MBL Seminar: A Guide to Employment Law for Personal Injury Lawyers

Speakers: Emma Sole

Date: This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 20th March 2025

Venue: London

SRA Competency: B

CPD: 1.25 hours

Level: Intermediate: Requires some prior subject knowledge

Introduction

Having familiarity with fundamental employment law principles is an extremely useful tool in the armoury of any personal injury lawyer; it can assist with understanding and drafting complaints, direct to the appropriate forum for the claim, and provide invaluable guidance in assessing value. Without employment law know-how, there is also a risk that a personal injury lawyer might fail to identify an extant and valuable employment claim, resulting in the same not being presented within the strict time limits imposed.

Moreover, recent legislative changes, in particular with regards to the obligation on employers to prevent sexual harassment, should be firmly within a personal injury lawyer’s mind as a potential fertile ground for litigation.

This webinar will introduce fundamental employment law concepts that can arise in personal injury litigation in a user-friendly and practical way. You will have the chance to engage with worked examples, maximising the chance of them being able to put the new knowledge to use in the ‘real world’ so as to provide a comprehensive service to clients.

What You Will Learn

• Relevant duties owed to an employee beyond the ‘basic’ duty of care
• A short introduction to the implied duty of trust and confidence and its relevance to personal injury claims (workplace stress claims in particular)
• Consideration of the new obligation to prevent sexual harassment
• Employment law complaints to look out for in personal injury claims
• Setting out the basic framework for unfair dismissal and claims under the Equality Act 2010, particularly regarding failure to make reasonable adjustments
• Examples of claims in which there is concurrent jurisdiction
• Looking at Mindimaxnox LLP v Gover & Ho
• A worked example of claims brought both in the Employment Tribunal and High Court
• Pros and cons of Employment Tribunal and Civil Courts
• Consideration of when the ET has exclusive jurisdiction
• Tactics
• Relevant legal principles (including res judicata and issue estoppel)
• The Ogden Tables and definition of disability versus Equality Act
• Vicarious Liability in Civil Cases and the difference in ET
• Looking at Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants compared to Equality Act claims

For pricing information and to book your place, please visit the MBL website here.