Alex Findley

Employment

Alex has a busy employment practice with experience beyond his years of call. Alex has acted for both employers and employees and is regularly instructed in multi-day Employment Tribunal claims. Alex has advised and represented in cases relating to redundancy, TUPE, disability discrimination, race discrimination and in civil claims related to employment such as negligent misstatement in a reference and breach of contract.  Through his pro-bono work, Alex has also appeared in claims for unlawful means conspiracy and related breach of duty claims against directors in the High Court and in appeals in the EAT.

Prior to commencing pupillage at Farrar’s Building, Alex worked as Senior Employment Case Worker at the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in the Royal Courts of Justice. Leading a team of five, he developed the Employment Law Advice Service from a starter project to a full time service and achieving long term funding from a charitable investment trust.

Alex’s team advised over 900 clients during 2021 and 2022. During this time Alex acted for claimants in a wide range of claims including discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal, unlawful deductions, restrictive covenants, bonus repayment and harassment in the workplace, appearing at tribunals, giving advice, drafting pleadings and negotiating settlements. Highlights included successfully appearing in a two day final hearing relating to an employee who had been dismissed for allegedly making threats to kill. Alex also drafted the pleadings and evidence in an alleged sexual misconduct case that was reported in The Times.

Alex also gained experience of employment and discrimination law while a student on the Bar Course in 2019. Alex completed an LLM dissertation on the subject of psychiatric evidence and employment law which was awarded a distinction and also volunteered with The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union and The School Exclusion Project.