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42 Bedford Row has a strong group of barristers in its employment practice, ranging from senior practitioners to rising stars more recently called to the Bar. We work across the full spectrum of employment law, focusing strongly on delivering pragmatic, commercial solutions.
Our clients include major employers, small businesses and major public and private sector organisations as well as employees at all levels with requirements ranging from legal advice and opinion to specialist representation during complex disputes.
Our barristers regularly appear in Employment Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the High Court - and they are no strangers to boardrooms when providing a legal dimension to business strategy.
We will always quantify the costs and risks from the start and explore all options, including mediation and arbitration, to maximise your returns (while never losing sight of the principles at stake).
Here are the areas of employment law in which we specialise:
We will be adding Employment related seminars to our YouTube Channel over the coming months. Seminar notes and handouts are referred to at times and they can be downloaded below:
We have a comprehensive programme of employment seminars and workshops that we can deliver in your offices or in Chambers. The current programme can be found here. We can also create a bespoke seminar or workshop specifically for you, on request. If you would like to know more about our seminar programme please contact Steve Sheridan for details.
Many members of the group also provide services directly to businesses and members of the public through the Direct Access scheme . For more details contact Steve Sheridan.
Rebecca Thomas has written a case analysis which has been published by Lexis Nexis.
Published: 24th Jun 2022
Christi Scarborough has been successful in the Employment Tribunal.
Published: 20th Jun 2022
Employment webinar with Amy Stroud and Max Gordon.
Published: 9th Jun 2022
A seminar looking at the first instance tribunal decisions arising out of the pandemic and considering what impact there may be on workplace practices.
Published: 16th Mar 2022
Congratulations to Naomi Hawkes, Scott Matthewson and Mark Chaloner on being appointed as Recorders
Published: 26th Jan 2022
42 Bedford Row is delighted that the Queen has appointed Francis Cassidy to be a District Judge
Published: 6th Dec 2021
Arfan Khan led Alexander Rozycki from St Philips Chambers on appeal to the EAT before Mr Mathew Gullick QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge).
Published: 30th Nov 2021
Members of the Employment Team will take a look at some of the changes to the way we work caused by the Pandemic.
Published: 17th Nov 2021
Members Andrew Carter and Rachel Chan have been chosen by the Bar Council to be Social Mobility Advocates.
Published: 26th Oct 2021
Pleadings are the first and vital step of tribunal proceedings. This webinar aims to give practical guidance as to what should be included in a well-drafted claim and response.
Published: 14th Oct 2021
Judgment has just been handed down in the High Court in a group action brought by 400 police officers serving in the Royal and Specialist Protection Squad of the Metropolitan Police.
Published: 13th Oct 2021
Congratulations Charmaine Clubb for your nomination.
Published: 11th Oct 2021
A team of barristers from 42 Bedford Row are walking with the Lord Chief Justice and thousands of lawyers to raise funds for the London Legal Support Trust which funds Law Centres and pro bono agencies in and around London.
Published: 18th Aug 2021
Jonathan Davies is working with Simons Muirhead Burton LLP on one of the most significant employment cases of the year
Published: 16th Jul 2021
As the title subjects, this webinar explores what claimants and respondents can do to maximise or minimise respectively the level of compensation awarded by an ET.
Published: 15th Jun 2021
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Martin Khoshdel summarises the recent Supreme Court judgement on Vicarious Liability in Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC v Various Claimants
Published: 23rd Apr 2020
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The Employment Tribunal Judge (the “Tribunal”) chose to strike out the Claimant’s claims of Whistleblowing Detriment.
Published: 25th Sep 2019
42 Bedford Row invites you to their 2019 Annual Employment Lecture on Thursday 3rd October 2019 at 18.00pm: Followed by a drinks reception where you will get the opportunity to meet the speakers and members from our employment team. 42 Bedford Row are delighted to announce that Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl will deliver our 2019 Annual Lecture.
Published: 10th Sep 2019
Safia Tharoo acted for Q Ltd in this case The Court of Appeal (Bean LJ and Rose LJ) has handed down its judgment in the case of L v Q Ltd, which was heard at short notice in light of the importance of the issues involved.
Published: 15th Aug 2019
McNeil v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 112 answers the question of whether a tribunal should approach “particular disadvantage” in equal pay and indirect discrimination cases by reference to averages or differential distribution? Differential what?! Rad Kohanzad provides a summary on McNeil v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 112
Published: 4th Jul 2019
Jason Braier provides a summary from The Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey judgment.
Published: 24th Jun 2019
Jason Braier of 42 Bedford Row highlights some gems from the Aston v Martlet Group judgment.
Published: 28th May 2019
Employment Law: What is a disability? Ask the Expert
Published: 20th May 2019
09.30am, Wednesday 12th June 2019
Published: 8th Apr 2019
By Jason Braier
Published: 19th Feb 2019
We are delighted to welcome Tim Welch to Chambers.
Published: 11th Feb 2019
Published: 2nd Jan 2019
Chambers are thrilled to have 17 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Chambers & Partners 2019.
Published: 8th Nov 2018
Chambers are thrilled to have 13 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Legal 500 guide.
Published: 30th Oct 2018
New article by Rad Kohanzad on Saad v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Published: 3rd Sep 2018
Rebecca Thomas’s straightforward guide to flexible working for Marie Claire UK.
Published: 30th Aug 2018
Welcome to the latest roundup from our barristers at 42 Bedford Row Employment Practice, with the latest news and unique insights from our team.
Published: 23rd Aug 2018
In Nicholson v. Royal Mail Group Ltd Case No: A2/2016/1002 the Appellant had sent all of the necessary documents to Fleetbank House, the building currently housing the EAT, prior to the expiry of the deadline.
