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Employment
07/11/2017

Fundamental Dishonesty Pleas by Petar Starcevic

Dishonest claims have attracted a lot of attention and sanctions in recent years. There has always been the right to bring contempt proceedings against dishonest claimants, but the procedure for an application for committal for contempt of court must...
Paul Wilson
Employment
07/11/2017

Jet2.com v Denby (Employment Appeal Tribunal) – Refusal of Employment on the Ground of Trade Union Activities – Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson has successfully defended an appeal in the EAT from a decision of the Leeds ET, in which he represented Mr Denby, an airline pilot, that Jet2.com acted unlawfully contrary to section 137 TULRCA 1992 in refusing him employment after he had...
Alexander Macmillan
Employment
23/10/2017

No “personal reasons” defence in TUPE automatically unfair dismissals by Alexander MacMillan

Hare Wines Limited v (1) Mrs Satwant Kaur (2) H&W Wholesale Limited, UKEAT/0752/16/JOJ (17 October 2017) What has been decided? Where an employee had been automatically unfairly dismissed because of a business transfer, the employer appealed on...
Lorna Badham
Employment
26/07/2017

Q & A: Today’s Supreme Court Decision on Tribunal Fees – Lorna Badham

R (on the application of UNISON) (Appellant) v Lord Chancellor (Respondent) [2017] EWCA Civ 935 What has been decided? The Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunals Fees Order 2013, the Statutory Instrument giving rise to the fees...
Mirza Ahmed
Employment
15/03/2017

Dr Mirza Ahmad wins Lawyer of the Year at the Finance Monthly Law Awards 2017

St Philips Chambers congratulates Dr Mirza Ahmad LLD (Hon) on his latest national achievement as Lawyer of the Year 2017 in Finance Monthly’s category of UK Government and Public Services. The Finance Monthly Law Awards 2017 recognises the...
Anthony Johnston
Employment
17/02/2017

Employment Barrister of the Month

This months Barrister of the Month is Anthony Johnston, called in 1993. What caused you to want to specialise in Employment Law? I think it has the twin attractions of being both an interesting and constantly developing area of the law and one...
Bruce Frew
Employment
10/02/2017

England Boxing – Bruce Frew

During 2016 Bruce Frew had the pleasure of working with England Boxing directly and since September 2016 has been appointed to the England Boxing Disciplinary Panel. Bruce’s collaboration with England Boxing has been ideal on the basis of his...
St Philips Chambers reception
Employment
11/01/2017

Mock Employment Tribunal Hearing – Training Demonstration and Exercise

Introduction  St Philips Chambers employment team provides a full employment final hearing demonstration. The members of the employment team will conduct the respective roles for the full hearing: judge, counsel for claimant and counsel for...
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