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Thu Nov 12 2026 at 02:00 pm to 06:00 pm UTC+00:00

The Faculty of Advocates - Employment Law Group Conference 2026

  • Mackenzie Building · Edinburgh
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The Faculty of Advocates Employment Law Group Annual Conference
About this Event

The Faculty of Advocates Employment Law Group is the centre of excellence for counsel providing advice and representation across all areas of employment and discrimination law. The group promotes the sharing of knowledge and experience as a key means of maintaining the quality of justice in this important and evolving area of practice. Join members of the Group at the Annual Conference at the Mackenzie Building from 2pm for an insightful afternoon of discussion, expertise, and developments in employment law.

The conference will be chaired by Calum MacNeill KC.

Speakers & Topics include:

  • Jillian Merchant, Advocate - Interim relief in the ET: the AI effect, the new guidance and the limits of the remedy
  • Maurice O’Carroll, Advocate - Section 19 indirect discrimination by association / shared disadvantage
  • Alice Stobart, Advocate - Fire and rehire: the up-to-date position
  • Linzi McQuade, Advocate - Time limits under the 1996 Act: imminent changes
  • The Hon Lady Poole - The ET and the EAT in the Tribunal system

Wine and canapes will be served at 5pm.

Attendance is free of charge.

This conference attracts 3hrs Substantive Law CPD under the Faculty's CPD Programme.

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Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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