Employment Law
Chris has received over 150+ instructions in employment law to date. Chris is fully flexible on location across England. He has forensic attention to detail and a clam and reassuring approach to litigation that helps secure client objectives. He is a regular contributor on LinkedIn with comment and analysis on key EAT and Court of Appeal cases.
Chris can assist with:
- Unfair, constructive and wrongful dismissal
- All forms of discrimination, harassment, victimisation, adjustments cases
- TUPE (including working in partnership with solicitors to ensure TUPE transfers are actioned correctly)
- Unlawful deduction of wages and breach of contract
- Complex holiday pay claims (Agnew; Harpur Trust)
- Employment status including limb (b) workers
- Trade union detriment
- Whistleblowing
- Protective awards
- Preliminary, deposit, strike out and costs hearings
- Mediation and negotiation
- Settlement agreements
Highlights
- Appeared in the Court of Appeal (unled) appealing tribunal judgment that insurance agents for large agricultural insurer were not employees for the purposes of a discrimination claim.
- £215,000 settlement negotiated in adjustments case – claimant returned to work after heart attack and was living with hypoxic brain injury.
- Secured one of the largest settlement awards in a McCloud age discrimination case (civil service pensions)
- Successfully defended 15 applications to extend time for holiday pay claim including cross-examining 8 claimants in one day
- Secured 95% of Schedule of Loss in unlawful deduction claim in case where claimant was paid statutory sick pay only during disciplinary investigation – contract was silent on contractual entitlement.
- Secured £16,000 ‘at the door of the tribunal’ in Agnew holiday pay case. The case had been referred to check it was suitable for withdrawal. A pattern was detected in the payslips that meant an Agnew claim could be successful.
PI & Complex Injury
Chris has a busy personal injury practice related or overlapping with his employment law practice.
Chris can assist with:
- Employer’s liability claims
- Stress at work
- Bullying and harassment
- Health and safety
- Occupiers’ liability
Highlights
- Assisted claimant in interesting case where employee developed Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (‘broken heart syndrome’) after a stressful encounter with managers after prolonged period of bullying and harassment.
- Successful settlement of dispute as to who was ‘occupier’ of car park subject to extensive renovation works.
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