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Betsan Criddle KC
Work Department
Employment and discrimination law; personal injury.
Position
All areas of employment and discrimination law and professional discipline, including High Court contractual and disciplinary disputes, industrial action injunctions and judicial review proceedings. Recent highlights include: R (FBU) v SYFRA [2018] EWHC 1229 (Admin) (successful judicial review of working pattern in breach of WTR 1998); Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd UKEAT/0200/17/RN (whether recoverability of deductions from wages is subject to the Limitation Act 1980 and a six year back stop); Galilee v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2018] ICR 634 (no requirement to resolve if claim in time in deciding whether to grant permission to amend); Wandsworth LBC v Vining [2018] ICR 499 (exclusion of those in police service from trade union employment rights incompatible with Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights).
Career
MA (Hons) Law, St John’s College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar 2002
Publications:
Employment Precedents and Company Law Documents (Sweet & Maxwell); Employment Law Review (Institute of Employment Rights); Employment Tribunal Procedure (LAG).
Languages
Fluent Welsh speaker and able to conduct litigation through the medium of Welsh.
Memberships
ELA, ELBA, ILS, ARDL.
Education
Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw, Pontypool; St John’s College, Cambridge (2000 MA Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Betsan Criddle KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Betsan is a brilliant technical lawyer. She can turn her to mind to a case and piece of work very quickly, and gives clear advice on merits and strategy. She is very quick-witted, authoritative and knowledgeable.’