Published: 16th Jul 2018
In Thanki v. Asda Stores Limited Case No. 1801966/2016 the Claimant was a disabled man because of hypertension and depression. The Respondent required the Claimant to attend his workplace on a weekly basis as a form of keeping in touch day.
Published: 15th May 2018
Nicholas attended the inaugural Oxford Disability Law and Policy Conference at Mansfield College, Oxford, which was held between 24 and 25 February 2018.
Published: 27th Feb 2018
Welcome to the latest roundup from our barristers at 42 Bedford Row Employment Practice, with the latest news and unique insights from our team.
Published: 29th Jan 2018
In EP v The Gym Ltd, the Claimant (referred to here as ‘EP’) was engaged by a nationwide chain of low-cost 24-hour gyms as a “freelance personal trainer”. His claim for disability discrimination arises from the Respondent’s termination of his contract on the grounds of absence from work, which he says was caused by a medical condition amounting to a disability.
Published: 4th Jan 2018
Tim Adkin successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the High Court arising from the failure of the trial judge to consider the operation of the two-stage burden of proof and also the quantum of damages in a claim of race discrimination against a police force. The Court considered the Presidential Guidance on injury to feelings.
Published: 20th Nov 2017
Welcome to the latest roundup from our barristers at 42 Bedford Row Employment Practice, with the latest news and unique insights from our team.
Published: 25th Oct 2017
After Mr Bidnell-Edwards had proved a case of maternity discrimination, the Employment Judge at South London Employment Tribunal made an injury to feelings award of £10,000.00, which then increased by more than 50% to £15,332.19 as a result of i) a 10% increase for the Simmons v. Castle award; ii) a 25% uplift for breaches
Published: 9th Oct 2017
Tim Adkin successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the High Court arising from the failure of the trial judge to consider the operation of the two-stage burden of proof in a claim of race discrimination against a police force
Published: 25th Sep 2017
42 Bedford Row invite you to their 2017 Annual Lecture on Thursday 28th September 2017 at 18.00pm: Followed by a drinks reception where you will get the opportunity to meet the speakers and members from our employment team. 42 Bedford Row are delighted to announce that Professor Alan Bogg will deliver our 2017 Annual Lecture.
Published: 11th Sep 2017
Welcome to the latest roundup from our barristers at 42 Bedford Row Employment Practice, with the latest news and unique insights from our team. ET fees. What now? Yesterday employment practitioners up and down the land celebrated Unison’s victory in the Supreme Court but now as the news sinks the judgment raises many questions.1.
Published: 21st Aug 2017
Reading ET handed down Judgment yesterday in the much publicised case of Tiffin v Chief Constable of Surrey dismissing all claims. Ben Uduje acted for the Chief Constable. Overweight policewoman quits the force ‘after being pressured to pass a bleep test’
Published: 26th Jul 2017
Welcome to the latest roundup from our barristers at 42 Bedford Row Employment Practice, with the latest news and unique insights from our team over the last month or so. An employee is thinking of quitting? Whoever is involved write it all down! I link a good article here in the Independent, as to the
Published: 3rd Jul 2017
Nicholas succeeded in proving that a Bank Healthcare Assistant was an employee within the meaning of Section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 even though the Tribunal Judge found that: i) the Healthcare Assistant was under no obligation to accept any offer of work, and was not guaranteed a minimum amount of work; ii)
Published: 10th Apr 2017
This year’s question concerned employment law and challenged students to think about how the law should be framed so as to ensure that persons with disabilities receive equal remuneration for work of equal value. Students and attendees were given the opportunity to question a panel consisting of Lord Justice Bean, Professor Alan Bogg of Oxford
Published: 23rd Feb 2017
Nicholas Bidnell-Edwards succeeded in proving that a recruitment agency had been the employer of two Claimants, and had discriminated against them by failing to make maternity payments.
Published: 10th Jan 2017
Jude Shepherd delivers a webinar in partnership with Masterclass Training, looking at the causes of the gender pay gap and the steps being taken to close the gap by introducing mandatory gender pay gap reporting. The new Regulations have a target introduction date of 1 October 2016. Listen to the recording of the webinar to
Published: 25th Jul 2016
Our member Nick Singer was recently involved in an interesting and important EAT case, Suhail vs. Barking NHS TRUST and PELC (UKEAT/0536/13/RN reported on Lawtel).
Published: 7th Jul 2015
This week Susan Chan of 42BR has appeared for the Lord Chancellor in the second judicial review challenge to the employment tribunal fees system brought by the union Unison. A year ago Susan successfully defended the tribunal fees scheme against Unison’s first challenge, which was backed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
Published: 23rd Oct 2014
Sebastian Naughton successfully resisted an appeal at a full hearing before the Court of Appeal in a case identifying the limits of procedural irregularity in the employment tribunal. The appeal was advanced on the grounds of procedurally irregularity.
Published: 16th Jul 2014
Judgment was handed down on 23rd May 2014 in the first judicial review claim against the Judicial Appointments Commission to be heard by a court: Jones v Judicial Appointments Commission [2014] EWH 1680 (Admin). Susan Chan of 42BR acted as sole counsel for the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC). Mr Jones was represented by Jonathan Swift QC.
Published: 27th May 2014
In a new equal pay decision Haq v Audit Commission the Court of Appeal upholds the Respondent’s “genuine material factor” defence based on a form of “pay protection ”. The policy entailed that on reorganisation, employees kept the higher pay level of their old jobs where the new and old jobs were in the same
Published: 7th Dec 2012
