News 11th March 2020

David Reade KC and Nicholas Siddall KC succeed in a claim against GB Taekwondo (“GBT”).

In a judgment of the Manchester Employment Tribunal handed down yesterday members of Littleton succeeded in a TUPE claim involving the transfer of physiotherapy services from the English Institute for Sport by the same being brought in-house by GBT. In addition the Claimant raised whistleblowing allegations as regards athlete safety involving the over-training of Olympic athletes.

David Reade KC appeared for the Claimant: Mr Simon Edwards and was instructed by Liz Cotton of JMW, Manchester

Nicholas Siddall KC appeared for the English Institute for Sport and was instructed by Neil Black and Jessica Davies of Pinsent Masons, Manchester

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