Employment Law

Deborah J. Lockton was formerly Professor of Employment Law at De Montfort University, UK. She has conducted specialist in-house training courses for both companies and the profession and is the author of several books on employment law. She is also Editor of the journal Contemporary Issues in Law.Tom Brown practices as a barrister from Cloisters Chambers, London, specialising in employment, equality, and human rights law. He has worked as a Judicial Assistant to the late Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Senior Law Lord, and for the United Nations on human rights and humanitarian projects. Tom has sat as a fee-paid Employment Judge since 2013. He was nominated for Employment Law Junior Barrister of the year in 2018 by Chambers and Partners. Tom is one of the Attorney General’s panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. He has trained lawyers and judges in equality law at the Academy of European Law and has contributed to books on employment and equality law. Tom has appeared in seminal cases in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on employment law including Buckland v University of Bournemouth [2011] QB 323 on constructive dismissal, and Haywood v Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 22 on implied terms and notice of termination.

A perfect introductory text for all levels. Tom Brown has managed to retain the verve and coherence of Deborah Lockton’s much loved text while presenting the new challenges and frontiers of employment law in an admirably engaging way.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Sources and Institutions of Employment LawPART II: THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP2. The Nature of the Relationship3. Terms of the Contract4. Implied Duties in the Contract of Employment4A. Transfers of UndertakingsPART III: CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP5. Discrimination6. Equality of Terms6A. Whistleblowing7. Employment ProtectionPART IV: TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT8. Termination at Common Law9. Unfair Dismissal10. Redundancy11. Duties of Ex-EmployeesPART V: TRADE UNIONS AND THE LAW OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION12. Trade Unions13. The Rights of Trade Union Members14. Industrial Action.