Associations and Appointments

• Employment Law Adviser to Acas
• Elected member of the Management Committee of the Employment Lawyers’ Association (posts including Representative of the Bar and London & South-East representative)
• Editor of ‘ELA Briefing’ (IDS)
• Chair, Publishing Committee of the Employment Lawyers’ Association
• Chair, Electronic Services working party of the Employment Lawyers’ Association
• Appointed member of the accreditation working party of the Employment Lawyers’ Association
• Elected member of the Lincoln’s Inn Bar/Bench Representation Committee
• Appointed member of the Lincoln’s Inn Benchers’ Scholarship Committee
• Editorial Advisor to ‘Employment Law Journal’ (Legalease)
• Past editorial committee member of ‘Employment Lawyer’ (Sweet & Maxwell)
• Creator/Moderator of the Employment Law (UK) mailing list, an E-mail employment law bulletin service for over 10,000 subscribers
• Appointed member of the Disability Rights Commission’s Litigation Panel
• Co-opted member of Employment Law Bar Association’s sub-committee responding to the Acas consultation paper on a Code of Practice for Disciplinary Procedures at Work
• Co-opted member of Employment Lawyers’ Association sub-committee responding to the Public Consultation Document on the Amendment to the Working Time Regulations 1998, to the draft 2002 Employment Appeal Tribunal practice direction and to the draft Employment Equality (Age Discrimination) Regulations 2006
• Past member of training sub-committee of the Employment Lawyers’ Association
• Member of the Bar Pro Bono Unit
• Member of the Employment Lawyers’ Association, the Employment Law Bar Association and the Industrial Law Society

Seminars and Training

• Recent topics include age discrimination, statutory dispute resolution, tactics in discrimination claims, the Employment Act 2002, absence and the contract of employment, costs in employment tribunals, manner of dismissal damages, dealing with stressed employees, atypical workers, employment law and human rights, references, Email monitoring, parental leave and employment law remedies
• Recent in-house presentations have included seminars with DLA, Osborne Clarke, Glovers, Gordons, KSB Law, the Equal Opportunities Commission, Microsoft, Burges Salmon, Pitmans, Olswangs, Lewis Silkin, Cobbetts, Turbervilles, Underwoods, Brodies, Birmingham City Council, RBS Mentor Services, Taylor Walton, Pannone & Partners and Jeffrey Green Russell.
• Other seminar venues/audiences include the House of Commons, the North London Chamber of Commerce, the Oxon., Bucks. and Berks. Young Solicitors’ Group, the Café Royal (for CIPFA/SOCPO and for CLT), the Employment Lawyers’ Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Daniel Barnett has undertaken countrywide lecture tours during 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
• Chaired evening lecture sessions for the Employment Lawyers’ Association and various all-day conferences for Central Law Training

Press and Media

• Quoted on employment matters in national and regional newspapers, including The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Herald, the News of the World and the Financial Times
• Also quoted in special interest journals, ranging from ‘The Lawyer’, ‘New Law Journal’, ‘Personnel Today’, ‘People Management’, ‘In-House Lawyer’ and ‘Directorial News’ to ‘EN’ (Entrepreneurs’ Magazine), ‘Independent Lawyer’, ‘workplacelaw.net’ and ‘EAGLE’ (Exchange on Ageing, Law & Ethics)
• Daniel Barnett has been interviewed on BBC and LBC radio, commenting on employment law, and been interviewed on both BBC, ITV and Legal Network television

Recent Cases

Appellate

• Way v Crouch [2005] IRLR 603 (joint and several liability for employee and employer in discrimination)
• Meffen v Secor (EAT, 2005) (redundancy / Polkey)
• Bowyer v Siemens Communications (EAT, 2005) (set-off against basic award)
• Hope v SITA (UK) Ltd (EAT, 2005) (equal pay)
• Fairbrother v Hendy Banks (EAT, 2004) (range of reasonable responses)
• Naughton v Oak View Estates (EAT, 2004) (acquiescence to dismissal)
• Shingler v AJ Manson (EAT, 2004) (inadequacy of reasons regarding contentious medical evidence)
• Marshall Specialist Vehicles Ltd v Osborne [2003] IRLR 672, EAT (stress at work / constructive dismissal)
• Royal Mail Group plc v Lynch, EAT (Daily Telegraph, 25/9/03) (part-time workers’ discrimination)
• CX Access Systems v Hampton (EAT, 2003) (injury to feelings)
• Datateam v Gardner (EAT, 2003) (costs - whether there is a presumption when a claim is misconceived)
• Securiplan v Bademosi (EAT, 2003) (TUPE – whether employee assigned to an undertaking)
• Sheehan v London Borough of Camden (EAT, 2003) (unfair dismissal)
• Whittle v Parity Training Ltd (EAT, 2003) (unfair dismissal – obligation to offer lower-paid alternative employment to senior employee)
• Mansi & Mansi v Warne (EAT, 2003) (TUPE – award for failure to consult)
• Pacific Direct Ltd v Riaz (EAT, 2003) (unfair dismissal – causation of loss)
• Robinson v The Republic Nightclub (EAT, 2003) (race discrimination – employment status)
• Jangra v Gate Gourmet Ltd (EAT, 2003) (disability discrimination – justification)

• Kidwell-Horne v Blakemores (2005) (sex discrimination / constructive dismissal)
• Hydra v Anastasi (2005) (restrictive covenants and confidentiality)
• Blythen v Aldred McAlpine (2005) (notice period for senior employee)
• Geldard v Cathay Pacific (2005) (whistleblowing)
• Lee v LA Raiders Soccer Academy (2004) (constructive dismissal)
• Meisenburg v Cambridge Broadband (2004) (notice payments)
• Harp v British Airways (part-time workers’ discrimination)
• Budgen v Huntleigh Healthcare (2004) (whistleblowing)
• Wykes v European Metal Recycling (2004) (interim relief)
• Walmsley v Health & Diet Centres (2003) (restructure of senior management)
• Staggs v The Trust of St Benedict’s Abbey (2003) (disability discrimination)
• [names confidential] (2003) (restrictive covenants)
• British Airline Pilots’ Association v KLM (UK) Ltd (2003) (TUPE - failure to consult)
• Doyle v Garden House Press (2003) (dismissal for trade union activities)