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Littleton Chambers
3 KING'S BENCH WALK NORTH, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7HR
England
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Nicholas Siddall KC
Position
Specialises in employment and industrial relations law. His practice includes significant employment related High Court litigation encompassing injunctive relief, wrongful dismissal and high value contractual claims. He also undertakes all facets of statutory employment law including unfair dismissal, collective redundancy, NMW, TUPE and Working Time claims. He regularly appears in significant, high value and complicated discrimination and whistleblowing matters on behalf of individuals, unions and employers of all sizes. He is regularly instructed to advise on the employment issues which arise from the COVID pandemic and issues of territorial jurisdiction.
Career
Significant reported decisions include: Roberts v Skelmersdale College [2004] IRLR 69 (dismissal provisions of 2001 rules), GMB v Holis [2008] IRLR 187 (territorial jurisdiction of TUPE), Cokayne v BASC [2008] ICR 185 (issue estoppel), Matuszowicz-v-Hull CC [2009] IRLR 292 (reasonable adjustments time limits), Fenton & UNISON-v-SYPS [2010] IRLR 930 (presentation of claim), Pinewood-v-Page [2011] ICR 508 (redundancy fairness), Bridgeman-v-ABP [2012] IRLR 639 (CJEU reference as to Working Time Regulations derogation), Bray-v-Monarch Personnel [2013] IDS Brief 972 (scope of the Swedish derogation in the Agency Regulations), ASE-v-Kendrick [2014] EWHC 2171 (enforceability of non-compete provision), Day-v-HEE [2017] IRLR 623 (The scope of s43K ERA and ability of junior doctors to bring whistleblowing claim). Kaur v Leeds NHS [2019] ICR 1 (constructive dismissal affirmation). HMRC-v-Middlesbrough FC [2020] ICR 1404 (construction of NMW exemptions).
He was appointed to Silk in 2019.
Languages
French.
Memberships
ELA, ELBA and Northern Circuit
Education
Scarborough Sixth Form College; Cambridge University (1996 MA Hons Law First Class).
Leisure
Follower of club and international rugby; supporter of Manchester United FC and Sale Sharks RUFC.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Nicholas Siddall KC – Littleton Chambers ‘A silk who oozes confidence and intelligence, which is reassuring for both clients and instructing solicitors.’
‘A strong set for employment work‘, Littleton Chambers has a solid track record in representing respondent clients in a wide range of challenging cases. In the Court of Appeal, David Reade KC and Grahame Anderson acted for the respondents in a test case on the rights of agency workers to access permanent employment opportunities (Kocur v Angard Staffing Limited and Royal Mail Group). Also in the Court of Appeal, Anderson and Nicholas Siddall KC acted in Kong v Gulf International Bank Ltd, a landmark case involving the scope of the distinction between a whistleblowing disclosure and the conduct related to its manner, known as the separability principle. Over in the Supreme Court, Mohinderpal Sethi KC and Sophia Berry appeared in Basfar v Wong, the first case to be granted permission to leapfrog appeal directly to the Supreme Court from the EAT. The case involved a claim brought against a serving diplomat by a domestic worker, who alleged that she had been trafficked to the UK and her employment conditions constituted modern slavery; the Supreme Court ruled that diplomatic immunity could not defeat such a claim as it fell under the commercial activity exception.