The Divisional Court has refused permission to apply for judicial review in a public interest challenge to the lawfulness of the ongoing Brexit negotiations. In…
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Julian Blake acts in Panorama immigration detention challenge
Julian Blake appeared in the application for permission for judicial review in relation to allegations of mistreatment at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, which was…
Read MoreKey case on councillor codes
The High Court has delivered an important ruling about how a local authority must investigate or take action against a councillor accused of misconduct. In…
Read More11KBW silks Peter Oldham KC and Richard Leiper KC in latest appellate gig economy case
On 11th May 2018 the EAT handed down judgment in Addison Lee Ltd v Gascoigne 0289/17, the latest in a growing line of decisions dealing with the status…
Read MorePeter Oldham KC acts successfully in local authority’s appeal on special educational needs allowance
Peter Oldham KC acts successfully in local authority’s appeal on special educational needs allowance
In Swansea CC v Rees and others EAT 2053/2017, the employees were home tutors employed by the Council, working as part of a home tutoring unit. The majority of the children the claimants worked with had SENs. They brought a breach of contract claim in the ET asserting that they were entitled to a special educational needs (SEN) allowance under para 25.2 of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, which as relevant says:-Read More
Natalie Connor represents the NEC in high-profile Labour Party expulsion
Natalie Connor represented the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party in this week’s hearing of the disciplinary charges against Marc Wadsworth, who accused…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood [2018] UKSC 22. John Cavanagh KC and Holly Stout appeared for the Trust.
The three judges in the majority (Lady Hale, Lord Wilson and Lady Black) took the view that a notice of termination of employment sent by post only takes effect when the notice has come to the attention of the employee and she has had a reasonable opportunity of reading it. Accordingly, the Trust’s notice in this case only took effect when Mrs Haywood returned from holiday and thus the 12 weeks’ notice period expired after her 50th birthday so that Mrs Haywood was entitled to a full early retirement pension.
Joseph Barrett, Richard Leiper KC and John Cavanagh KC in High Court junior doctors’ contract challenge
Hallett v Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 796 (QB) (19 April 2018) The High Court (Simler J) has dismissed a test case supported…
Read MoreChristopher Knight in Successful Uber Judicial Review
The Administrative Court has quashed a policy implemented by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in which applicants for private hire vehicle driver licences were required to declare that they would drive their vehicles predominantly within the Knowsley area. Under the licensing scheme for private hire vehicles (minicabs) set out in the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, so long as the vehicle, the driver and the operator through which the minicab is booked are licensed by the same authority, there is no legal requirement that journeys only take place within the licensed area.Read More
High Court hands down first ‘right to be forgotten’ judgment
The High Court has today given judgment in the linked cases of NT1 v Google LLC and NT2 v Google LLC. These high-profile challenges are…
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