11KBW Employment Podcast

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Katherine Taunton talks to Michael White about Lycatel Services Ltd v Schneider [2023] EAT 81. How do you persuade a judge that your client’s case should be heard first in their preferred forum, whether that’s the ET or the High Court?

Host: Michael White
Guest: Katherine Taunton

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Aileen McColgan KC talks to Daniel Isenberg about toxic debates, conflicting beliefs and opinionated judges in Higgs v Farmor’s School [2023] EAT 45 and Rolec Ltd v Georgiou [2023] EAT 46.  When must a judge be recused to avoid the appearance of bias?

Host: Daniel Isenberg
Guest: Aileen McColgan KC

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Richard Leiper KC talks to Katherine Eddy about Benyatov v Credit Suisse (Securities) Europe Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 140.  When an employee is wrongly convicted for acts done in the course of employment, is the employer liable for the financial losses that follow?

Host: Katherine Eddy
Guest: Richard Leiper

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Jamie Susskind talks to Katherine Taunton about Kong v Gulf International Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 941.  When an employer fires a whistleblower, the Tribunal has to decide why they were fired. How can the Tribunal separate the fact that the person blew the whistle from the way that they did it? 

Host: Katherine Taunton
Guest: Jamie Susskind

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Amy Rogers talks to Mike Lee about Planon v Gilligan [2022] EWCA Civ 642 [2022] I.R.L.R. 684.  What can we learn from a rare Court of Appeal judgment on interim relief in the employee competition context?

Host: Mike Lee
Guest: Amy Rogers

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Dan Stilitz KC talks to Oliver Jackson about anonymity orders in Piepenbrock v London School of Economic and Political Science [2022] EAT 119.  When will the Tribunal make an anonymity order to protect details about someone’s private life?

Host: Oliver Jackson
Guest: Dan Stilitz KC

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Judy Stone talks to Ruth Kennedy about litigation privilege in Loreley Financing v Credit Suisse Securities and others [2022] EWCA Civ 1484.  Can client identities hide behind litigation privilege?

Host: Ruth Kennedy
Guest: Judy Stone

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Sean Jones KC talks to Andrew Smith about religion or belief discrimination in McClung v Doosan Babcock 4110538/2019 23 August 2022 and  Mackereth v DWP [2022] EAT 99.  What do these cases about football fandom and gender critical beliefs tell us about the Tribunal’s approach to protected beliefs?

Host: Andrew Smith
Guest: Sean Jones KC

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Andrew Edge talks to Hannah Slarks about his case, Swiss Re v Sommer [2022] IRLR 650.  When will allegations of misconduct and costs warnings cross the line in WP correspondence?

Host: Hannah Slarks
Guest: Andrew Edge

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