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Position
Barrister specialising in employment, education, discrimination and disciplinary cases. Reported cases include: employment – Hagen v ICI Polymers Ltd [2002] IRLR 31; Qua v John Ford Morrison [2003] ICR 482; McCabe v Cornwall County Council (joined with Eastwood v Magnox Electric plc) [2005] 1 AC 503; Barke v SEETEC [2005] ICR 1373; Kovats v TFO Management LLP [2009] ICR 1140; Cable Realisations Ltd v GMB Northern [2010] IRLR 42; YKK Europe Ltd v Heneghan [2010] ICR 611; Pothecary Witham Weld v Bullimore [2010] ICR 1008; Parmar v East Leicester Medical Practice [2011] IRLR 641; education – S v Brent LBC [2002] ELR 556; R (O) v Governing Body of Parkview Academy [2007] ELR 454; R (Siborurema) v Office of Independent Adjudicator [2008] ELR 209; R (Hill) v Bedfordshire County Council [2008] ELR 660; Slough Borough Council v SENDIST [2010] ELR 823; Haringey Independent Appeal Panel v R (M) & Secretary of State [2010] ELR 823.
Career
Called 1989, Middle Temple; appointed part-time Employment Judge July 2000; publications of note: ‘Law of Education’ (second ed, Jordans 2004); consultant editor, volumes 35 and 36 of Halsbury’s Laws (Education Title; 2011); ‘Employment Aspects of Business Reorganisations’ (Oxford University Press 2006); ‘Employment in Schools – A Legal Guide’ (2nd ed Jordans 2007).
Member
ALBA; ELBA; Employment Lawyers Association; Education Law Association (current Chair).
Leisure
Listening to music; walking; reading.
Practice Areas
Education; Employment
