Employment law
I am a specialist employment lawyer and recognised as a 'leading individual' in the Legal 500 Directory:
Tim Welch - 42 Bedford Row ‘ Extremely hard-working and thorough in preparation - very clever and tactically astute with good judgement, and totally dependable as a junior. Excellent client manner that inspires confidence.’
Ranked: Tier 5
My practice as an employment law barrister includes the full range of statutory claims before the ET and common law actions in the High Court.
I am often instructed to act for or against banks and financial institutions. Current work includes acting for a bank, led by Charles Ciumei QC in hard fought litigation in the EAT and Court of Appeal, acting against a large sovereign wealth fund in High Court proceedings and representing a real estate investment fund in strike out proceedings.
I am able to provide advice and representation in relation to:
- Unfair and wrongful dismissal.
- Discrimination, victimisation and harassment.
- Commission or bonus entitlements.
- Restrictive covenants and breaches of duty (including confidentiality, fidelity and fiduciary duties)
- Bullying
- Wages claims including holiday entitlement.
Recent and current work
- Successfully struck out a whistleblowing and discrimination claim; acting for the Respondent real estate investment fund (2021).
- Successfully struck out a disability discrimination claim; acting for the Respondent High Street Bank (2019).
- Successfully defended majority of claims (remaining on appeal to the EAT); acting for multi-millionaire entrepreneur (2021).
- Advising a BBC Journalist in relation to restructure and redundancy matters (2021).
- Acting and advising for Respondent in complex multi-party TUPE proceedings in the ET (2020).
- Successfully acted for Respondent tech company in Bennett & Day v Geeks 2020 (on appeal to the EAT) in case on the application of restraint of trade and enforceability of recovery of training costs clauses (https://www.ft.com/content/0164135c-0cfa-4efe-a78b-c2d0e8bdf937).
- Acting for a Respondent bank as junior counsel led by Charles Ciumei QC in a heavy-duty whistleblowing and discrimination claim in the ET and EAT and Court of Appeal 2018-2021 (ongoing).
- Led by QC in Taylor v Kuwait Investment Office 2021 in ET proceedings resisted on state and diplomatic immunity grounds.
- Acting for the Claimant in an appeal involving allegations of judicial bias (Anderson v Royal Mail Group Plc UKEATPA/1159/14/RN).
- Acting for the Respondent in an appeal on time limits (Majid v AA Solicitors Limited UKEATPA/0742/14/JOJ).