Employment and discrimination News

Appearing before Mrs Justice Laing DBE, Mr England was successful in obtaining permission to appeal at a rule 3(10) hearing as part of the ELAAS scheme. In granting permission, the EAT praised Mr England for his “very clear submissions”. The case involved a job coach employed by one of the UK’s largest ‘welfare to work’ training providers and whose claims of discrimination had been struck out at a preliminary hearing as having no reasonable prospect...

3PB is pleased to welcome Matthew Curtis (Call 2006), formerly of College Chambers, Southampton. Matthew joins 3PB’s Employment team, based in Winchester. Simon Astill CEO, commented “I am delighted to welcome Matthew to 3PB. It shows the real strength of 3PB when we attract barristers of Matthew’s calibre. I look forward to developing his practice as part of the exciting plans we have for 3PB in 2017”.

Oliver Isaacs, employment law barrister at 3PB,  represented a Claimant in a rare case involving the reinstatement of an employee.  In Re L, the Manchester Employment Tribunal has indicated that it will order the reinstatement of a Claimant who was deemed unfairly dismissed.  In a two day remedy hearing, Oliver successfully represented L, advising and representing the client on issues of reinstatement and re-engagement. Oliver is an employment law expert and advises and represents both employers and...

In a long running and emotionally charged case, Joe England successfully represented a school caretaker who was unfairly dismissed and the victim of sex discrimination. In the latest chapter of the case and following a successful appeal earlier this year, Mr England last week successfully gained an increase in the compensatory award from £1135 (rounded) to over £60,000. The male school caretaker was dismissed for allegations loosely based on ‘crossing professional boundaries’ in relation to...