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Littleton Chambers
3 KING'S BENCH WALK NORTH, TEMPLE
LONDON
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England
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Paul Gilroy KC
Work Department
Sport
Employment
Regulatory
Position
Paul Gilroy QC has acted for a stellar list of clients, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Antonio Conte.
Recent work:
Sport
- Overturned FA Rule K award on remittal following High Court challenge on serious procedural irregularity.
- Secured dismissal of EFL Club v Club arbitration claim concerning player transfer.
- Acted for Championship player in disciplinary appeal and related PRDC arbitration.
- Secured highest ever award for a Manager from Premier League Managers’ Arbitration Tribunal (PLMAT).
- Instructed in 3 other separate PLMAT claims.
- Retained as expert witness in CAS challenge against UEFA decision.
- Chairing investigation (UK Sport).
Employment
- Successful high 7 figure mediation – race claim against Lloyd’s syndicate.
- Instructed on behalf of 2 directors in multi-million dismissal-related claims before the LCIA.
- Multiple covenant/team move injunction applications.
- Successful unfair dismissals – 2 directors, securing good leaver status re: shares.
- Retained by national company to advise on furlough scheme.
Career
1985 Call. QC 2006.
Part time Employment Judge (2000).
Arbitrator.
Trained Mediator.
Memberships
Member of:0
- Athlete Selection & Eligibility
- Commercial
- Employment & Discrimination
- Football
- Integrity & Discipline, and
- Paralympic and Disability Thematic Arbitration Panels of Sport Resolutions.
FA Judicial Panel Specialist Member.
FA Judicial Appeal Board Specialist Member.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Paul Gilroy KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Paul is exceptionally efficient, extremely responsive and has a relentless energy to ensure the absolute best outcome for those he represents. He inspires the utmost confidence in clients.’
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Paul Gilroy KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Paul is a skilled and powerful advocate, who can tailor his style to the occasion.’
Littleton Chambers demonstrates an ‘excellent range of work‘ in the sports field, which includes contractual, employment and FA Rule K disputes in football, while standing out for its work in the scope of discrimination and safeguarding investigations. For example, Mohinderpal Sethi KC is chair of the independent investigation, and Ashley Cukier a member of the investigation team, looking into allegations of unlawful discrimination at Yorkshire CCC. Paul Gilroy KC was instructed as an expert witness on English law in an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the dispute between the club and Nantes FC over the transfer of Emiliano Sala. David Reade KC is noted for his working relating to agency contracts disputes in football, and Lydia Banerjee is noted for her work in investigations by governing bodies regarding, among others, safeguarding and abuse.