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Ghazan Mahmood
Work Department
Employment
Regulatory
Company and Commercial
Position
Ghazan is an Employment Law specialist. He has a particular interest in whistleblowing, TUPE and discrimination claims involving multiple parties, although he is experienced in all fields of employment law.
Ghazan regularly appears in the employment tribunals, the Employment Appeals Tribunal and carries out an increasing amount of litigation in the High Court (particularly in the field of restrictive covenants and restraint of trade). His practice is evenly split between Claimant and Respondent work. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal on numerous occasions and has considerable experience of dealing with difficult discrimination based complaints.
Ghazan has considerable experience of representing medical professionals both at the Employment Tribunal and before their regulatory bodies. He has been involved in several leading cases on the impact of MHPS.
In his Regulatory practice, Ghazan is frequently instructed to defend professionals before the GMC, HCPC and GDC. He has represented numerous professionals over the years and has been involved in several of the leading cases on the affects of MHPS. He is also frequently instructed to defend Doctors in internal disciplinary hearings and appeals before an ARCP Panel.
Ghazan sits as a Deputy District Judge (Civil) on the North Eastern Circuit.
Career
Called 1997, Inner Temple. Visiting fellow of Brunel University; formerly a part-time lecturer in contract law at Brunel; part-time advocacy tutor on the Bar Vocational Course at MMU.
Languages
Urdu, Punjabi.
Memberships
- Employment Law Association
Education
Broad Oak High School, Bury; Peel College, Bury; Brunel University (1996).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Professional disciplinary law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Ghazan Mahmood – St John’s Buildings ‘Ghazan is very good at cross-examination of witnesses and will see opportunities to make applications throughout proceedings where necessary.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Ghazan Mahmood – St John’s Buildings ‘Ghazan is a forthright and confident advocate. He manages expectations of clients and works as part of the solicitor client team, and he can also bring humour to the table, which can lighten a heavy case.’
St John’s Buildings ‘has great breadth and depth of skill and experience in the employment team’. Its members appear before the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, as well as varied levels of the court system. Head of the employment group Jason Searle represented the respondent in a case where a shop worker was dismissed for gross misconduct after refusing to sanitise her hands and subsequently lying about it. Thomas Wood is strong in discrimination and whistleblowing cases, often representing executives and large organisations, and Ghazan Mahmood is skilled in representing health professionals in internal and external disciplinary proceedings. The set also houses Jamie Jenkins, who has expertise in discrimination cases and mandates in the education sector – he is instructed to represent the former CEO of Liverpool City Council, who has brought a constructive dismissal claim concerning his resignation in May 2017 after a disciplinary process by the council triggered by his arrest for misconduct in a public office.