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Kweku Aggrey-Orleans

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Position

Kweku prides himself on maintaining a successful practice across all the main areas of expertise within chambers. He advises and regularly appears in personal injury, employment and contractual / commercial disputes. He is recognized for his strong client care skills in guiding clients through the litigation process and ability to bring about the pragmatic resolution of disputes.

Kweku regularly advises and represents both Claimants and Respondents before the employment tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the county courts, all in matters arising from the employment relationship. His experience encompasses claims for unfair dismissal (redundancy and misconduct), discrimination (particularly race, sex and disability), whistleblowing cases together with claims involving the enforcement of restrictive covenants and anti- competitive behaviour by employers.

Examples of recent court and advisory work include:

• Acting on behalf of insurers to challenge excessive credit hire claims
• Advising insurers on staged road traffic accidents.
• Advising on the construction of hire purchase and lease purchase agreements made with a waste refuse company.
• Advising on the interpretation of the terms of a household contents policy where there had been material non disclosure.
• Advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants and anti-competition clauses post employment.
• Advising on the standard terms of a contract for the transportation of goods some of which were stolen and damaged in transit.
• Advising on the merits for insurance funding purposes of applications before employment tribunals.
• Advising and acting in age, sex, sexual orientation and disability discriminations claims before the employment tribunals and the EAT.

Kweku’s clients have included senior bank executives, police officers, trade union representatives, government workers and individuals working within the financial services sector, banks, local authorities, firms of solicitors and SMEs.

Kweku is also a member of the Bar and Solicitor’s roll of the Republic of Ghana, where he continues an active practice. During his time away from chambers he continues to advise clients and undertake any work that does not require his presence in England and Wales.

Career

Called 1998, Inner Temple.

Languages

Fluent French.

Memberships

PIBA; ELBA.

Education

King’s College, London (LLB); Université de Paris I La Sorbonne (Maîtrise en Droit).

Leisure

Travel, sport, journalism.