Katherine Anderson

Call 2005
Email katherine.anderson@3pb.co.uk
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Employment

Katherine has a busy employment law practice representing claimants and respondents in the Employment Tribunal and the EAT.

She has acted for and advised clients in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Previous instructions have included:

• High value claims for loss of pension
• A disability discrimination claim against a mainstream political party
• A DDA ‘reasonable adjustments’ claim in which the claimant’s disability was complex dyslexia
• Claims against respondent voluntary organisations
• Employers and employees working with children and vulnerable adults
• She has successfully achieved, on appeal, the reinstatement of a social worker accused of gross misconduct.

Recently she has advised on an appeal to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the EAT on extension of time limits, and separately, on a claimant’s appeal to the EAT from a decision that he was not an employee. She recently acted for a respondent employment agency in relation to a claimant’s appeal from the ET’s decision to strike out his claim regarding advertisements that allegedly discriminated on the grounds of age.

Other recent tribunal issues have included:

• Race victimisation
• Discrimination on the ground of maternity leave
• Constructive unfair dismissal and whistle-blowing
• Psychiatric harm arising out of discrimination
• Entitlement to annual leave where the claimant has been on long-term sick leave
• Applications for costs
• Case management where the claimant is a prisoner
• Unfair dismissal and victimisation where the employer alleged an irrevocable breakdown of trust and confidence following the claimant’s repeated allegations of a racist conspiracy.

She has undertaken a number of successful judicial and private mediations as an Accredited Mediation Advocate.