Julian Allsop > Chambers of Anna Vigars KC > Bristol, England > Barrister Profile
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Julian Allsop
Work Department
Employment and discrimination; construction.
Position
Julian has a specialist employment practice which covers all aspects of the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal jurisdiction and employment and discrimination claims in the High Court. He is a highly skilled, authoritative and pragmatic employment law practitioner with a largely respondent-based practice. In addition to private sector businesses, his respondent clients include housing associations, local authorities, NHS trusts and schools. He also represents government departments such as the MOD, MOJ and DWP in employment and discrimination matters. He has the expertise (and security clearance) to act in cases that involve material and subject matter that would attract the operation of Rule 94. In addition to his employment practice, Julian has a niche specialist construction practice and has considerable experience in the litigation arising out a variety of projects, from domestic building claims to commercial construction disputes in an industrial setting. Julian is a qualified mediator and adjudicator.
Career
Called 1999, Lincoln’s Inn; Bar Council list of barrister mediators; TECBAR Mediator Panel; Junior Counsel to the Crown, regional panel; visiting lecturer on the BVC, Western and Wales (UWE).
Memberships
Technology and Construction Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; Employment Law Bar Association; Industrial Law Society.
Education
King’s College London (LLB (Hons)); University of Bristol (LLM Commercial Law).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Julian Allsop – Guildhall Chambers ‘Julian is methodical, forensic in his approach to litigation, incisive and extremely talented. He knows how to cut to the core of a case, and is so wise; he is able to assess and predict with incredible accuracy how the other side will behave. This of course translates to his cross examination, which is razor sharp.’
Guildhall Chambers‘ employment team offers ‘real strength in depth, both in terms of call and expertise‘. Julian Allsop, who heads the team, is ‘forensic in his approach to litigation‘ and regularly instructed in high-value cases in the High Court, often involving director-level remuneration claims, restrictive covenants, and confidentiality agreements. He recently acted for the claimant in Macanovic v Portsmouth NHS Trust, a significant case raising the issue of whistleblowing detriment and involving the cross-examination of several medical consultants. Fergus Currie, ‘a highly competent and consistent advocate‘, has recently focused on claimant instructions, including wrongful and unfair dismissal actions, discrimination cases, and collective and individual redundancies. Debbie Grennan specialises in high-value whistleblowing and discrimination claims for public sector clients, including local authorities and health care bodies, while Douglas Leach ‘has an excellent ability to think on his feet’ and is well-regarded for his expertise in TUPE, whistleblowing, and discrimination matters as well as in employee competition cases involving breach of confidence, restrictive covenants, and injunctive relief.
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Property and construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Julian Allsop – Guildhall Chambers ‘Julian is an excellent all-rounder who is good with clients. He has great clarity on complex matters.’