Jennifer Eady was one of the youngest barristers to
be appointed silk in the first round of the new QC
process last year. The appointment capped 12
months in which Eady was involved in some of the
biggest employment cases around.
In March the European Court of Justice (ECJ)
handed down its decision over the use of rolled-up
holiday pay, where employers include holiday pay in
hourly rates. The ruling clarified employers’ duties in
this complicated area of law, with Eady acting for
the defendant companies.
In August Eady led the case for West Coast Trains
in the first-ever Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)
hearing in a religious discrimination claim, and was
victorious. And in October Eady was back in the ECJ
as it ruled in Bernadette Cadman’s equal pay claim
against her client, the Health and Safety Executive.
The breadth and size of the cases indicate that
Eady’s practice as a new silk will fly. |
