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Geraint Probert

Work Department

Employment & Discrimination

Position

Geraint is a specialist barrister in Employment and Discrimination law. He specialises in dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination claims and appeals

Career

Called 2010

Geraint acts for claimants and respondents in a wide range of employment law matters. He offers an expert and comprehensive advocacy and advice service. He is sensitive to client needs and delivers practical and creative solutions. He is good with clients and trusted by tribunals.

Geraint is instructed on multi-week hearings and appeals. He has been opposing council to QC’s and part-time judges. His advice work covers freezing injunctions, professional negligence and restrictive covenants.

RECENT CASES

• Appeared in the Appeal Tribunal, successfully challenging an Employment Tribunal decision regarding anonymous witness evidence on perversity grounds – Tai Tarian Ltd v Christie (2020) UKEAT/0059/19.
• Representing a claimant before the Appeal Tribunal on the issue of whether Asperger’s Syndrome is a disability under the statutory definition; (Final hearing pending, 4th February 2021).
• Appeared in the Appeal Tribunal in the reported case Talon Engineering Ltd v Smith [2018] IRLR 1104.
• Represented a claimant in a case involving allegations of serious sexual assault and harassment in her workplace; (resulted in settlement).
• Instructed in a 4-week tribunal claim for whistleblowing detriment and dismissal, representing an NHS consultant histopathologist, opposing counsel to Simon Gorton QC.
• Represented a claimant in a large Costs application, opposing counsel to Ben Cooper QC.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association (ELA);
Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA);
Industrial Law Society (ILS);
Discrimination Law Association (DLA)

Education

Specialist pupillage in employment and discrimination law, Guildhall Chambers; Safford Scholarship, Middle Temple;
LLB, Cardiff University