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Victoria Philips is a solicitor in the United Kingdom. She is head of the Employment Rights Unit at Thompsons Solicitors, having qualified as a solicitor in August 1996. She was previously president of the National Union of Students between 1986-1988.

She regularly gives talks and lectures on employment law to trade union clients and speaks at events organised by the Institute of Employment Rights. She also writes articles and commentary on employment law matters for Federation News and Equal Opportunities Review.

Notable cases edit

Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth] (CA) [2005] IRLR 465 (referred by House of Lords to European Court of Justice hearing 20 November 2007) – Advocate General's Opinion due 24 January 2008) [Entitlement to paid annual leave].^[1]

ASLEF v UK (ECHR) [2007] IRLR 361 [Rights of trade unions under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights to exclude individuals from membership].^[2]

Posts held edit

2004–present – Member and Executive Committee Member of the Industrial Law Society
1988–1993 - National Women’s Officer, Labour Party
1986–1988 - National President, National Union of Students
1985–1986 - President (Welfare), National Union of Students
1984–1985 - Member of Executive, National Union of Students
1983–1984 - President Students’ Union, University of East Anglia

Political offices
Preceded by Phil Woolas	President of the National Union of Students 1986–1988	Succeeded by Maeve Sherlock
Party political offices
Preceded by Joyce Gould	National Women's Officer of the Labour Party 1989–1992	Succeeded by Deborah Lincoln

References edit

^ "Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth". Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "ASLEF v UK (ECHR)". Retrieved 2008-05-12.

[Commissioners_of_Inland_Revenue_v_Ainsworth-1] "Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth". Retrieved 2008-05-12.

[ASLEF_v_UK_(ECHR)-2] "ASLEF v UK (ECHR)". Retrieved 2008-05-12.

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