Alex Line

Call 2009
Email alex.line@3pb.co.uk
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Employment

Alex has gained significant experience of employment law at 3PB and since completing pupillage in 2011 this has become the focal point of his practice. He has experience of acting for both claimants and respondents and frequently appears in the Employment Tribunal for full trials (including multi-day trials); Pre-hearing Reviews and Case Management Discussion; and of advising in employment matters.

Recent examples of his work include:

• Successfully representing a claimant care worker in a three-day unfair dismissal, age discrimination and unlawful deduction from wages trial.
• Representing both claimants and respondents in numerous single and multi-day unfair dismissal trials, including redundancy-related dismissals.
• Successfully representing a respondent in an unfair dismissal trial concerning sections 43A – L and 103A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the ‘whistle blowing’ provisions).
• Successfully representing both claimants and respondents in trials concerning unlawful deduction from wages.
• Successfully representing a respondent in a ‘forced resignation’ unfair dismissal trial.
• Representing both claimants and respondents in PHRs, for example: strike out of a claim for race discrimination and a wasted costs application; determination of a preliminary issue as to whether a dentist working in private practice was an employee or a worker.
• Successfully representing a respondent in a two-day automatic unfair dismissal pregnancy-related discrimination trial, which also included claims for harassment and detriment under the Employment Rights Act 1996, Maternity and Paternity Leave etc. Regulations 1999 and the Equality Act 2010.
• Providing advice and successfully representing a special educational needs teacher in an internal disciplinary hearing before a board of school Governors in a case concerning allegations of gross misconduct and pupil welfare.
• Drafting an Answer to grounds of appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning an allegation of the apparent bias of a tribunal Judge which involved the application of Porter v McGill [2001] UKHL 67 as interpreted in cases such as BLP UK Ltd v Marsh [2003] EWCA Civ 132 in an Employment Tribunal-specific context.
• Providing advice on the merits and value of a complicated employment agency-related claim, as to whether the claimant could bring a claim for unfair dismissal against the end-user under section 103A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as an employee due to an implied relationship of employment; or, alternatively, as a worker due to detriment suffered under sections 47B and 43K. Issues relating to direct race discrimination and harassment under the Equality Act 2010; breach of contract; and the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 also arose herein.
• Providing advice on the merits of a claim for indirect sex discrimination and constructive dismissal claim which also concerned the application of sections 80F – I of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the flexible working provisions); the Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2002; and the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002.