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Ashannay Davis 10000 Black Internship
Employment
11/07/2023

Welcoming Ashannay Davis as an Intern at Chambers

This week we are delighted to host Ashannay Davis in Chambers as part of the 10,000 Black Interns. Ashannay will be spending a busy week shadowing barristers from across our specialist employment group to gain a full insight into what life at...

Julie Duane
Employment
10/07/2023

Julie Duane acts for the Respondent in successfully defending all 4 grounds of appeal

On 27 June 2023 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (Judge Susan Walker) handed down Judgment in A v Carers Trust South East Wales [2023] EAT 80, which provides useful clarification as to how a tribunal is to approach claims for whistleblowing, disability...

Tamsin Sandiford
Employment
14/06/2023

Tamsin Sandiford acted pro bono for the Claimant in a successful amendment application in the employment tribunal

Tamsin Sandiford acted pro bono for the Claimant in a successful amendment application in the employment tribunal. The Claimant had brought claims of breach of contract and failure to deal with a flexible working request in a reasonable manner. She...

Bruce Frew
Employment
12/06/2023

Bruce Frew represents whistleblower

Bruce Frew represents consultant surgeon Krishna Singh, a whistleblower who claims he lost his post after raising concerns about patient safety at Royal Sussex County Hospital.  Mr Singh’s employment tribunal has been adjourned whilst 40 hospital...

Junior Employment Group
Employment
07/06/2023

Fasttrack Employment Law Seminar Series

Our Junior Employment Group is running a series of in-person seminars across the coming months, addressing some key employment law topics. WHERE: St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5LS TIMINGS: Seminar 1730-1830, followed by...

Julie Duane
Employment
31/05/2023

Claims for £85,000 in damages are struck out with an order made as to costs

Summary In a recent Open Preliminary Hearing against a public sector organisation, the Claimant’s claims for constructive unfair dismissal, breach of contract, harassment and an alleged failure to comply with Section1 of the Employment Rights Act...

Tamsin Sandiford
Employment
25/05/2023

Dismissal may be unfair if furlough was not considered as an alternative

In the recent EAT case of Lovingangels Care Ltd v Mrs B Mhindurwa, the Claimant was employed as a live-in carer for “HR”, a client of the Respondent. HR went into hospital in February 2020 before moving to a care home, so the Claimant was no...

Elizabeth Hodgetts
Employment
22/05/2023

Elizabeth Hodgetts acted on behalf of the successful respondent in Spencer v Unison Leicestershire Healthcare Branch

“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken” (Jane Austen). “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything”...