This month Daniel Isenberg talks to Oliver Mills about Bailey v Stonewall Equality Ltd [2024] EAT 119.  When will a third party be liable for instructing, inducing or causing someone else’s act of discrimination?  They discuss this important new judgment from Mr Justice Bourne on the application of s.111 Equality Act 2010. Host: Oliver Milla Guest: Daniel Isenberg www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Richard Leiper KC talks to Paddy Halliday about their case, Adams v Walsall Housing Group Ltd.  When will offers be unlawful  because they have bypassed a collective bargaining process? Host: Paddy Halliday Guest: Richard Leiper KC www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Mike Lee talks to Katherine Taunton about Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice [2024] EAT 29.  When can a whistleblowing claimant claim that their dismissal was a detriment? They discuss the strategic implications of the EAT’s decision, and the potential for future debate about whether it is consistent with the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Osipov v Timis. Host: Katherine Taunton Guest: Mike Lee www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Amy Rogers KC talks to Tom Ogg about litigating in the Middle East.  What principles and procedure apply to employment litigation in the Middle East? Host: Tom Ogg Guest: Amy Rogers KC www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Andrew Smith talks to Aileen McColgan KC about Omar v Epping Forest [2024] ICR 301.  When will words used in the heat of the moment lead to an effective dismissal or resignation?  This new judgment provides helpful guidance. Host: Aileen McColgan KC Guest: Andrew Smith www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Our three new employment silks - Amy Rogers KC, Judy Stone KC and Simon Forshaw KC - speak to Ruth Kennedy about a case from their final year as junior barristers.  They discuss team moves, post-employment restrictions, how solicitors can recover fees, and what they originally wanted to be when they grew up. Host: Ruth Kennedy, Guests: Amy Rogers KC, Judy Stone KC and Simon Forshaw KC www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Andrew Edge talks to Hannah Slarks about Miller v University of Bristol 1400780/2022, an important first instance decision on protected belief discrimination.  To what extent is anti-Zionism a protected belief?  Andrew and Hannah examine how Higgs and Forstater play out in practice.  Does the law now mean that an employer can be guilty of direct discrimination when motivated by an employee’s objectionable manifestation of their belief – rather than the belief itself? Host: Hannah Slarks Guest: Andrew Edge www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Rupert Paines talks to Katherine Taunton about Verition v Jump Trading [2023] EWCA Civ 701. How long is too long to keep an employee out of the market? Is a variable-length restrictive covenant permissible? And how does delay factor into injunction applications? Host: Katherine Taunton Guest: Rupert Paines www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Dan Stilitz KC talks to new tenant Lucy Jones about Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another [2023] UKSC 43. What is the latest from the Supreme Court on worker status?  And, to what extent does Article 11 provide a right to compulsory collective bargaining? Host: Lucy Jones Guest: Daniel Stilitz KC www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more

Mike Lee talks to Christian Davies about Steel v Spencer Road LLP (Omerta) [2023] EWHC 2492 (Ch). When will a bonus clawback provision be a restraint of trade? Host: Christian Davies Guest: Mike Lee www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw ..read more