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Complexities of indirect disability discrimination claims and the importance of clear and detailed reasoning in Employment Tribunal decisions: Minis Childcare Ltd v Ms Z Hilton-Webb [2024] EAT 108

The claimant, Ms Z Hilton-Webb, who has Apert Syndrome resulting in impaired vision, brought multiple complaints of disability discrimination against her employer, Minis Childcare Ltd. This appeal concerns the one complaint that succeeded. The Employment Tribunal held that printing in small fonts was a provision, criterion or practice pursued by the...

The President of the Family Division’s Transparency Implementation Group Reporting Pilot (TIG) has today been extended to include private law in the 16 courts that were added to the pilot in January 2024. The reporting pilot introduced, for the first time, a presumption that accredited media and legal bloggers may report...

Amelia King (2016)

This appeal serves as a reminder to PD12J paragraphs 36 and 37, the law in relation to appeals & admitting fresh evidence at an appeal. This was an appeal in private law proceedings against an order made by HHJ Cox sitting in the Central Family Court. The case concerned two children...

Rebecca Caws (2023)

This case concerned an appeal as to whether the Judge’s decision at a case management hearing to exclude a mother as a future carer for the child was unjust because of a procedural irregularity. The case concerned O, a boy aged 10 months old. O had 3 older siblings age 10,...

Elicia Davis (2017)

Elicia joined chambers as a tenant in July 2024, after successful completion of pupillage under the supervision of Tracey Hennessey, Head of Chambers, and Laura Baines. During pupillage and since joining chambers, Elicia regularly practices in all areas of family law including private and public children work and financial remedies. Prior...

No.18 wishes to take this opportunity to send all its best to Katherine on her new venture. Katherine has been an intrinsic part of chambers but now moves on to Henry Chambers, to work with her brother and fellow Barrister Jack Henry. ...

Barnaby Large (2007), Thomas Wheddon (2022)

Barnaby Large, recognised in the Legal 500 as a tier 2 Junior of the Western Circuit in Employment Law, successfully appealed part of the Employment Tribunal’s decision to dismiss Mr Bugden’s claim for Unfair Dismissal. The EAT remitted the case to the same tribunal following a determination that the Employment Tribunal...

Sara Chalk (2018)

No.18 Chamber’s Sara Chalk represented the Children via their 16.4 Guardian in HHJ Levey’s reported Family Court Fact-Finding Judgment from the hearing taking place on 9, 10 and 11 January 2024. HHJ Levey’s judgment finds that both parents exposed the children to harmful conflict and failed to shield the children from...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

West Northamptonshire Council v The Mother 2024 EWHC 395 ( Mercifully short judgement - 7 pages) It would seem that Mrs Justice Lieven was looking for an opportunity to give guidance on applications for a cognitive/psychological assessment in care proceedings. The case had been in the hands of HHJ Carter but...

Barnaby Large (2007)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Matthew Gullick KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) has handed down judgment in the matter of Bugden v Royal Mail Group Ltd holding that redeployment is a sufficiently well-established principle in ill health dismissal cases that the tribunal below should have addressed it as a...

Update to Standard Orders

On 17 May 2023 the updated Standard Orders and House Rules were released after a comprehensive review. A handful of minor amendments were made pursuant to a release on 24 October 2023. The Standard Orders group has continued to monitor the orders contained in Volume 1 (finance) and Volume 2 (children...

It is necessary to clarify the process of allocation of financial remedies applications to High Court Judge level in the light of the mandatory use of the online portal since January 2023. Nothing in this Notice affects the principles of allocation set out at paragraph 3 of the Statement on the...

Urgent Applications Applicants are reminded that: This list is exclusively reserved for cases where the circumstances are truly urgent and the welfare of the child(ren) requires an immediate hearing. All hearings are to be in person, save where, in exceptional circumstances, a judge of the Family Division has approved remote attendance by one...

Amelia King (2016)

Within his judgment, Sir Andrew McFarlane reminds us of the QLR process, guidance and, most importantly, the issue many judges and magistrates are currently facing on a daily basis – what to do when a QLR is required but none is available? Key points to take away from this judgment include: Cases...

From Monday 15 April 2024, in a pilot intended to explore the impact of increased formality in family courts, judges sitting at Central Family Court will wear robes during proceedings. This follows concern about incidents of violent and threatening behaviour experienced by judges and court users. Unlike in criminal proceedings, robes are...

The government has had a change of heart on raising divorce fees by 10% after being told higher fees could force couples to remain in unhappy or abusive relationships. After announcing plans to raise up to £42m extra a year by increasing 202 court fees by 10%, the Ministry of Justice...

Amelia King (2016)

This case concerned a final order of divorce applied for and granted in the wrong case. Mrs Williams (the “wife”) issued an application for divorce on 17th January 2023 and a conditional order was made on 9th August 2023. On 3rd October 2023 a final order of divorce was made however,...

Helen Moizer (2018)

“How much sorrow and cost might these parties have spared themselves if they had each been willing to approach things differently?” [269] In a case where both parties failed to provide full and frank disclosure, Recorder Rhys Taylor delivers a considered and structured judgment in which he makes an order for...

Thomas Wheddon (2022)

Thomas joined Chambers as a Pupil in 2023. Before joining Chambers, Thomas worked full-time as a Solicitors Agent, representing both lay and professional clients in Civil cases on a daily basis at County Courts throughout the Western and South Eastern Circuits. Thomas’ experience extends to the Court of Appeal where...

Rachel Chapman (2017)

The substantial facts of this case are not really known within the judgment of this case and, are not really relevant. These were proceedings that concerned 4 children, aged between 4 and 15. The Mother ‘has a history of drug misuse and mental health instability, and has been diagnosed with...

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