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TUPE developments one CPD hour in one-hour segment

Alison Russell

Alison Russell is the Head of the Pump Court Chambers Employment Team and appears in Chambers Directory 2010.

Alison is highly regarded by clients and solicitors who have praised her "razor sharp analysis and highly effective cross examination skills", and offers a wide experience of employment work, specialising in discrimination, whistle blowing, and particularly lengthy and/or complex cases.  

She has considerable experience in TUPE and re-structuring cases, including collective redundancy and trade union issues.  She regularly appears in Employment Tribunals throughout the UK and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.  Alison also appears in the High Court on restrictive covenant and confidentiality injunctions, and in the Court of Appeal.

Topics Include:

Providing both an overview of the TUPE Regulations 2006 and recent case law on the interpretation of its provisions, this seminar will consider developments in:

• Definition of an undertaking, including:
• The Law Society of England
• Wales v Secretary of State for Justice
• Identifying a service provision change
• The effect of changes in the manner of delivery of a service
• Detailed analysis of the EAT judgment in Metropolitan Resources Ltd v Cambridge

• Objecting to transfer
• Constructive dismissal and TUPE
• The terms which survive transfer
• Collective agreements following TUPE

• Obligations to inform and consult prior to transfer
• Identifying ‘affected employees’
• Any obligation to consult post-transfer
• The special provisions applying to TUPE in insolvency situations
• Economic, technical and organisational reasons for dismissal in insolvency