The hybrid event will be chaired by Claire Darwin of Matrix Chambers and will feature the following expert panelists who have all been involved in recent key cases on immunity:
- Andrew Legg of Essex Court Chambers
- Paul Luckhurst of Blackstone Chambers
- Ishaani Shrivastava of Devereux Chambers
- Professor Philippa Webb of Twenty Essex.
The session will explore the following topics:
- Employment claims against diplomatic agents in light of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Wong v Basfar [2022] 3 WLR 208.
- State immunity in employment claims following the decision of the EAT in Webster v USA, Wright v USA [2022] EAT 92.
- Disclosure and pleadings in advance of preliminary hearings on state immunity in employment tribunals following Kuwait Investment Office v Hard [2022] EAT 51.
- The proposed draft State Immunity Act 1978 (Remedial) Order 2022, which seeks to respond to the judgment of the Supreme Court in Benkharbouche v Sudan [2019] AC 777 by amending parts of the State Immunity Act governing employment claims against States.
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