Chambers of Andrew Clarke QC and Clive Freedman QC
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Chris Quinn
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Work Department
Employment, media, professional negligence, commercial, sports.
Position
Barrister working predominantly in employment, commercial, sports law. Leading junior in high-value City disputes including discrimination cases (recently ‘the Gay Banker’ case Lewis v HSBC (2007) and for the Second Respondent in Ghaffur v Metropolitan Police (2008)) and whistleblowing claims. Noteworthy recent successes include Court of Appeal victory in GMB v Allen (2008). Chris’ practice includes a heavy emphasis on High Court injunctive work where his 2008 case-load included Search Orders, Springboard relief, Restrictive Covenant, Partnership and Joint Venture Agreement disputes. His central expertise is in complex business disputes where either the employment relationship is complicated by fiduciary or other directors’ duties, shareholder rights and post-termination obligations or where the issue is not one of employment law but some other area such as a derivative claim or a section 994 petition. Recent reported1 well-publicised cases include: Ghaffur v Met Police (2008) (acting for Deputy Chief Constable facing race claim), Allen v GMB (successful sex discrimination claim against trade union), Lockton v Ntegrity Insurance (2008) (Computer Search Order), Utopia v Wright (2007) (Springboard relief), Tullet Prebon v El-Hajjali (2008) (penalty clauses in contracts of employment), TCVC Ltd v Accommodia Ltd (2008) joint ownership of computer databases. A record of Chris’ many less recent reported cases can be found on the Littleton website.
Career
Qualified 1992.
Education
Wimbledon College; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1990 MA Law); Queen’s University, Ontario (1991 LLM); awarded the Harold G Fox Scholarship, Middle Temple.
Leisure
Skiing, cinema.
Practice Areas
Commercial; Employment; Fraud: civil
