| Inquests are highly emotive and giving evidence at an inquest can be extremely difficult for witnesses. This webinar will consider what inquests are, how giving evidence differs in the Coroner’s Court, steps Employers should take to support witnesses and issues that may arise for Employers. |
Topics Covered
- What is an inquest?
- Witness Evidence
- Supporting Witnesses
- Employment related matters arising out of inquests
Speakers
Charlotte Greatorex, Associate, Banking, Governance and Corporate Team
Charlotte acts for Registered Providers in Article 2 and non-Article 2 inquests. She has experience of dealing with inquests relating to the provision of general needs housing as well as care homes and specialist and specialised supported housing for vulnerable categories of people. The inquests handled by Charlotte are often complex and involve Safeguarding Adult Reviews as well as engagement about/with the Regulator of Social Housing in respect of compliance with the registered providers standards.
Charlotte’s background in housing management and property litigation provides unique insight when dealing with inquests for registered providers which aids her understanding of the sector and management of her cases.
Narin Masera, Solicitor, Banking, Governance and Corporate Team
Narin is a Solicitor in our Banking, Governance & Corporate team who specialises in Inquests.
Narin has advised a range of clients on a number of complex multi-agency inquests and has extensive experience on working on Article 2 inquests and inquests that are conducted in an Article 2 compliant fashion.
Narin has advised Registered Providers of both general needs housing, specialist supported housing and charities. Narin’s background in housing management and property litigation provides Narin with unique knowledge of the sector and allows her to guide Registered Providers throughout the inquest process.
Llewellyn Turner-Perkins, Associate, Employment
Llewellyn’s areas of expertise cover both contentious and non-contentious areas of Employment law, acting for HR teams of Registered Providers of Social Housing, Charities, corporate organisations on the one hand and individual employees on the other.
Llewellyn assists clients with claims in both the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal. Llewellyn works on matters including claims for unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, redundancy, breach of contract, discrimination, unlawful deduction of wages, victimisation, harassment, failure to make reasonable adjustments and whistleblowing detriment.
Llewellyn’s non-contentious workload includes providing clients with advice on ad-hoc general employment matters ranging from disciplinaries, grievances, restructures, redundancies, flexible working requests, data protection, TUPE, whistleblowing and changing terms of employment. Llewellyn also carries out a significant amount of drafting whether it be on Employment Contracts, Settlement Agreements or Policies and Staff Handbooks.
You will receive an email from Devonshires to confirm your place. Please note, places for this event are limited and may become oversubscribed. Clients of Devonshires will have priority and where we are heavily oversubscribed, we will limit places per organisation.