Zac is currently instructed on a number of high value
whistleblowing claims brought by senior executives, including an 8 day trial due to commence in April.
Conducting the defence of a multi-million pound
whistleblowing claim brought by a senior employee of a UK retail bank which involved investigation of all allegations, liaising with the regulator, liaising with the police in relation to criminal prosecutions, and defending the employment litigation brought by the relevant employee.
Acting for a fund management company in respect of a significant
whistleblowing claim brought by a former employee
Not exact matches
The EAT has held that
whistleblowing claims can be
brought against co-workers who are based abroad...
Take a worker who is not controlled enough to
bring an unfair dismissal
claim — how does that affect minimum wage,
whistleblowing and discrimination?
In the recent case of Bamieh v EULEX Kosovo and ors, the Employment Appeal Tribunal («EAT») found that an employee could
bring whistleblowing detriment
claims against co-workers for events which allegedly took place whilst on secondment in Kosovo.
Sarah Henchoz Qualified: 2001 Made partner: 2012 Key cases: Working for a global bank on employment litigation arising out of the Forex scandal; advised a large insurance company in relation to what was
claimed to be the largest
whistleblowing case
brought by two of its employees.
He declined, and
brought a
claim for «compensation for detriment suffered by a worker as a result of the making of protected disclosures», under the «
whistleblowing» legislation.
Her recent work includes
claims brought by both claimants and respondents for
whistleblowing, breach of contract, unfair dismissal and
claims under the Equality Act 2010.
However, employers still need to proceed with caution as employees can
bring discrimination
claims or a
whistleblowing claim in respect of their dismissal without any minimum service requirement.
Teacher v Further Education College Advised in conference and drafted
claim for a teacher
bringing whistleblowing claims against a further education college, with complicated facts including a complex disciplinary matter.
Rebecca has particular experience of advising on tricky employment issues at executive and Board level, and in handling Tribunal litigation, having both
brought and defended numerous
claims in the Tribunals for unfair dismissal,
whistleblowing and discrimination.
Advising two Claimants
bringing a complex
whistleblowing claim against a business in the Financial Services sector.
Senior Banker v Major Investment Bank Harini advised a senior banker
bringing very high - value
claims of
whistleblowing, disability discrimination, failure to make reasonable adjustments, indirect discrimination, harassment, victimisation and unlawful deduction from wages.
Olympus Corporation in relation to a
whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and race discrimination / harassment
claim brought by its former CEO Michael Woodford.
In public interest disclosure (
whistleblowing) cases, the tribunal may hear a
claim which is
brought within three months of the act, or failure to act, to which the complaint relates (the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996), s 48 (3)(a)-RRB-.