Declan Odempsey

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ABOUT DECLAN ODEMPSEY

knows employment law like the back of his hand.” Chambers and Partners & noted for his \"incisive cross examination\" by Legal 500.Specialises in sensitive and difficult employment, discrimination, public and regulatory law. All aspects of employment law (see videos on the fiduciary duties of agents and directors) injunctions and trade union cases. Consistently recommended as a leading employment barrister by Chambers and Partners for many years. He undertakes public access scheme work (see his page @ in Homer v West Yorks Chief Constable; the Heyday case; Seldon; Coleman; Bent v Central Manchester University Hospital Trust (concerning the correct construction of the Agenda for Change contracts of NHS staff); X v Mid Sussex CAB in SC.Controversial cases include Azmi v Kirklees MBC (Niqab case) and the Gurkha Welfare Association pension rights case; the Public Inquiry into the PD Unit at Ashworth Special Hospital; the caste test case Begraj v Heer Manak. 2013: Sobhi v Met Police (disability discrimination) and Manchester College v Hazel & Huggins (TUPE).He co-wrote the EHRC\'s statutory code on Services, Public Functions and Associations and the Age supplement in 2013 and co-wrote a Public Sector Equality Duty Statutory Code for the EHRC (later issued as guidance). Advised the CRE on Code of Practice on Racial Equality in Employment (2005), and the Formal Investigation into the Prison Service (20••••11: co-wrote: Thematic Report on Age Discrimination in the European Union for the European Commission. International expert on EU anti-discrimination. The Public access scheme guide is on YouTube. His channel on YouTube contains video presentations on injunctions, fiduciary duties, data protection and more.@declanod3 on Twitter