Employment
The 7 New Square employment group is Chambers largest specialist team. Within the team there is a part-time employment judge and General Medical Council Assessor, an Employment Tribunal wing member, an ACAS arbitrator, qualified mediators, part-time academics and authors.
Several members are accredited for direct access to the Bar and act for individual employees or corporate bodies. Some members have made a second career at the Bar including former business people, public sector employees, an academic and an employed trade union official. Members of the team are capable of handling all types of employment work including discrimination at work and in the provision of services. Members represent employees and employers in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the County Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
The team meets on a regular monthly basis and produces a monthly employment law newsletter which is emailed to Chambers employment law contacts. There is a seminar programme consisting of three major seminars a year and smaller bespoke seminars and training are organised for solicitors, trade unions, employers and employers organisations. The team runs mock employment tribunals for a variety of organisations including solicitors and specialist bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
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Subscribe to Feed 7 New Square member giving talks in Europe
Sarah Stanzel, a member of the employment group, gave a talk on redundancy to the Italian Employment Lawyers Association [Avvocati Giuslavoristi Italiani] in Milan on 20 October 2009. Other speakers were Laura Curcio, Judge of the Milan Appeal Court, and Prof. Roccella of Turin University. On 26-28 November 2009 Sarah attended the 10th Congress of the Spanish Employment Lawyers Association [Asociacion Nacional de Abogados Laboralistas] in Madrid where she took part in a session on termination of employment jointly with lawyers from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Brasil. Also, Sarah will present a session entitled "Restrictive Covenants - A European Comparison" at the European Employment Lawyers Association's Annual Conference to be held on 23-24 April 2010 in Luxembourg. The session will be presented by a team of five lawyers, the other four being Andreas Tinhofer (Austria), Gabor Gondos (Hungary), Lars Holo (Norway) and Marco Villani (Italy). More >>
7 New Square member’s success with disability discrimination claim cited in IDS Law Brief
A disability discrimination case in the Employment Tribunal, Punch v Maldon Carers Centre, where Melvyn Harris represented the successful Claimant in late 2008 was cited in “Focus On Disability”, a feature in the June 2009 issue of IDS Employment Law Brief.More >>
Workers' Freedom of Association: Liberty to Associate, Strike and Organise
Why are unions treated differently from other natural "corporations", i.e. churches, political parties, friendly societies, campaigning organisations, sports clubs, etc?More >>
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