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Alex Leonhardt in protected belief case brought on the basis of English nationalism

4th July 2023

Specialist 3PB employment and discrimination law barrister Alex Leonhardt represented the successful respondent, the Open University, in a case brought by a former employee on the basis of alleged discrimination against him because of his English nationalist beliefs in Cave v The Open University. On a determination of the preliminary issue of whether Mr Cave’s beliefs were protected under the Equality Act 2010, the judge determined that those beliefs were an ethno-centric form of nationalism...

Employment and Discrimination newsletter - May 2023

9th May 2023

Jo Laxton edits this month's employment and discrimination newsletter which sees Head of 3PB's Employment and Discrimination Law team Craig Ludlow analysing HHJ Kalyany Kaul KC v (1) Ministry of Justice (2) The Lord Chancellor (3) The Lord Chief Justice [2023] EAT 41, Mark Green considers Williamson v The Bishop of London and others [2023] EWCA Civ 379, Daniel Brown reviews Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v Clark & Others [2023] EWCA (Civ) 386, Alex Leonhardt analyses Mr J Edward v Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EAT 33, and Emma Greening reviews Rolec (Electrical and Mechanical Services) Ltd v Mrs J Georgiou [2023] EAT 46.

Welcome to March's newsletter  Spring into March with the newsletter from 3PB Employment and Discrimination barristers. The group have been busy analysing and discussing a vast range of cases: Alex Leonhardt looks at the case of Earl Shilton Town Council v Miller, in which the EAT considered the application of direct discrimination in circumstances where both staff of both sexes shared nominally the same toilet facilities. Grace Nicholls looks at how the absence of a bounce...

  Welcome to February's newsletter  February brings you a bumper issue of the 3PB Employment and discrimination newsletter! The group have been busy analysing and discussing a vast range of cases: Andrew MacPhail looks at the case of Ellis v Bacon and Advanced Fire Solutions Ltd [2022], in which an appeal was allowed by the EAT against the original Employment Tribunal’s ruling that an employee was discriminated against due to her marital status. The counsel team for...

Items include a look at the increase to the National Minimum Wage due in April 2023, new legislation allowing employees to request flexible working from day one in a job, as well as two proposed bills - the Carer's Leave Bill and the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill, and a look at The Exclusivity Terms for Zero Hours Workers (Unenforceability and Redress) Regulations 2022.
Analysis includes Nexus v RMT & Unite the Union [2022] EWCA Civ 1408, Mr J Hilaire v Luton Borough Council [2022] EAT 166, and how employers can protect themselves during Christmas party season.

Read the latest employment law news and cases analyses from the 3PB Barristers team. packed full of insights and news for employment and discrimination practitioners.

The past 30 days have provided much for the employment law world to write about, starting with the success of 3PB’s Mathew Gullick QC, Lachlan Wilson and Naomi Webber in the Supreme Court in The Harper Trust v Brazel case; and Mathew Gullick QC earning the accolade of the Times’ “Lawyer of the Week” in the process.

July's employment law newsletter from 3PB Barristers features news of the first instance case of Burke v Turning Point Scotland in which long-Covid is identified as a disability; analysis of Tribunal Statistics for the quarter January to March 2022 and provides an update on those health professionals now able to provide sick notes. There's also a round-up of the very latest case analysis from members and our pupil.

Welcome to May's Employment Law newsletter Spring is here: whilst April saw unseasonably dry conditions in a meteorological sense, there has been a metaphorical flood of interest and debate taking place as to what the future may, and should, hold in terms of remote and flexible working as we appear to embark upon what may be regarded as a post-pandemic era. News items in this edition cover:  - The CIPD Survey on attitudes to home working...

Welcome to March's newsletter In this edition of our employment law newsletter, our news section considers the impact of the lifting of the last Covid restrictions on employers; updated Acas guidance for bereavement and the Home Office's postponement of the digital right-to-work checks.  Legal analysis is provided by our members: - Alex Leonhardt looks at the limits of “firing and re-hiring”, with his analysis of USDAW & Ors v Tesco Stores Limited [2022] EWHC 201 (QB); - Andrew...

  Welcome to February's employment law newsletter In our February newsletter, our news section considers the final decision in the case of Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and ors; the latest Covid-19 legal requirements and the government's likely decision to scrap the jabs for NHS staff policy.  Case law analysis is provided by - Alex Leonhardt on the CoA decision on vicarious liability and “horseplay” in the workplace in Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd [2022] EWA...

  Welcome to November's employment law newsletter Our team has much to celebrate this month yet again, with Mathew Gullick's formal appointment at the Queen’s Counsel Appointment Ceremony in Westminster Hall on Monday. This comes hot on the heels of Chambers and Partners announcing a record 11 of our employment juniors ranked in 3 circuits, following equally outstanding results in the Legal 500 back in October. Case law analysis is provided by - Grace Nicholls on the importance of case...