Jane McCafferty KC

1. ICAP v Berry

   [2017] IRLR 811; [2017] 3 Costs LR 531, [2017] EWHC 1321 (QB), QBD, June 6 2017

   Sale of the entire shareholding in a business to another company did not amount to a transfer for TUPE purposes when the two businesses remained distinct.

2. Hosking v Marathon Asset Management LLP

   [2016] EWHC 2418 (Ch)

   Senior junior in this landmark case on the meaning of ‘remuneration’ in the context of ‘claw back’ of profits following breach of duty. Far-reaching ramifications for remuneration in financial services funds which are structured as LLPs.

3. Tymon v (1) Clarkson and (2) BBC

   2016
   Instructed for former Top Gear presented Jeremy Clarkson in the race discrimination claim brought by a BBC producer after the well-publicised ‘fracas’.

4. Dr Eva Carneiro v Chelsea FC and Jose Mourinho

   2016
   Instructed to advise Chelsea FC on aspects of high profile discrimination employment tribunal claim brought by former team doctor

5. EG Solutions PLC v Hughes, HQ16X01432

   2016
   Instructed in claim to enforce restrictive covenants against former employees and new employer after contested hearing for interim relief.

6. Kingswood IOPTUS Steele Limited v Apex & others

   2016
   Sole counsel instructed on application for injunctive relief on behalf of corporate and individual defendants in claim alleging breach of contract and conspiracy in setting up in competition/diverting business following previous merger of companies.

7. Deer v University of Oxford

   [2015] EWCA Civ 52

   Sole counsel for the University before the CA which held that a former employee did not suffer a detriment for the purposes of the victimisation provisions of the Equality Act 2010 when her former employer, relying on legal advice, decided not to respond to a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act 1998 in order to preserve its position in litigation.

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