Sunil Abeyewickreme

Speaker Profile

Prior to joining Cohen Cramer Solicitors, Sunil spent some four years working in the legal advisory department of the British Dental Association. He has particular experience in drafting Associate Contracts, Hygienist and Employment Contracts. Sunil also specialises in dealing with disputes between Practice Owner/Associates, employees and with PCTs.  He has represented numerous dentists before the Courts and Employment Tribunals throughout the United Kingdom.  He has given a number of presentations across the country on various legal subjects relevant to healthcare including ethics, employment law and the procurement of NHS dentistry to Primary Care Trusts.

Sunil was called to the Bar in 2004 and is a member of Grays Inn and the Employment Lawyers’ Association. Prior to reading law he had graduated in medical sciences.

Lecture Synopsis

Important changes to employment law will take place in 2010 not least the biggest overhaul in discrimination legislation for many years with the introduction of the Equality Act. Employers need to be aware of the changes to employment law to comply with new legislation and consider necessary changes which may be required to existing practice procedures and policies. We’ll be looking at proposed regulations on equal treatment for agency workers, whether sick notes are becoming ‘fit notes’ and other developments. Finally we will review the latest case law relevant to “self-employed” associates and hygienists - are they really self-employed?