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3PB Employment barrister Simon Tibbitts analyses the latest employment law cases, covering: Can you rely on OH Advice as to whether someone is disabled or not? - Donelien v Liberata UK Limited EWCA Civ 129 Agency Worker Regulations – A ‘term-by-term’ comparison is required – Kocur v Angard Staffing Solutions Limited & Royal Mail Group Limited UKEAT/0181/17 Windfalls for Part-Time Workers? - Brazel v Harpur Trust UKEAT/0101/17 Pre-Cancerous Conditions – Do they amount to a disability?...

3PB Employment barristers Sarah Clarke and Simon Tibbitts analyse the latest employment law cases, covering: Guidance of whose motivation will be taken into account in determining the “Employer’s” reason for dismissal: Royal Mail Limited v Kamaljeet Jhuti [2017] EWCA Civ 1632 EAT find that relying on previous instances of misconduct, for which no sanction had been applied, does not render a dismissal unfair: NHS 24 v Pillar UKEATS/0005/16/JW Subjecting men and women to the same...

Simon Tibbitts has secured awards of costs for his respondent clients in two recent cases before the Employment Tribunal both on the basis that the original claims presented were unreasonable / misconceived. The first, which was heard in London Central Employment Tribunal at the end of August 2017 resulted in a cost award of £2,000. The second, an unconnected matter, resulted in a costs award being made of just over £16,000 following a week long...

Simon Tibbitts provides an employment case law update covering: (1) Discrimination awards – all rise by 10%!: De Souza v Vinci Construction (UK) Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 879 (2)  Conduct of an employee does not have to be culpable (whether negligent, reckless or dishonest) in order to constitute a potentially fair reason under s.98(2)(b) ERA 1996: JP Morgan v Ktorza (UKEAT/0311/16/JOJ) (3)  Privilege against self-incrimination and when it arises in the ET: Coletta v Bath Hill...

Chambers is pleased to announce that William Hansen has been promoted from the B panel to the A panel of the Attorney General’s Panels of Junior Counsel to the Crown, with effect from 1 September 2017. The appointment will last for a period of five years. The Attorney-General’s panels of counsel consists of just over 400 junior counsel who undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. There are three London panels (an A...