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Kyran Kanda
Employment
24/02/2025

“Can you believe what she said?” A Discussion of Higgs v Farmor’s School [2025] EWCA Civ 109

How can an employer justify dismissing an employee for controversial social media activity? In Higgs v Farmor’s School, the Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a secondary school employee for sharing posts on Facebook objecting to the...
data protection
Employment
11/02/2025

Data, DSARs & Disclosure Webinar – 8th May

We are pleased to announce a new webinar from our Employment Group; Data, DSARs, and Disclosure. Connor Wright and Felix Levay will look at the growing use of data subject access requests as a form of pre-action disclosure. They...
Tamsin Sandiford & Kyran Kanda
Employment
20/01/2025

Tamsin Sandiford & Kyran Kanda named as BSG barrister representatives

We are delighted to see that Tamsin Sandiford and Kyran Kanda have been named as barrister representatives on Birmingham Solicitors’​ Group’s (BSG) 2025 committee. In the role of barrister representative, Tamsin and pupil barrister...
Employment Law Webinar
Employment
13/01/2025

Post Liability in the Employment Tribunal webinar series

Please join us for our Post Liability in the Employment Tribunal webinar series delivered by members of our specialist Employment group. Webinar 1 January 30th, 0930-1015 via Teams “Causation, Divisibility & Apportionment of Loss –...
Employment
14/11/2024

Connor Wright completes Advocate’s Pro Bono Pupil Pledge

Many congratulations to Connor Wright who, during his pupillage, completed Advocate’s Pupil Pledge. In a world where equal access to justice continues to be a challenge, Connor generously volunteering his time and expertise to those in need of...
Jackie Chew & Olivia Middleton
Employment
19/08/2024

Welcome to Chambers Jackie Chu & Olivia Middleton

We are delighted to welcome Jackie Chu and Olivia Middleton to our Employment and Personal Injury Groups’ clerking team. Both Jackie and Olivia bring with them an abundance of drive and enthusiasm and we are sure they will swiftly cement...
Bruce Frew
Employment
15/08/2024

Bruce Frew appears before the Employment Tribunal in case involving a Claimant’s “gender critical” philosophical belief

Bruce Frew represented the Respondent before the Employment Tribunal in the case of Orwin -v- East Riding of Yorkshire Council in an interesting case centred on an allegation of direct discrimination because of the Claimant’s philosophical...
Julie Duane
Employment
03/07/2024

Julie Duane represented the Respondent in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in successfully defending a Rule 3(10) application

Julie Duane represented the Respondent in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in successfully defending a Rule 3(10) application by the Claimant. The original claims concerned allegations of race discrimination and unfair dismissal and the Claimant’s...
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