Main Areas of Practice:
Ceri Widdett specialises in discrimination law including sex, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy, marriage and civil partnerships, religion or belief, sexual orientation and discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services. She also undertakes all other aspects of employment law including:
- Equal Pay
- Occupational Stress
- Redundancy (individual and collective)
- TUPE
- Unfair and Wrongful Dismissal
- Victimisation
- Whistle Blowing
- Restrictive Covenants
Nationwide Leisure Ltd v Mrs P Parnham
Ceri Widdett further specialises in Local Authority liability, occupational stress at work claims and all other aspects of personal injury.
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:
Appointments:
2011: Equality & Human Rights Commission Preferred Panel (2011-2013)
Recommendations:
Recommended in Chambers and Partners 2011, Notable Juniors in Employment Law, as a solicitors favourite who is "always on top of a case and has a very clear understanding of the law."
Reported in Legal 500, 2011-12 - "... an extremely skilled, confident and tenacious advocate who keeps a cool head in tribunal"
Reported in Legal 500, 2010-11 - "... succeeded in a complex time limit extensions matter before the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Nationwide Leisure v Parnham."
Reported in Legal 500, 2009-10 - Regional Employment Bar
Reported in Legal 500, 2008-09 - ".. has deservedly built a very good practice."
Reported in Legal 500, 2007-08 - "Ceri Widdett is a good all rounder with a niche in discrimination work"
Reported in Legal 500, 2006 - "'...recommended for all types of employment work."
Reported in Legal 500, 2005 - Regional Employment Bar: ".. is building a solid practice in employment with a discrimination bias"
Reported in Legal 500, 2004 - Regional Employment Bar: "... punches above her weight at a 1994 call"
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)
Specialist Associations: Employment Law Bar Association, Employment Lawyers Association
