Main Areas of Practice:
Civil:
Employment
- Discrimination Law
Judgement in Nationwide Leisure Ltd v Mrs P Parnham
Click here to access the Discrimination Law Review by Ceri Widdett (14th May 2010)
Personal Injury
- Stress at Work and Estoppel
Local Authority Liability
- Highways Act cases in the County Court and High Court
- Regularly instructed by Leeds City Council
Clerk(s):
Moira Paxton (Civil & Family): 0113 203 5502 (moira@parkcourtchambers.co.uk)
Janet Jackson (Civil & Family): 0113 203 5503 (janet@parkcourtchambers.co.uk)
Additional Information:
Specialist Associations: Employment Law Bar Association, Employment Lawyers Association
Publications: “Justifying Treatment and Other Stories” – Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust v CM (A Patient), Feminist Legal Studies, Vol V, No 1, 1997.
Click here to access: Discrimination Law Review by Ceri Widdett (14th May 2010)
Lectures/Seminars: Taught law at Keele and Leicester University 1994-1997
Discrimination Case Law Review May 2010
The Equality Act 2010
Stress at Work Claims and Issue Estoppel (May 2009)
Unfair Dismissal and the Employment Act 2008 (March 2009)
Stress & Disability at Work - The Employment Law Perspective (September 2008)
Recommendations:
Reported in Legal 500, 2004 - Regional Employment Bar: "... punches above her weight at a 1994 call"
Reported in Legal 500, 2005 - Regional Employment Bar: ".. is building a solid practice in employment with a discrimination bias"
Reported in Legal 500, 2006 - "'...recommended for all types of employment work."
Reported in Legal 500, 2007-08 - "Ceri Widdett is a good all rounder with a niche in discrimination work"
Reported in Legal 500, 2008-09 - ".. has deservedly built a very good practice."
Reported in Legal 500, 2009-10 - Regional Employment Bar
Reported in Legal 500, 2010-11 - "... succeeded in a complex time limit extensions matter before the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Nationwide Leisure v Parnham."
