The Time’s Up campaign has been described as a “unified call for change from women in entertainment for women everywhere”. The catalyst for the campaign was the string of sexual abuse allegations by high-profile women actors against film producer Harvey Weinstein. But, it is now a global movement whose fight to end sexual harassment is resonating loudly with women from every industry. The strength of […]
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld Chief Inspector Denby’s claims that he was subjected to sex discrimination and victimisation by the Metropolitan Police Service (the Met). The case attracted media attention because of the seniority of the officers involved and because there are relatively few successful male claimants in a case of this type. […]
Prospect has secured compensation for a retired member who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in July 2016 and died in May 2017. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that takes many years to develop following the inhalation of asbestos fibres, but is usually rapidly fatal following disease onset. John Pedder, known as Sam to his friends, […]
In April last year London Central Employment Tribunal unanimously decided that senior Met officers had directly discriminated against, and victimised one of their Chief Inspectors, Mr Denby on grounds of his sex. This week all concerned, including Pattinson & Brewer employment lawyer, Sarah Bains who successfully represented Mr Denby in round 1, go back to […]
How long do you spend buying a pair of shoes? Ten minutes? Five? Fifteen at the most? What about a bicycle? Perhaps weeks of research followed by 15 minutes in the shop? Your first home? Months of viewings followed by hours and hours of meticulous research and planning? Maybe you would get some advice: perhaps […]
Jennie Henderson has recently joined following six years spent in private practice and with the NHS Litigation Authority. Jennie has worked in the personal injury & clinical negligence field since 2010, and was part of the team that secured over £15 million in the leading cerebral palsy case of Robshaw v United Lincolnshire NHS Trust. […]