Huw Davies

Employment

Huw practices in all areas of employment work and is a member of Chamber’s Employment group. He acts for both claimants and respondents, and regularly appears in tribunals across the country, the High Court and the Employment Appeals Tribunal. He has particular experience of discrimination claims, unfair dismissal, breach of contract and jurisdictional issues and restraint of trade.

Recent cases of interest include:

Brown v VSO – successfully represented respondent in preliminary issue concerning jurisdiction of Tribunal to hear claims arising from employment in South East Asia with a UK based charity.

Marsden v Bucher Municipal Ltd – successfully represented the respondent company in a preliminary hearing on the issue of jurisdiction. A former employee, working predominantly in Germany and Lativa, but spending some time in the UK, brought claims relating to his employment following his dismissal. The Tribunal held that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the claims, specifically considering and rejecting arguments as to the applicability of Bleuse principles.

Sean Hannah Limited v Webb & Co –  interim injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants were successfully obtained against a former employee who had departed from his employment as a hairdresser with the claimant client.

Ravell v Rapier Employment Ltd – successful defence of an unfair dismissal and age discrimination claim brought by the claimant following redundancy.

Suggitt v TWM Trust Corporation – Successful defence on behalf of employer for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing.

Aguilar v Republic of Panama –  instructed  on behalf of the Republic of Panama in an application to set aside a default judgment and to strike out a claim for want of jurisdiction, raising issues of state immunity.

Stevens v London Borough of Wandsworth – successful claim on behalf of former employee unfairly dismissed for alleged gross misconduct

Elwakili v Association of Optometrists– successful compromise of a claim concerning issues of race, religious and sex discrimination

Penegar v Theydon Bois Baptist Church – claim considering the employment status of a Baptist Minister