Employment and discrimination News

We are delighted to announce that Grace Boorer (formerly of Old Square Chambers) has joined 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) and will be based in our Oxford office. Called to the Bar in 2016 in the top 10 of her cohort, Grace Boorer is a barrister who specialises in employment and discrimination, personal injury and clinical negligence disputes. Grace is a busy and successful employment and discrimination counsel, acting for both claimants and respondents in...

3PB barristers Grace Nicholls and Sarah Bowen bring you a round-up of relevant case law updates in this 20-minute briefing. During this recorded case law update Sarah and Grace outline the most recent decisions and offer their thoughts on the implications for practitioners.  

There's no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic is making health and safety issues a top priority for employers and employees alike. What should they be aware of from an employment law perspective when it comes to health and safety? What should they be aware of with regard to whistleblowing? Specialist employment barrister from 3PB, Sarah Bowen, shares guidance during this 45-minute webinar. This webinar is pre-recorded for you to view at your leisure.  

Grace Nicholls has edited 3PB's latest Employment and Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Craig Ludlow, Sarah Bowen, Daniel Brown, Mark Green, Mathew Gullick, Matthew Curtis, Naomi Webber and Grace Nicholls. The newsletter provides key resources to help businesses manage the employment consequences of the COVID-19 crisis including guidance and analysis arising from our recent successful webinar. Click here to view the newsletter News and topics reviewed include: Guide to the main issues linked to COVID...

3PB Barristers' employment & discrimination law specialist Matthew Curtis appeared in the Court of Appeal on Tuesday 5 May 2020. Matthew was representing the Appellant in a hearing which went ahead despite the current lockdown since the pandemic. The representatives and Court of Appeal judges appeared via video link using Skype for Business, with the appellant choosing to dial in via telephone. The Court of Appeal was asked to determine whether the Employment Tribunal had...

Naomi Webber has edited 3PB's latest Employment and Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Craig Ludlow, Sarah Bowen, Sarah Clarke, Katherine Anderson, Grace Nicholls, Daniel Brown, Faizul Azman, and Naomi Webber. The newsletter provides key resources to help businesses manage the employment consequences of the COVID-19 crisis including guidance and analysis arising from our recent successful webinar. Click here to view the newsletter News and topics reviewed include: Guide to the main issues linked to COVID...

3PB employment barrister Mark Green appeared in one of the first video EAT full hearings. In Omar Kalif v Evolve Hospitality Limited UKEAT/0313/19/LA, the Claimant appealed on the basis that the ET had failed to consider the full extent of a PCP in a claim for indirect religious discrimination. The PCP concerned a Chef's alleged requirement to handle pork products. The Respondent’s position was that the Claimant had never been required to handle such products. The Claimant...

Following the recent decision of Re Debenhams Retail Ltd (In Administration) [2020] EWHC 921 (Ch) which applied Re Carluccio’s Limited [2020] EWHC 886 (Ch), 3PB’s specialist Employment and Commercial Barristers Daniel Brown and Rebecca Farrell join forces to review the Carluccio’s decision. Daniel Brown and Rebecca Farrell provide an analysis of this decision which serves to provide guidance to joint administrators who wished to retain employees under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme but only if...

3PB’s tax and commercial litigation barrister Max Schofield has issued a briefing, in tandem with employment barrister Daniel Barnett from Outer Temple Chambers, aimed at UK employers who face difficulties with their Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments from HMRC. The briefing comments that, whilst “everyone appreciates that the Scheme is being introduced in difficult and time-pressured circumstances… various iterations of the Guidance were released by HMRC before they even had any legal power to administer the...

Sarah Bowen has edited 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke, Katherine Anderson, Lachlan Wilson, Daniel Brown and Naomi Webber. The newsletter provides key resources to help businesses manage the employment consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. Click here to read our latest News, and Case Law Updates and book to attend one of our events. Cases and topics reviewed include: Equality and discrimination in employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic Coronavirus Job...

3PB have long used some of the best remote video and telephone support technology – principally Microsoft Teams and Lifesize and now also Zoom for certain tasks – in any barristers chambers in the UK. Given the demand to schedule telephone or video case  management hearings, our employment clerks led by Russell Porter have been extremely busy helping clients schedule these. The news that many of the Employment Tribunals (including London Central ET from 14...

Further details about the ‘Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ have been announced by the government, outlining how the scheme will operate, and who will be eligible. Many businesses will now be considering what, if any, legal implications there may be in respect of how the furloughing process works. Click here to read Sarah Clarke's analysis for Business West. Sarah Clarke is a barrister specialising in employment law at 3PB Barristers, based in Bristol.