Adam Brett > Lewis Silkin > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Lewis Silkin Offices
220 ORMEAU ROAD
BELFAST
BT7 2FY
United Kingdom
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Adam Brett
Work Department
Employment, Immigration & Reward
Position
Adam concentrates on employment and discrimination matters. Work has included many Tribunals, actual and threatened judicial reviews about student fees, the interpretation of the University’s own Statutes and their interaction with laws and regulations, alleged race and other discrimination, intellectual property disputes, injunctions against aggressive students, staff or third parties, advice on governance issues, and responding to enquiries/investigations by outside bodies such as the Equality Commission and regulators. He worked with the University’s Information Manager on Freedom of Information and DPA requests and possible appeals to the Information Tribunal. More generally, Adam is frequently involved in defending Tribunal claims covering the full spectrum of employment law rights.
He works with wide range of public and private sectors on TUPE/Service Provision Change often involving public procurement processes, whether for the public authority, the transferor/transferee or the employees. Adam advises both employers and individuals on high level internal disputes, and on restrictive covenants, sometimes involving injunctions.
Career
Partner at L’Estrange & Brett for 25 years – 1985-2010
Partner at McGrigors for 2 years – 2010-2012
Partner at Pinsent Masons for 1 year – 2012-2013
Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP August 2021, Consultant Partner April 2023
Memberships
Former Chairman for 5 years and Committee Member / Vice Chairman for 17 years of the NI Employment Lawyers Group, resigning in 2022. Member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Member of the Charity Law Association
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Employment
(Hall of Fame)Lewis Silkin
‘s Belfast offering, which was formed from a merger with indigenous firm Jones Cassidy Brett in 2021, handles the full range of employment, immigration, and equality law matters across the island of Ireland. The group is jointly led by Ciara Fulton
, Adam Brett, and Paul Gillen. Fulton is dual-qualified in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and is highly experienced in advising on cross-jurisdictional matters, while Brett specialises in discriminators and regulatory matters. Gillen, who joined the group in 2022 from Pinsent Masons Belfast LLP, has a broad practice which includes restructuring, executive management, TUPE, and employment litigation. Associate Jack Balmer has experience in contentious and non-contentious matters.