Qualifications and Experience
• LLB (Hons) Law - University of Bristol 1998-2001
• Legal Practice Course (Distinction) London College of Law 2003-2004
• Qualified May 2006
• Joined BWB in April 2007

Work undertaken
John acts for a range of employer and employee clients, advising on all aspects of the employment relationship including:

• Recruitment issues;
• Drafting and reviewing employment contracts for employers and employees;
• Drafting staff handbooks and other tailor-made policies;
• Disciplinary and grievance procedures;
• Advising on company-wide contract variations and redundancy situations;
• Handling fair dismissals and avoiding workplace discrimination;
• Compromise agreements;
• Managing sickness absence;
• Advising on Employment Agency and Employment Business Regulations.

John runs tribunal cases on behalf of employers and employees and has achieved successful outcomes in cases in which he has also conducted his own advocacy. Recent examples include:

• Successfully defending an unfair dismissal claim on behalf of a nationwide social care provider;
• Successfully defeating a constructive unfair dismissal claim and securing costs against the Claimant;
• Securing dismissal of whilstleblowing and victimisation claims against a South London recycling charity;
• Successfully defending an unfair redundancy dismissal claim based on selection for redundancy;

Seminars/publications
• Performing in mock tribunals for clients;
• Speaking on equal opportunities and the Equality Act;
• Contributing to quarterly employment law bulletin;
• Provision of in-house training/seminars for clients, including equal opportunities training;
• writing articles for Directory of Social Change.