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AGM, Elections and sanity….
ELBA’s Annual General meeting will take place on Wednesday 17th May 2017 at 6pm at Littleton Chambers. We are inviting nominations for the eight positions on ELBA’s management committee. If more than eight nominations are received, there will be an election. Members of ELBA should have received details of how to nominate and a nomination[…]
ELBA Dinner
ELBA was delighted to celebrate His Honour Judge Peter Clark at last night’s annual dinner in recognition of his approaching retirement and the end of an era at the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Both Gavin Mansfield QC, on behalf of the Association, and Mrs Justice Simler, President of the EAT spoke to pay tribute to his[…]
Consultation on Employment Tribunal Reform
ELBA recently responded to the governments consultation on on Reforming the Employment Tribunal System.
ELBA Dinner
The ELBA Annual Dinner will be on 9th February 2017 at Haberdashers’ Hall Guest of honour: His Honour Judge Peter Clark Drinks reception from 7pm Dinner at 7.45pm prompt Tickets are £95 per head. There will be a maximum of 5 spaces at £65 for ELBA members who are under 3 years call to be[…]
Non-compete clauses: call for evidence
ELBA has responded to BIS’s recent call for evidence on non-compete clauses.
Civil Courts Structure Review: Final Report
Lord Justice Briggs has now completed his Final Report. ELBA made two submissions to Lord Justice Briggs:
ELBA Speaker Programme 2016
ELBA is please to announce our speaker programme for the remainder of 2016
Lord Justice Briggs Q&A — Civil Courts Structure Review
ELBA is grateful to Lord Justice Briggs for meeting with our members to discuss and answer questions on, his review of the Civil Courts Structure. Download notes of the Q&A
Access to Justice in the Employment Tribunal System and the impact of fees
Over a period of two and a half years a research team based in the universities of Bristol and Strathclyde have been working in seven Citizens Advice bureaux (CABx) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland collecting data about how people with few resources have attempted to pursue their employment dispute with the support of CABx.[…]
McMullen Memorial Debate
The McMullen Memorial Debate on the 26th November was a great success. Ticket sales and donations made on the night brought the total raised for the Jeremy McMullen Memorial Fund to £6,352.50. We would like to thank all the members of ELBA, ELA and ILS for their support, and their memories of a great colleague[…]