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Anna Birtwistle - Associate

Anna Birtwistle

Anna Birtwistle has worked on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters and has a particular interest in discrimination issues. Prior to joining CM Murray LLP, Anna trained and worked for a leading international City law firm, particularly recognised for its employment law practice.


Anna has experience in:

Anna undertook a six-month secondment to Abu Dhabi and has a background in Projects, Litigation and Banking. She is a member of the UK Employment Lawyers Association, the Association of Partnership Practitioners and the American Bar Association International Section. Anna is a proficient Japanese speaker and represents the Firm's membership at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the British - Japanese Law Association.

Seminars

14 Jul 2011 HR in law- Employment Law Update (Powerpoint)
Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, E14 5JJ
Seminar
14 Jul 2011 HR in law group - Employment Law Update (word) Presentation
17 May 2011 Key issues for Expatriate Assignments and UK employment rights (Powerpoint)
Key FSA and Employment Law Issues for the Financial Services Sector; Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, 35 Vine Street, London EC3N 2AA
Seminar
08 Feb 2011 Employment Law Hot Topics 2010/11 (Powerpoint)
CM Murray LLP, 37th Floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK
Breakfast Seminar
18 Nov 2010 What every employer needs to know Part 2 (Powerpoint)
CM Murray LLP, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK
Breakfast Seminar
04 Nov 2010 Lost in Translation - Cross border legal and cultural issues for multinational employers (word)
The American Bar Association Fall Conference, The Westin Resort - Paris, France 02-06 November 2010
Presentation
29 Apr 2010 What every employer needs to know Part 1 (Powerpoint)
CM Murray LLP, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK
Breakfast Seminar

Articles and press comments

18 Jan 2012 What will the two year unfair dismissal qualifying period mean for younger workers? XpertHR
25 Nov 2011 Legislating for Bad Management XpertHR
07 Nov 2011 Escape Route Solicitors Journal
04 Nov 2011 Generation i-Employee: how social media is blurring the lines between work and private life The Lawyer
26 Oct 2011 Why Compensated No Fault Dismissals could cost employers dearly XpertHR
26 Oct 2011 Lawyers slam government plans to restrict unfair dismissal claims The Lawyer
11 Oct 2011 Status Symbol Solicitors Journal
23 Sep 2011 UK: The Long Awaited UK Bribery Act - a Focus on the New Corporate Offence The International Employment Lawyer
05 Sep 2011 Companies Failing to Tackle Boardroom Gender Imbalance (pdf) LNB News
08 Aug 2011 Dignified Exit Solicitors Journal
01 May 2010 Religious Liberties and the impact on the workplace equality issues; Dress Codes (pdf) The International employment lawyer
01 Mar 2010 You can make assumptions about the old but not the young (pdf) Employment Law Journal
12 Feb 2010 Eweida cross case could fuel divisive cultural and racial rhetoric (pdf) Law Central - TimesOnline
12 Feb 2010 A disappointing verdict for Eweida (pdf) The Guardian