Pinsent Masons is on call for longstanding client P&O Ferries as it looks set to be hit with potential employment claims arising from its decision to sack 800 staff last week, The Lawyer understands. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, advised by Thompsons, is gearing up for legal action against P&O Ferries […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has dropped an investigation launched into one of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s employment partners. The regulator started a review into a case handled by Caroline Stroud, who retired from Freshfields’ partnership last spring. The review related to a matter involving Freshfields’ client UBS and how the bank handled an alleged rape incident. […]
The Court of Appeal has sided with accountancy business MSR Partners, formerly known as Moore Stephens, in a claim brought by a former equity partner. Philip Parr filed a claim against the company, as well as seven individuals including former managing partner Simon Gallagher. He wished to work beyond his normal retirement age, but in […]
Deliveroo senior lawyer Tarun Tawakley is set to return to Lewis Silkin after four years building up the legal function at the food delivery app. Tawakley joins Lewis Silkin as a partner in the employment team where he will continue to work on big ticket litigation (team moves and confidential information litigation, and other high […]
Two of Irwin Mitchell’s most highly-regarded employment partners are to launch their own firm, adding to the blossoming number of boutiques in the City. Shazia Khan and Emilie Cole will go it alone as ColeKhan LLP from 2 May 2021. The pair had previously worked together at Bindmans before moving to Irwin Mitchell in 2018, […]
Allen & Overy partner Mark Mansell’s hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has been stayed on the basis of a “significant risk” to his health. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published its findings today (14 January) in relation to two applications brought by employment partner Mansell. In the findings, the SDT said it had […]
Two employment partners from Osborne Clarke and Addleshaw Goddard have left their respective firms to join forces for a new boutique. Osborne Clarke partner Andrew Chamberlain and Addleshaw Goddard partner Jamie Hamnett have set up an employment-focused firm called Chamberlain Hamnett. Chamberlain recently concluded a two-year stint at Osborne Clarke. He joined in 2018 from DWF, […]
Employment specialist firm Littler has launched in Spain through a merger with Spanish firm Abdón Pedrajas, its third European tie-up this year. The merger will give the US firm two offices in the region – Madrid and Barcelona, and 39 lawyers in Spain. The latest expansion marks the 10th European jurisdiction where Littler has a […]
Dentons’ employment co-head in Germany Utz Andelewski has left the firm with a seven-strong team to join independent outfit Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek. Andelewski has returned to Heuking’s Berlin office as an equity partner, a firm where he started his legal career. He is joined by his team consisting of salaried partner Christopher Wiencke, senior […]
Name: Emilie Cole Firm: Irwin Mitchell Role: Partner Trained at: Duncan Lewis & Co Year qualified: 2006 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Very early on as trainee, I was asked to travel from London up to Liverpool to visit a new client on my own: a […]
Gender identity has been a divisive and hotly debated issue in the UK over the summer after the Government dropped plans to allow people to self-identify as a different gender. The debate reached an employment tribunal last week, after a gender-fluid/non-binary Jaguar employee brought a discrimination case. Rose Taylor – who worked at the Midlands […]
The UK Government has introduced a raft of changes to the Employment Tribunal, in a bit to manage the case backlog caused by coronavirus. The changes, which have been brought by business minister Paul Scully, includes allowances for the judiciary to deploy non-employment judges into the tribunal. This change means that judges can act in […]