Date Monday, 8th November 2010 Time 2pm Duration 1.5 Hours CPD Hours 2 Hours Price £160 ex VAT (for your whole office) Free Extras Included Watch for 3 months afterwards Transcript MP3 recording
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Equal Pay Update Two of the UK's leading specialists in equal pay cases explain the latest raft of judgments in this rapidly changing area. Including: - The impact of the Equality Act 2010
- The justification of service-related pay scales after Wilson v HSE
- The ongoing question of whether Armstrong was rightly decided and whether it is even relevant: Gibson v Sheffield City Council
- Employed in the same employment: the shifting sands in the Scottish EAT: City of Edinburgh v Wilkinson
Speakers' Profiles
John Cavanagh QC John Cavanagh QC practices from 11KBW in all areas of employment law and public law. He is immediate past chairman of the Employment Law Bar Association and was until recently an editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and one of the editors of Tolleys Employment Handbook. John is one of the UKs highest regarded employment law silks. Comments in Chambers and the Legal 500 include, "Very assured and confident, excellent with complex matters and a good communicator with clients", "Client-friendly", "brilliant understanding of the intricate workings of major companies"; and "extremely bright silk" with "a great future ahead of him". Richard Leiper Richard is a litigator and advocate, both in the High Court and Employment Tribunals. He also appears in appeals in the EAT and Court of Appeal. He has recently been involved in a number of multiple equal pay claims involving local authorities, the NHS and the private sector. Richard was awarded Employment Junior of the Year at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards 2008. His citation said that "It is rare to find a junior with so perfect a combination of talents" and referred to his "bright, well-ordered thinking, exceptional reading of a case and marvellous court presence." |
John Cavanagh QC 11KBW |
Richard Leiper 11KBW |
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