Spencer Keen

Barrister

Spencer Keen is a barrister at Old Square (keen@oldsquare.co.uk; www.oldsquare.co.uk)

Barrister

Spencer Keen is a barrister at Old Square (keen@oldsquare.co.uk; www.oldsquare.co.uk)

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The Supreme Court has re-established the orthodoxy in indirect discrimination, says Spencer Keen

The plumbing company is the latest employer to be put in its place over the employment status of its workers, says Spencer Keen

Beware the length of the judge’s foot in cases involving reasonable adjustments to services, warns Spencer Keen

Spencer Keen explores the limits of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees

Spencer Keen & Karen Jackson consider discrimination arising in consequence of disability

Spencer Keen reports on the correct approach to tainted information cases

Spencer Keen outlines some valuable guidance about the tax treatment of termination payments

Section 15 of the Equality Act is starting to flex its muscles, say Spencer Keen & Monika Sobiecki

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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

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NLJ this week: Divorce ‘nuclear weapon’ freezes assets but entangles outsiders

Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners

NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do

A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent

Your magistrates’ court needs you!

Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process

NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed

Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’

NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits

A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’

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Spencer Keen

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green