Jamie Susskind talks to Rita Dias about Cheshire Estate & Legal Ltd v Blanchfield [2024] EWCA Civ 1317.  When will directors taking steps towards setting up a competitor breach fiduciary duties?

Host: Rita Dias
Guest: Jamie Susskind

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Tom Ogg speaks to Michael White about Dowding v The Character Group plc [2024] EAT 153, a case which touches on the most common questions relating to costs in the Tribunal.  How should a Tribunal assess whether a claim had no reasonable prospect of success?  What kind of conduct is ‘unreasonable’ such that costs should be awarded – including in relation to the refusal of settlement offers?  How should Tribunals decide upon the amount of a costs award?  And in what circumstances should ‘indemnity’ costs be awarded?

Host: Michael White
Guest: Tom Ogg

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This month Judy Stone KC talks to Joseph Lavery about First Greater Western Ltd v Moussa [2024] EAT 82.  When can an employer be liable for detriments inflicted by a decision maker who has no knowledge of the protected disclosure or protected act? What is a collective memory? They discuss this important judgement from the EAT and the difficulty of reconciling the case law in this area. 

Host: Joseph Lavery
Guest: Judy Stone KC

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This month Sean Jones KC is back to talk to Aliya Al-Yassin about Tesco v USDAW [2024] UKSC 28.  When will an implied term prevent an employer from firing and rehiring? And when will an injunction be granted to restrain dismissal? They discuss this landmark Supreme Court judgment.

Host: Aliya Al-Yassin
Guest: Sean Jones KC

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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