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Rosa Dickinson
Employment
05/01/2017

Employment Barrister of the Month: January

This months Barrister of the Month is Rosa Dickinson, called in 2006. What caused you to want to specialise in Employment Law? I love the mix of complex/fast moving law with a considerable human element. What was your worst / most...

Sophie Garner
Employment
20/12/2016

How Easily Can the Bubble of Pre-Termination Negotiations Burst?

As an employment relationship runs out of steam, employers and employees often start to negotiate exit terms in the expectation that their conversations will be held in a bubble of confidentiality. But since Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP v...

Elizabeth Hodgetts
Employment
15/12/2016

Employment Barrister of the Month: December

This months Barrister of the Month is Elizabeth Hodgetts, called in 1998. What caused you to want to specialise in Employment Law? The cocktail: the potent mix of the human drama, viewed through the illuminating glass of the law. Describe the legal...

Employment team air ambulance fundraising
Employment
11/10/2016

St Philips Employment Team raises £1902 for Midlands Air Ambulance

St Phillips employment group hosted the Midlands ambulance charity at a hotly contested pub quiz on 22nd September, when 18 legal teams pitted their wits against each other in a highly entertaining iPad based pub quiz. John Cottrell of the...

St Philips Chambers reception
Employment
19/09/2016

St Philips to host a video link to The Voice and Views of ELA on the Employment Law Implications

St Philips Chambers will be the host of the video link to the ‘Brexit and the Changing Political Landscape: The Voice and Views of ELA on the Employment Law Implications’ seminar which is running live in London at 6:30pm on October 20th 2016....

Jonathan Gidney
Employment
25/04/2016

Holiday Pay by Jonathan Gidney

Voluntary overtime, standby and call out payments to be included in the calculation of holiday pay for the 1st 20 days of annual leave In White & Others v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2016] 1300537/2015 the Midlands West...

Paul Wilson
Employment
19/04/2016

Paul Wilson Joins St Philips Chambers

St Philips Chambers give a warm welcome to Paul Wilson, former Head of Employment at Broadway House Chambers, who joins our Employment Team based out of our Park Square office in Leeds. Legal 500 2015 – “He has a good manner with clients, who...

Sarah George
Employment
09/02/2016

Satellite Litigation Avoided for Early Conciliation by Sarah George

Two recent EAT decisions have had the “happy consequence” that arguments that the Early Conciliation Rules 2014 (EC Rules) require claimants to conciliate afresh when substituting or adding respondents are unlikely to succeed. Rule 34 of the ET...