson v His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasim UKEAT/0106/19/RN - Illegality...

Stephen Wyeth has edited 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke, Katherine Anderson, Naomi Webber, Grace Nicholls. Cases reviewed are: Q v Secretary of State for Justice UKEAT/0120/19/JOJ - When are Article 8 rights engaged in the context of an unfair dismissal claim and how should the engagement of such rights be approached by the tribunal? Duncan Lewis Solicitors v Puar UKEAT/0175/19/RN - Strike Out: seriousness of default and possibility of...

Reasonable adjustments: is it relevant that the employee did not mention them? Katherine Anderson analyses Shah v TIAA Ltd UKEAT/0180/19/BA, following her successful representation of the respondent employer in this appeal before the EAT. Click here to read Katherine's analysis for the case. Click here to view the full judgment. Katherine is an experienced employment law specialist who has acted for and advised claimant and respondent employers in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. She...

Richard Owen-Thomas edits 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Bowen, Katherine Anderson, Grace Nicholls and Naomi Webber. Case summaries cover: Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0247/18/JOJ - Third party harassment Mustard v Flowers & Ors [2019] EWHC 2623 (QB) - Covert recording in a PI claim: ramifications for Employment Tribunals? Ugradar v Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0301/18 - Contractual redundancy pay and the statutory cap Gray v Mulberry...

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are set to benefit from an extra £350 million funding to provide specialist support and tailored facilities, helping those with complex needs to succeed. The Education Secretary Damian Hinds has announced that councils will receive an additional £250 million over the next two years on top of the £6 billion already provided for the high needs budget this year, to provide much needed support for children and...

In our latest update, Katherine Anderson analyses: In what circumstances can damages for breach of contract be assessed by reference to the sum that the claimant could hypothetically have negotiated in return for releasing the defendant from the obligation it failed to perform? Morris-Garner and another v One Step (Support) [2018] UKSC 20 (18 April 2018) If an employee is dismissed on written notice posted to his home address, when does the notice period begin...

3PB Employment barristers Oliver Isaacs and Katherine Anderson analyse the latest employment law cases, covering: Holiday Pay - The Sash Window Workshop v King The Burden of Proof - Ajayi Ayodele v Citylink Ltd & Napier (2017) EWCA Civ 1913 Marriage or Marriage Difficulties - Gould v Trustees of St John's Downshire Hill [2017] UKEAT 0115_17_0510 Uber BV and ors v Aslam and ors (2017) IRLR 4 Weekly Rest Breaks 0 Mr Maio Marques da Rosa v...

Katherine Anderson examines if an employer can escape “scot-free” from liability for an act of victimisation if it is ‘astute enough’ to instruct an innocent third party – or employee - to carry it out. Please click here to read Katherine’s analysis.