Qualifications
• LLB Hons, 1st class – University Wales, College of Cardiff 1996
• Admitted Solicitor 1999
• Eversheds' Employment Department 1999-2002
• Metcalfes' Employment Department 2002-2006
• BWB Employment Department 2006 - present
Experience
• Specialised in Employment law since qualification in 1999
• While at Eversheds acted for national and multi-national clients; advising on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. Spent 6 months as a Professional Support Lawyer - developing precedents and employment know - how for other lawyers
• Defacto HOD at Metcalfes, acting for SMEs, high net worth individuals and directors
• Presently acts for commercial and not-for-profit employer clients, both defending tribunal claims and providing advice on non-contentious matters. Also acts for individuals in complex and high-value disputes.
• Advises on the whole spectrum of the employment relationship, including all forms of discrimination
• Regularly appears in employment tribunal
Examples of recent work undertaken
• Advising on various large scale business change and restructuring programmes
• Numerous Age Discrimination claims
• Negotiating the exit of a number of senior staff and board members
• Advising on various share schemes, bonus and incentive plans
• E A Gibson Shipbrookers Ltd v Mr J. Staples EAT/0263/07: representing Mr J. Staples in successful 6 figure disability discrimination claim
• Advising on a number of inter-jurisdictional disputes
• Advising on the enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants
• Advising on numerous compromise agreements, many for 6 and 7 figure settlements
• Defending a range of multi-day claims for sex, age and race discrimination.
Lectures/Publications
• Responsible for BWB's employment law seminar programme
• Regularly provides seminars and training for clients, both 'off the shelf' and bespoke
• Regular contributor to various HR and business publications
• Contributed to: 'The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law'
• Featured on BBC radio
Pro-Bono Work
Former Chairman and a Trustee of the Queen Square Association – a registered charity composed of interested residents and occupants of Bristol's Queen Square; one of the largest residential Georgian squares in Europe
