Allen & Overy partner Mark Mansell’s hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has been stayed on the basis of a “significant risk” to his health. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published its findings today (14 January) in relation to two applications brought by employment partner Mansell. In the findings, the SDT said it had […]
Two employment partners from Osborne Clarke and Addleshaw Goddard have left their respective firms to join forces for a new boutique. Osborne Clarke partner Andrew Chamberlain and Addleshaw Goddard partner Jamie Hamnett have set up an employment-focused firm called Chamberlain Hamnett. Chamberlain recently concluded a two-year stint at Osborne Clarke. He joined in 2018 from DWF, […]
From 1 January 2021, a new immigration system will come into force in the UK, marking one of the biggest changes to the UK’s immigration system in recent history. Our latest research among the UK’s top 100 retailers suggests that there are still preparations needed to ensure a strong pipeline of talent and comply with […]
Employment specialist firm Littler has launched in Spain through a merger with Spanish firm Abdón Pedrajas, its third European tie-up this year. The merger will give the US firm two offices in the region – Madrid and Barcelona, and 39 lawyers in Spain. The latest expansion marks the 10th European jurisdiction where Littler has a […]
Dentons’ employment co-head in Germany Utz Andelewski has left the firm with a seven-strong team to join independent outfit Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek. Andelewski has returned to Heuking’s Berlin office as an equity partner, a firm where he started his legal career. He is joined by his team consisting of salaried partner Christopher Wiencke, senior […]
Name: Emilie Cole Firm: Irwin Mitchell Role: Partner Trained at: Duncan Lewis & Co Year qualified: 2006 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Very early on as trainee, I was asked to travel from London up to Liverpool to visit a new client on my own: a […]
Gender identity has been a divisive and hotly debated issue in the UK over the summer after the Government dropped plans to allow people to self-identify as a different gender. The debate reached an employment tribunal last week, after a gender-fluid/non-binary Jaguar employee brought a discrimination case. Rose Taylor – who worked at the Midlands […]
The UK Government has introduced a raft of changes to the Employment Tribunal, in a bit to manage the case backlog caused by coronavirus. The changes, which have been brought by business minister Paul Scully, includes allowances for the judiciary to deploy non-employment judges into the tribunal. This change means that judges can act in […]
Addleshaw Goddard has brought in a new partner to lead its Manchester employment practice, as it continues apace with a streak of laterals. Partner Mike Burns joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland, where he was a partner in the human resources practice group for six years. Before Eversheds, Burns spent five years at DLA Piper […]
Newly-appointed silk Aileen McColgan has gone from a career in academia to becoming one of the top public law and employment barristers at 11KBW.
A lecturer at BPP University has won a claim of constructive unfair dismissal against her former employers, having suffered from severe mental health problems. Elizabeth Aylott who worked at the university for over a decade brought the claim against BPP. She suffers from autism, which was not diagnosed until she resigned from the university and […]
Combating the corona virus places massive restrictions on all of us. Numerous problems can also arise in contractual relationships as a result of the corona crisis.