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 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.

Members practising in this area:

Latest Events

‘An Introduction to Employment Law’

The 7BR ‘Introduction to Employment Law’ series has concluded for 2010 but we will be back in 2011.

For those of you that could not make the events, all handout material and audio recordings of the presentations can be found under the following links:

Week 1 - David Christie & Alex Young
Pdf - Introduction to the Employment Tribunal
Audio - Introduction to the Employment Tribunal

Week 2 - Tim Walker & Patricia Leonard
Pdf - Unfair & Wrongful Dismissal
Audio - Unfair & Wrongful Dismissal

Week 3 - Jeffrey Jupp & Jonathan Bertram
Pdf - TUPE
Audio - TUPE

Week 4 - Smair Soor & Christina Lyons
Pdf - Discrimination
Audio - Discrimination