Regina v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, ex parte Bectu - Bectu is challenging the working time regulation qualifying period. Laura Cox QC is acting for Bectu when the case is heard at the ECJ on 7 December. Employment contributes to 45 per cent of Cloisters' overall turnover. The majority of work is advocacy-based. 80 per cent of juniors' work is taken up with employment tribunals.
Silks do mainly advisory work.
Cloisters is actively targeting silks and juniors and is looking to recruit up to 10 barristers. It also does a lot of pro bono work and has set up a separate advisory unit. Quinn says it is doing more and more regional work because law firms are finding it difficult to find local barristers. The Law Society - Ingrid Simler is acting for the three employees at the Law Society in Kamlesh Bahl case. London Borough of Lambeth v D'Souza - Jeffrey Burke QC and Keith Bryant acted for the London Borough of Lambeth in a discrimination case.