Employment Law

This is a major area of practice for Chambers and we have a growing reputation in this field. We specialise in all aspects of employment law, from advocacy in Employment Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and Higher Courts to advisory work. We are instructed in a very wide range of employment cases, which include:

· Unfair and wrongful dismissal
· Discrimination (sex, race and disability)
· Equal Pay claims
· Redundancy claims
· Transfer of Undertakings
· Restraint of trade and breach of confidence
· Injunctive relief
· Trade union law and industrial relations
· European Community Law
· Employment-related human rights issues

Chambers has an active Employment practice group, which arranges seminars and lectures and publishes a monthly review of Employment law which is sent out electronically and posted on our website.

Recent Cases

In 2006 members of Chambers were in the following significant discrimination cases:

Moyhing v Barts & the London NHS Trust [2006] IRLR 860, EAT: a case involving sex discrimination against a male student nurse, funded by the EOC, which generated significant press interest

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Griffiths-Henry [2006] IRLR 865, EAT concerning the burden of proof in discrimination cases.

B’Bwona v FHA (Croydon ET 2003-2006): a race discrimination case dismissed in its entirety with a costs order of £100,000 against the claimant after 50 hearing days spread over 3 years.

For further details, please contact the Clerks, or to see the most recent edition of our Employment Law Update, click on the following link – Update