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

Sean Jones KC talks to new tenant Aliya Al-Yassin about Chief Constable of Northern Ireland v Agnew [2023] UKSC 33, and somehow gives us a complete history of holiday pay in (almost) half an hour. When can an employee claim for a series of payments? Host: Aliya Al-Yassin Guest: Sean Jones KC www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw On Twitter, we’re @11KBW and on LinkedIn, we’re 11KBW ..read more

Paddy Halliday talks to Leo Davidson about Clifford v Millicom [2023] EWCA Civ 50, a welcome Court of Appeal judgment containing a roadmap for Rule 50.  What principles will the ET apply when deciding whether to grant a privacy order? Host: Leo Davidson Guest: Paddy Halliday www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw On Twitter, we’re @11KBW and on LinkedIn, we’re 11KBW ..read more

Judy Stone talks to Raphael Hogarth about Boydell v NZP Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 373. When can a non-compete clause stop a departing employee from doing something that… doesn’t compete? Host: Raphael Hogarth Guest: Judy Stone www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw On Twitter, we’re @11KBW and on LinkedIn, we’re 11KBW ..read more

Hannah Slarks talks to Ben Mitchell about the important decision in Higgs v Farmor’s School [2023] EAT 89. How do the legal tests for belief discrimination work together? Host: Ben Mitchell Guest: Hannah Slarks www.11kbw.com/practice-areas/employment/ www.linkedin.com/company/11kbw On Twitter, we’re @11KBW and on LinkedIn, we’re 11KBW ..read more