Employment and discrimination News

Music teacher Lesley Brazel, supported by the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and ARAG who provide legal expenses insurance to the ISM’s members, turned to Nottinghamshire law firm Hopkins Solicitors LLP and counsel Charlotte Hadfield, Lachlan Wilson, and Mathew Gullick from 3PB, to bring her holiday pay claim to court. Mrs Brazel, who was employed on a zero-hours contract, which was expressed to be permanent but under which she was only required to work during...

Music teacher Lesley Brazel, supported by the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and their legal expenses insurers ARAG, turned to Nottinghamshire law firm Hopkins Solicitors LLP and counsel Lachlan Wilson and Mathew Gullick from 3PB to bring her holiday pay claim discrimination case to court. For more details click here .

Joseph England edits 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Karen Moss, Daniel Brown, Grace Nicholls and Naomi Webber. Click here to read our News, Case Law Updates and book to attend one of our events.

The government has announced changes as part of its Good Work Plan that will provide protection from redundancy dismissals being extended to 6 months after a mother has returned to work. In addition, the government intend to extend redundancy protection for those taking adoption and shared parental leave, alongside the current protection available to new mothers. The current legislative regime is contained principally in Regulation 10 of the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999 and...

The start of the summer break and the end of Theresa May’s tenure has marked a bumper launch of consultations by the government. Such consultations can be very insightful as to future developments and trends that will subsequently appear in legislation. Joseph England explains about five consultations launched in the field of employment and discrimination law: Health is everyone's business consultation seeks views on different ways in which government and employers can take action to...

Last month fee paid Employment Judge and employment law specialist, Stephen Wyeth gave a talk for the Cardiff ELA to an audience of employment law solicitors.   The talk entitled “Employment Tribunal Hearings: preparation and procedure – a practical guide” was, by its namesake, a very practical course focusing on tactics and tips for bringing and defending claims.  Topics covered included how to best present the evidence; how to ensure witnesses are impressive; drafting compelling ET1s...

Dr Gosalakkal v University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust  UKEAT/0114/18/DA In a judgment handed down on 4 July, Karen Moss represented the successful appellant who challenged a detailed assessment of costs of over £80k in the employment tribunal. HHJ Richardson gave the judgment of the EAT which found that the employment judge had misunderstood the degree of overlap between (1) the whistleblowing complaints in respect of which an order for costs was made, and (2)...

On 25 July Mark Green appeared in the Court of Appeal on two separate appeals, led by Timothy Brennan QC. The first appeal looked at when the 6 year limitation deadline imposed by the Limitation Act 1980 would apply in the context of an unlawful deduction of wages claim for sums owing under the national minimum wage legislation over a period of 15 years. The second case involved a question of the time limit to appeal...

Chambers is delighted to announce Mark Green's promotion to the Attorney-General’s London B Panel for a period of five years commencing on 2nd September 2019. Chambers currently has five other members on the Attorney-General’s civil panels. They are: London A Panel: Mathew Gullick, William Hansen London B Panel: Richard Wheeler, Caroline Stone Regional Panel B: Simon Tibbitts

Simon Tibbitts has just finished a 10 day hearing in London Central Employment Tribunal that has received widespread media attention. The trial has been reported in the Telegraph, Guardian, BBC News and the Independent amongst others. Simon appeared on behalf of the Ministry of Defence defending claims of racial harassment and discrimination brought by two former paratroopers. Judgment is reserved but a link to an article from the Independent can be found here. Click here...

Karen Moss edits 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Mark Green, Sarah Bowen, Joseph England and Daniel Brown. Click here to read our News, Case Law Updates and book to attend one of our events.

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