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Niran De Silva KC

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Position

Employment law: all contentious and non-contentious employment matters, in particular in the public sector and in the city (including bonus claims and restrictive covenant injunctions). Appeared in Verdin v Harrods [2006] IRLR 339 on estoppel and abuse of process. Counsel to the Metropolitan Police in the Morris Inquiry on Professional Standards and the Resolution of Complaints in the Metropolitan Police Service. Education law: specialising in discrimination in the education field (appeared in Ahmed v Oxford University [2003] 1 WLR 995 CA on the role of assessors in discrimination claims heard in the County Court). Commercial litigation: including commercial contract and financial services, (appeared in British Telecommunications v Bell Cablemedia [2001] BLR 343 and Gwynedd v BT [2004] EWCA 942 (Independent 22 July 2004)). Election law: has acted on behalf of petitioners and Returning Officers in election petitions.

Career

Qualified 1997; Lincoln’s Inn; equity derivatives broker before entering the law. Publications of note: ‘Police Conduct, Complaints and Efficiency’ with Fraser Simpson; assistant editor of ‘Parker on Election Law’ (editor Richard Price QC).

Memberships

Member of Commission for Racial Equality Panel of Advocates since 2002; COMBAR; Employment Lawyers Association; Industrial Law Society.

Education

Eton College, Oxford University (Modern History); City University (CPE).