Trans man who gave birth to a child must be registered as the child’s mother
R (McConnell) v Registrar General [2020] EWCA Civ 559 The Court of Appeal has upheld the Administrative Court’s decision that a trans man who gave birth to a child must be registered as the child’s mother. The Court held that this did not breach the Gender Recognition Act 2004 or Articles 8 or 14 of […]
Employment tribunal dismisses application for interim relief
In Headley v Sensyne Health and Drayson, an employment tribunal dismissed the claimant’s application for interim relief following a remote hearing on 22 and 23 April. The claimant was employed as Chief Financial Officer at Sensyne Health, an AIM-listed data and tech business in the healthcare sector. He was dismissed on 2 March 2020. He […]
High Court restrains broker from competition for 12 months
In Square Global Ltd v Leonard [2020] EWHC 1008 the High Court rejected the employee’s defence that he had been constructively dismissed and it enforced his contractual post-termination restrictions in full. The employee, who was a Head of Desk at an interdealer brokerage firm, had an employment contract with a six-month notice period and six-month post-termination […]
Decision in Mallya extradition appeal
Mallya was the controlling director of Kingfisher Airways (‘KFA’) and controlled a large group of companies, United Breweries Group (‘UB’) of which KFA was a part. UB expanded into over 20 countries. In 2003, Mallya formed KFA and was its CEO. Between 2008 – 2009, KFA sought substantial loans from Indian banks. KFA approached the […]
Claire Darwin to speak at an employment law webinar on Monday 27 April to help raise over £15,000 for the Free Representation Unit
Claire Darwin is one of 28 barristers invited to speak at employment law webinars hosted by Daniel Barnett of Outer Temple Chambers between 20 April 2020 and 7 May 2020. She is due to speak on the subject of TUPE at 9.30am on 27 April 2020. The webinar series has already raised £15,000 for the […]