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Seven Bedford Row
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Employment & Discrimination Law

7 Bedford Row possesses an impressive breadth of experience in employment and discrimination law. All areas of employment related work are undertaken. Members of the team have expertise in appellate and first instance work alike, acting for both employers and employees. Our client base ranges from individual employees and directors to large private and public sector organisations.

Members of the team contribute to Tolleys Employment Law and publish in regularly in legal journals such as New Law Journal and Workplace Law and are active in the Discrimination Law Association and the ELA.  The team regularly provides training and seminars to solicitor clients both in chambers and at solicitors’ offices.

Individual and collective employment law including

  • All strands of discrimination
  • Equal pay
  • Unfair and wrongful dismissal
  • Industrial relations and trade union affairs
  • Directors' disputes
  • Employee share schemes
  • Bonus cases
  • Injunctive relief
  • TUPE
  • Pensions
  • Permanent Health Insurance Claims

Recent reported cases include:

  • Johnson v Edwardian International Hotels [2008] All ER (D) 23 (May) EAT
    The question of how employment tribunals are to approach the issue of a party's mental capacity to litigate.

  • McCarthy v McCarthy & Stone Plc [2007] EWCA Civ 664; (2008) 1 All ER 221
    The proper construction of a share option scheme.

  • Kidd v Alliance & Leicester plc [2007] All ER (D) 82
    Presentation of an unfair dismissal claim out of time. Incorrect advice from a trade union office as to the relevant time limit was not a sufficient reason for extending time.

  • Ellis v Ministry of Defence [2007] All ER (D) 44 (Jul) EAT.  ET had erred in categorizing the claimant’s claim as a breach of contract claim when it was one of constructive unfair dismissal.

  • Patel v Leicester City Council: [2006] All ER (D) 317 (Dec) EAT Meaning of 'completion' in statutory dispute resolution procedures.

Latest Events

‘An Introduction to Employment Law’

This popular annual event is held across four separate dates and is designed to offer an introduction to the basic principles and procedures required to successfully manage employment related claims.  Topics include

  • An Introduction to the Employment Tribunal
  • The principles of unfair and wrongful dismissal
  • An Introduction to Discrimination Law
  • An Introduction to remedies

**click here for flyer and booking information**

 

Contact us for professional advice:

Paul Eeles

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7400 7305
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: peeles@7br.co.uk

Chris Lane

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7400 4433
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clane@7br.co.uk