Legal Snapshots: Employee, worker, agent or consultant? What’s in a name?

A review of recent legal developments in Employment Status.
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Tooks Chambers is a large, modern and efficient set of barristers united in their commitment to access to justice and representation without fear or favour. Founded on 1st May 1984 at the height of the Miners' Strike, much of Tooks' early work was defending miners wrongly accused of riot and affray. Members' expertise now extends across criminal and civil specialist areas of law but with an emphasis on protecting the individual against the interests of the state.

Our news

• Sam Hallam’s Conviction for Murder Quashed
  Sam Hallam, the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice, had his conviction for murder in 2005 quashed in the Court of Appeal today. The Metropolitan police face criticism for their murder inquiry and were accused in court of failing to disclose evidence and to pursue lines of inquiry.
  17 May 2012
• International Association of Women Judges 2012 Conference
  Deputy Head of Chambers Catherine Rayner and marketing member Maureen Obi-Ezekpazu attended the International Association of Women Judges 2012 Conference. The event attracted over 600 Judges from around the world, including Canada, Australia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Korea, China, America, the UK, Spain and across Europe and Africa but most inspiring, having had probably the most difficult journey, a number of women judges from Afghanistan.
  4 May 2012
• Lawyers in Politics
  Tooks barrister, Nick Wrack, standing in the London Assembly elections as the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (Tusc) London Assembly candidate.
  27 April 2012
• Former Stringfellows Lap Dancer Was an Employee says the Employment Appeal Tribunal
  In a Judgment of His Honour Judge McMullen QC handed down on Thursday 26th April 2012, ( Quashie v Stringfellows EAT/0289/11/RN ) the Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an appeal by Ms Quashie, that she was an employee of Stringfellows, and not self employed when she worked as a dancer at the club.
  27 April 2012
• Insurgency and Terrorism
  Tim Moloney QC and Tatyana Eatwell acted for Mohammed Gul in the Court of Appeal [R v Mohammed Gul [2012] EWCA Crim 280]. The appellant challenged the inclusion of all military attacks by insurgents in the statutory definition of terrorism.
  16 April 2012
• Court of Appeal Allows Exclusion Appeal
  In a judgment handed down on Monday 2 April 2012, the Court of Appeal rejected the Home Secretary’s argument that the meaning of ‘serious crime’ for the purposes of exclusion from the protection of the Refugee Convention under article 1F(b) is to be determined solely according to UK law.
  4 April 2012
• Out Now ! Judicial Review: A Practical Guide - by Hugh Southey QC, Amanda Weston and Jude Bunting.
  Judicial Review: A Practical Guide is essential reading for solicitors and barristers practising in all areas affected by judicial review.
  4 April 2012
• Katy Thorne Presents Lexis Nexis Criminal Webinar
  Katy Thorne presented the Lexis Nexis webinar on Evidence – bad character, hearsay and anonymous witness statements, and Al-Khawaja.
  3 April 2012
• Tooks are Pleased to Announce the Appointment to the Circuit Bench of Michael Topolski QC
  HHJ Topolski QC will be based at Woolwich Crown Court with effect from Wednesday 18th April 2012
  3 April 2012
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Victoria Meads

Victoria joined Tooks Chambers in October 2011. She is developing a wide ranging criminal defence practice, regularly instructed in the Crown Court and has appeared in the Court of Appeal. Recent cases have included serious violence, robbery, witness intimidation, sophisticated fraud offences, false imprisonment, production of cannabis and supplying class A drugs.

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What others say about us

Amanda Weston is recommended for her commitment to producing work of the highest standard. She has "a blend of experience in community care and immigration work which is particularly useful," say instructing solicitors, who further comment on her brilliance in cases concerning mental incapacity and unlawful detention. She was involved in the high-profile Abu Hamza case. Chambers UK (2012) Civil Liberties & Human Rights

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