The team at Outer Temple Chambers is well regarded for its work on complex discrimination and whistle-blowing disputes. Andrew Short KC, Victoria Brown and Paul Livingston, continue to act in Brierley v Asda, a large-scale equal pay claim comparing the supermarket’s employees in its warehouses with those in its stores, with the case progressing to the material factor defence stage for the autumn of 2026 having already reach the Supreme Court on other points. Recently made silk, Martina Murphy KC appeared before the EAT in Oni and Ors v London Borough of Waltham Forest and Others and the Secretary of State for Education – a test case concerning foster carers’ worker status. On the junior side, Gus Baker and Jessica Franklin opposed Will Young and Chevan Ilangaratne before the Court of Appeal in Abel Estate Agent Ltd & Ors v Reynolds, a case concerning the question of whether the failure to engage in Early Conciliation with ACAS bars the Employment Tribunal from hearing a claim.
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