Webinar : Subject Access Requests/Freedom of Information Requests – Thursday 14th July at 10am

Presented by Lee-Anne Crossman and Charlotte Jones at Hill Dickinson, this webinar aimed at all HR professionals will look at Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information Requests, and in particular:

• Time line to respond
• Exemptions
• Tricky Areas (if the request is submitted during an ET claim)

Speaker Biographies:

Lee-Anne Crossman, Senior Associate – Health Employment Law. Lee-Anne advises both public and commercial sector clients on all aspects of employment law both contentious and non-contentious. Her specialism is advising the NHS as well as other bodies in the healthcare sector.  She has extensive experience in advising and representing clients in discrimination cases of all types, whistleblowing, TUPE, disciplinary and grievance processes, performance and absence management, termination of employment, restructuring and redundancy processes, drafting contracts (including executive contracts), staff handbooks and settlement agreements. Lee-Anne regularly deals with complex and highly sensitive internal processes for healthcare sector clients such as removal of senior executives.  She also provides advice and support in relation to, often contentious, issues involving medical staff and/or doctors in training, with potential regulatory implications. Lee-Anne conducts her own advocacy for all case management and preliminary hearings as well as full hearings on occasion.  She delivers training, workshops and legal advice surgeries for clients and until recently, had a monthly slot on local BBC radio addressing any employment related issues.  She provides pragmatic advice with a view to resolving, and/or minimising, employment issues in a timely and cost-effective manner.  Lee-Anne understands healthcare and NHS clients’ needs, taking an empathetic and professional approach to their goals whilst setting realistic and achievable targets.

Charlotte Jones, Legal Director – Health Employment Law. Charlotte is a legal director in the health employment team providing advice to NHS and other public sector  organisations including NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Health Education England. She regularly advises senior members of these organisations including Executive team members, Senior HR Managers, Postgraduate Deans and Business Managers. Charlotte has a particular interest in advising on the legal issues arising from doctors in training and the Gold Guide and in dealing with complex employment tribunal litigation. Charlotte provides advice on a wide range of HR and employment law related issues such as discrimination, whistleblowing, disciplinary and grievance matters as well as advising on more specialist areas such as Fit and Proper Persons Regulations and their application to NHS Directors and also on the application of the public sector equality duty. Charlotte has acted on behalf of NHS and other organisations in claims before the employment tribunal, employment appeal tribunal and in claims of Judicial Review before the High Court.  She has substantial experience in dealing with multiparty complex litigation. She also has experience in advising NHS bodies in relation to complaints by NHS pension scheme members to the Pension Ombudsman. Having specialised in employment law for NHS and healthcare sector clients for over 10 years Charlotte has developed an in-depth understanding of the complexities of such organisations, the wider healthcare system in which they operate, and the issues they face. This enables her to provide pragmatic and timely advice to clients which focuses on the key issues and appropriate resolution.

The webinar will last for 1 hour and will include the option to ask questions.  If you would like to submit a question in advance, please email it to admin@hpma.org.uk

Joining instructions will be sent out 24 hours in advance.