About this Event
Join the CIPD Birmingham Branch for an interactive Mock Employment Tribunal in collaboration with Keelys Solicitors, led by Ian Pettifer, an experienced employment law solicitor and Chartered Member of the CIPD.
This practical session will bring employment law to life through a simulated tribunal experience, helping attendees understand how employment disputes are examined and how tribunal proceedings operate in practice. With a focus on recent legislative changes, the event will offer valuable insights into employment law, workplace disputes and their implications for HR professionals and employers.
Attendees will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of employment tribunal procedures, explore the practical application of employment law, and consider the importance of fair and legally compliant HR practices. The session will be particularly valuable for HR professionals, people managers and anyone seeking to strengthen their knowledge of employment relations.
Event details:
• Date: Thursday, 19 November 2026
• Time: 08:30 – 17:00
• Venue: Novotel Wolverhampton, Union Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 3JN
Refreshments and lunch are included. Join us for a valuable day of practical learning, professional development and engagement with employment law in action.
Speaker's Bio: Ian Pettifer
Ian joined Keelys in 2020. He has been a qualified solicitor for over 25 years, and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD.
Practice Area
Ian specialises in employment law and advises employers in many different sectors and industries, from start-ups to multinational businesses, as well as public sector and not for profit organisations. He also advises employees, directors, groups of workers and their representatives.
Ian advises and supports employers and employees through disciplinary action, grievances, performance issues, sickness absence, equal opportunities and discrimination, redundancies and restructuring, TUPE, data protection and regulatory law, and with settlement agreements. He often presents cases in Employment Tribunal hearings. Ian has also defended Nurses in professional conduct proceedings before the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Highlights
- Successfully defending a care business from claims including unfair dismissal which placed their good standing with the Care Quality Commission at risk.
- Advising several hundred employees of a large employer on settlement agreements during a series of factory closures.
- Presenting a test case to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, on the calculation of holiday entitlement for workers on variable hours.
- Coordinating a multinational redundancy programme for an IT company, to comply with the laws of several countries.
- Winning an injunction restraining former employees and directors of an insurance broker from taking and using confidential information to set up a rival business.
Joining instructions
Guest speakers
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Joining instructions
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Recording
Some sessions may be recorded so that they can be shared with members who are unable to attend live. If a session is being recorded, we'll let you know at the start of the event.
Accessibility and reasonable adjustments
If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your participation, please contact us and we'll do our best to accommodate your needs.
Event venue & nearby stays
Novotel Wolverhampton, Union Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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