Northern Ireland Case Law Revision with Emma McIlveen BL
Published on: 10/02/2022
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Emma McIlveen Barrister
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Emma Mc Ilveen 2026

Emma is an experienced civil practitioner with a broad and sophisticated practice spanning employment, public law, criminal and regulatory work, coronial proceedings, and trusts and estates. She regularly appears before courts, tribunals and inquests and is qualified to practise in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain. Emma is frequently instructed in complex, sensitive and high-stakes disputes, often involving vulnerable individuals, public bodies and significant reputational/regulatory risk, and is particularly valued for her ability to manage cases where civil, criminal and public law issues overlap.

In this webinar, held in association with the NI Employment Lawyers’ Group, employment specialist Emma McIlveen BL and Scott Alexander from Legal Island discuss important Northern Ireland employment cases and outline how they are relevant to other employers. The cases discussed in this webinar include:

  • Wahab v Four Seasons (No.7) Limited (unfair dismissal; unlawful deductions from wages; race discrimination)
  • Campbell v Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (Religious belief/political opinion discrimination; agency worker)
  • Anonymised Claimant v Anonymised Respondent (Sexual harassment and assault in the workplace)
  • McNicholl v Bank of Ireland & Cummins (Sexual harassment and joint and several liability)
  • Nevin McEldowney v Randox Farming Limited trading as Cherryvalley Farms (Unfair dismissal; Reasonable Adjustments; Registered Intermediary)
  • Byrne v Aware Defeat Depression Ltd

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 10/02/2022