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Chambers of James Goudie QC

11 KING'S BENCH WALK, TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 7EQ, ENGLAND
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Work 020 7632 8500
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Fax 020 7583 9123/3690
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368 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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Andrew Hillier QC

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11KBW (Chambers of James Goudie QC)

Position

Barrister; extensive employment practice covering a range of advisory and litigious work, including disputes relating to restrictive covenants, bonuses, discrimination, TUPE and equal pay; advising local authorities on changes to terms and conditions; NHS disputes, including chairing of disciplinary hearings. Recent cases include: Hameed v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWHC 2009; Lakshmi v Mid-Cheshire Hospitals Trust [2008] IRLR 956; Hart v Chief Constable of Derbyshire UKEAT/0403/07; Nesbitt v SOS for Trade & Industry [2007] IRLR 847; Dyson Technology Ltd v Strutt (2) [2007] EWHC 1756; Mattu v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2006] EWHC 1774 (QB); Dyson Technology Ltd v Strutt [2005] EWHC 2814 (Ch); Astle v Cheshire County Council [2005] IRLR 12, EAT; Walton v Independent Living Organisation [2003] ICR 688 (CA).

Career

Called 1972; Gray’s Inn bencher; took Silk 2002.

Education

Beaumont College; Trinity College, Dublin (1970 BA).

Leisure

Walking, 19th Century Eastern history, music.

Practice Areas

Employment; Local government; Mental health

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  • HOUSING

    In Nzinga Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 the Court of Appeal clarified that in offering a homeless person with alternative temporary accommodation the local authority is obliged to point that if the offer is refused it has discharged its Part VII duties under the Housing Act 1996.
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