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Magrath LLP

66-67 NEWMAN STREET, LONDON, W1T 3EQ
Tel:
Work 020 7495 3003
Fax:
Fax 020 7317 6766
DX:
44624 MAYFAIR
Web:
www.magrath.co.uk
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Chris Magrath

Tel:
Work +44 20 7495 3003
Email:
Magrath LLP

Work Department

Immigration – employment departments.

Position

Senior partner and head of immigration/employment departments. Clients include numerous UK and US multi-national companies and entertainers.

Career

Articled Brian Thompson & Partners; qualified 1975; assistant solicitor Brian Thompson & Partners 1975-76; assistant solicitor Evan Davies & Co 1976-77; partner Powell Magrath & Spencer 1977-90; senior partner Magrath LLP 1990; admitted attorney in New York State 1986; publications: co-author ‘Practitioners’ Guide to the Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984’ (Longmans), ‘Working in the United Kingdom – A Guide for Foreign Nationals (Handbook)’; co-author ‘A Practical Guide to Disciplinary, Grievance and Performance Management’, Legalease (2004).

Member

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association; American Immigration Lawyers’ Association; International Bar Association; ELA.

Education

Campbell College, Belfast; Trinity College, Dublin (1972 BA Hons); College of Law, Lancaster Gate (1973); admitted as solicitor in England and Wales 1975; admitted as a member of New York Bar 1986.

Leisure

Tennis, skiing, restaurants, dogs; member Annabels and Grouchos.

Practice Areas

Employment; Immigration

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  • The legal minefield of employing foreign workers

    Immigration has always been a topic that has generated a great deal of interest and debate due to the impact it has on the populace and on the economy as a whole. Recent examples of these have been the French-owned Lindsey Oil Refinery dispute that was settled when Total agreed to hire more local employees, and Ghurkhas who retired before 1997 are now being allowed to settle in the UK.
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  • THE NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LEGISLATION IS ADOPTED IN UKRAINE

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  • Employers’ age discrimination of under-18s legal

    On 30 June 2010, the Danish Eastern High Court established that the provisions and the practice on a number of areas covered by collective agreements, supporting a lower pay for employees under 18 years and termination of the employees when they turn 18, cannot be deemed to constitute a violation of the Employment Equality Directive (Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000).
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    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Doubt about how to interpret part-time leave agreement

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    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

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    Three provisions of Austrian law about part-time and fixed-term employment met with opposition at the European Court of Justice – they were held to be at odds with EU law.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

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