Chambers of Michelle Heeley KC and Peter Goatley KC

Employment.

Combines court room presence, pugnacious advocacy, straight-forward advice with sound commercial judgment as befits 30 years litigation experience; regularly in the Employment Tribunal in all manner of cases and in the Employment Appeal Tribunal; advises and appears in the High Court and county court in cases involving restrictive covenants and injunctions; acted for senior and highly remunerated executives in the City of London in sex discrimination and race discrimination and wrongful dismissal; acted in cases involving local authorities, a children’s nursery, state primary and public schools, a government quango, charities, manufacturing companies, franchise car dealers, a railway company, the Ministry of Defence (forced pregnancies), senior employees of state corporations, senior employees of numerous major public and private limited companies; instructed by all levels of employee or worker (shop workers, bar steward, a chauffeur, a chef etc) and by professionals such as GP’s, hospital consultants, solicitors, solicitors’ firms, accountants, university lecturers, teachers (including a headteacher), etc; acted for a Formula 1 grand prix team, an international airline, a Jersey-based Trust Company, two major organised religious institutions, an Olympic athlete, ex-premiership footballers, an ex-premiership manager, a golf professional, and is currently instructed on behalf of a major figure in the League Championship; regularly instructed by a number of London bus companies in all manner of employment disputes. Notable cases in the last year include Arriva London North Ltd v Eleftheriou UKEAT/0272/12/12- reinstatement and Polkey. Licensed for Direct Access.

Called 1983. Also called to the Bar of New South Wales in 1989.

Employment Lawyers Association, Employment Law Bar Association; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.

MA (Cantab).