Alex Adamou is a Direct Access employment law barrister acting for both claimants and employers in complex workplace disputes:
Specialisms: unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE, employment contracts
Scope of work: from early grievance and ACAS conciliation to multi-day Employment Tribunal hearings and EAT appeals
Approach: clear, practical advice; strategic case planning; robust advocacy
Client value: commercially minded, focused preparation, results-driven negotiations and litigation
Unfair dismissal & constructive dismissal
Discrimination (protected characteristics, harassment)
Whistleblowing / public interest disclosure claims
TUPE / transfers of employment
Breach of employment contracts
Workers’ rights & statutory protections
Appeal work (Employment Appeal Tribunal)
Strategy & witness preparation
Alex is regularly instructed from the grievance stage through to final hearing, offering a commercially minded, strategic approach. He appears in multi-day Employment Tribunal claims—including unfair dismissal, discrimination and TUPE proceedings—and advises on appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
Some highlights of his recent work:
Won a 5-day sexual orientation discrimination trial, securing a significant reduction in claimed damages
Achieved ~£60,000 for a client in a complex discrimination case involving race, sex, injury to feelings, psychiatric harm and loss of earnings
Acted in one of the first Interim Relief applications following mandatory vaccination policies for care home workers
He also lectures and advises in specialist areas like redundancy, workers’ rights, pregnancy discrimination, and witness strategy.
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