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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”...
Chambers Conference
Employment
20/04/2023

Junior Employment Group Launch – 11 May 2023

“…[S]ome areas of employment law can, however regrettably, involve real complication, both procedural and substantial; and even the most wary can on occasion stumble into a legal bear-trap.” – Lord Justice Underhill From clients to...
Sarah Harty
Employment
30/03/2023

Sarah Harty Acts for Unfairly Sacked Salesman

Sarah Harty recently represented David Wade, a former poultry farming equipment salesman, in an Employment Tribunal. The Tribunal found that Mr Wade had been unfairly dismissed. No fair process had been followed and the Tribunal held that the real...
Jonathan Gidney
Employment
27/03/2023

Jonathan Gidney appointed as a Salaried Employment Judge

We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Gidney has been appointed as a Salaried Employment Judge of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) and will be deployed to the London Central Tribunal with effect from 20th April 2023. Jonathan...
Jonathan Heard
Employment
22/03/2023

Jonathan Heard acts in an EAT appeal concerning Unless Orders

Introduction The number of recent appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) about unless orders has been such that in Minnoch and others v Interservefm Ltd and others [2023] EAT 35 the EAT observed that they were ‘…too large...
Oliver Edwards
Employment
21/03/2023

New Employment & Personal Injury Senior Clerk

We are pleased to welcome Oliver Edwards to Chambers in the role of Senior Employment and Personal Injury Clerk. Oliver has a wealth of experience gained over 20 years working in two top London sets and most recently in Chambers in Bristol. On...
Paul Wilson
Employment
02/03/2023

Paul Wilson successfully defends Trent College against religious belief discrimination

Paul Wilson successfully defends Trent College against religious belief discrimination claims brought by its former School Chaplain. Paul Wilson has successfully defended Trent College against all claims brought by its former School Chaplain in the...
Ed Beever & Elizabeth Hodgetts
Employment
14/02/2023

Reappointments to Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Counsel to the Crown

We are pleased to announce that following the recent competition, Ed Beever and Elizabeth Hodgetts have been reappointed to the Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Counsel (‘A’ Panel).  Both Ed and Elizabeth are now longstanding members...
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