News for: Joseph England

Welcome to October's employment law newsletter In our October newsletter, we report the publication by the government of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, likely, if passed, to effect important change to UK employment law. We consider ACAS' update of their advice on employee suspensions; the TUC's challenge of government anti-strike legislation and more positive news around the 4-day week trial. We also congratulate our employment team for another set of impressive results in the Legal 500's latest...

Joseph England successful in EAT appeal concerning the discrimination burden of proof and reasonable adjustments

20th September 2022

Lucas v Cosmeceuticals Ltd [2022] EAT 141 Heard in Scotland before Lord Fairley, the EAT dismissed the appeal and found in favour of the Respondent, represented by 3PB’s Joseph England. The judgment can be found here. The principal ground of appeal concerned a s.15 Equality Act 2010 claim and the link between the Claimant’s dismissal and the ‘something arising’ in consequence of the Claimant’s disability. The Employment Tribunal made a finding that there had been...

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 October's Employment law newsletter October rewards 3PB with four new fee-paid, part-time Employment Tribunal Judges as well as a record number of rankings for our team in the Legal 500 2022. Case law analysis is provided by - Andrew MacPhail on redundancy process best practices in Gwynedd Council v S Barratt & I Hughes [2021] EWCA Civ 1322; - Katherine Anderson on proportionality assessment with The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of Oxford v Professor Paul...

Three 3PB barristers appointed part-time employment judges

4th October 2021

3PB is delighted to announce that three of its members Matthew Curtis,  Joseph England and Tom Horder (pictured here, right to left) have all been appointed as fee-paid, part-time Employment Tribunal Judges in England and Wales. All barristers will continue to maintain their busy practices. Matthew and Joe have been assigned to London South and Tom has been assigned to the South West region. The appointments were confirmed on 1 October 2021. Craig Ludlow, Head...

Welcome to March's newsletter In our latest edition we bring you employment law news on unwarranted media criticism of the ET system and revocation of the Public Sector Exit Payment Cap together with our latest webinar. Our team has analysed key employment law cases in written form, including the Uber case. Finally, we invite you to register for our employment law webinar of 21 April. Sign up for employment news Media criticism of the ET system receives...

Joseph England takes a closer look at s.109(4) EA 2010 as a statutory defence for discrimination

10th February 2021

3PB’s specialist employment law barrister Joseph England (pictured here) has reviewed the case of Allay (UK) Limited v Gehlen in which the employer used s.109(4) Equality Act 2010 as a statutory defence. s.109(4) EA 2010 provides a defence for an employer when discrimination has been found if they took “all reasonable steps” to prevent that or similar discrimination. The case is especially prominent because s.109(4) EA 2010 is rarely used and Gehlen provides important guidance...

Matthew Curtis edits the Employment and Discrimination team's December newsletter

3rd December 2020

Matthew Curtis welcomes you to our last Employment and Discrimination newsletter of 2020 and thanks this month's contributors: Stephen Wyeth, Karen Moss, Colin McDevitt, Sarah Bowen, Lachlan Wilson, Andrew MacPhail and Joseph England. You will find this month’s newsletter packed full of 3PB news, analysis and case law updates, as well as our opening hours over the Christmas period. You are also invited to register to attend our 10 December webinar on 'Personal injury claims...

Joseph England reviews the whistleblowing case of Dray Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald

30th November 2020

3PB’s specialist employment and discrimination law barrister Joseph England, who last year authored a book on whisteblowing, provides an article examining the Court of Appeal's judgment on the case of Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Europe. This case revisits wide-ranging issues of various fundamental whistleblowing concepts across its seven grounds of appeal. The judgment and the earlier EAT judgment provide a useful summary and discussion about key components of whistleblowing legislation and are a comprehensive read for...

Lachlan Wilson edits the Employment and Discrimination team's November newsletter

10th November 2020

Lachlan Wilson presents 3PB's November Employment and Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Joseph England, Colin McDevitt, Stephen Wyeth, Craig Ludlow and Sarah Clarke. The newsletter brings you 3PB news, recordings as well as case updates and legal analysis. You are also invited to register to attend our webinar on whistleblowing on 12 November. Click here to view the newsletter. News  items include: Furlough (CJRS) Scheme extended until March 2021 Changes announced to clear employment tribunal...

Joseph England reviews whistleblowing time limits and the distinction between one off and continuing acts

12th October 2020

3PB’s specialist employment law barrister Joseph England has reviewed the case of Ikejiaku v British Institute of Technology Ltd [2020] UKEAT 0243_19_0705. The case of Ikejiaku v British Institute of Technology Ltd concerns time limits in a whistleblowing detriment claim, the principles of which also extend across other areas, such as discrimination. In this article, Joseph outlines the importance of analysing whistleblowing and other detriments in order to identify whether they are a one off...

Faizul Azman has edited 3PB's latest Employment and Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Grace Boorer, Joseph England, Craig Ludlow, Katherine Anderson, Naomi Webber, Daniel Brown and Grace Nicholls. The newsletter provides a round up of the latest employment law news, case law reviews from our leading barristers; and an update on the latest in our series of webinars and our new recorded case law updates. Click here to view the newsletter News and topics reviewed...