Last month, Andrew Rhodes and Afiya Amesu of our Employment Group provided a training session regarding Positive Action v Positive Discrimination to West Midlands Police…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers are pleased to announce the following appointments to the Government Legal Department Panel for two members of the Employment group: Jack Feeny:…
Afiya Amesu of our Employment and Personal Injury groups has been nominated for Birmingham Black Lawyers Junior Legal Professional of the Year Award. Afiya has…
The Equal Treatment Bench Book is a much-underused resource for all litigators. If you have never read it (or at least referred to it), why…
With close to a twenty point lead in many opinion polls, the prospect of a Labour government is very real. It is, therefore, a good…
Jack Feeny appeared in the Court of Appeal this week (led by Karon Monaghan KC) in the case of Clark & Bell v Chief Constables…
In today’s fast-paced work environment, the mental health of employees is becoming an increasingly critical issue. For employers, it is essential to recognise that the…
No5’s Afiya Amesu has been awarded the prestigious Pegasus Scholarship from The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. The Scholarship has been specially created to…
When is a post-employment restriction not reasonable? ‘When you previously signed your employee up to a less restrictive covenant’ is one answer. That perhaps oversimplifies…
The law of redundancy in the context of unfair dismissal is well settled. If a redundancy situation arises (as defined by s139 Employment Rights Act…
Since this is a legal article (but not legal advice) I suppose it is best to be as precise as possible. So let us start…
Kawsar Zaman has successfully represented the Labour Party’s Sir Tony Lloyd, the Member of Parliament for Rochdale, as the Respondent in Employment Tribunal proceedings. The…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers are pleased to announce that The Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP, has appointed Naomi Shastri-Hurst (née Owen) as a…
With reports of more people facing redundancy in the coming months, No5’s Andrew Rhodes explains everything employers need to know if faced with the possibility…
No5’s Changez Khan successfully acted for Sonia Warner, a civil servant, who brought claims for unconscious race discrimination against the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office….
