Areas of Practice
Employment
Tanfield Chambers has always enjoyed a reputation for its work in the field of Employment law. A former head of chambers, RJ Harvey QC, gave his name to what is now the definitive text on the subject - Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law (Butterworths) - of which senior member of Chambers, Andrew Thompson is Joint Editor.
Tanfield's Employment group offers strength and depth of experience in all aspects of Employment law. Members are regularly instructed to appear in Employment Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, County Courts and the High Court. They can act for public and private companies, trades unions, public bodies, local authorities and individual employees - from company directors and lead officers through to junior employees and trainees.
Particular practice areas covered include:
- business reorganisations
- transfer of undertakings
- redundancy
- discrimination (on grounds of disability, race or sex)
- equal pay claims
- contracts of employment
- restrictive covenants
- trade union law (including consultation with trades union and employee representatives)
- EU employment law
- unfair and wrongful dismissal
- actions for breach of contract
- all aspects of statutory employment rights
For enquiries about Employment law advice or representation, please e-mail:
Principal Clerk, Matthew Wildish: mwildish@tanfieldchambers.co.uk
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The following barristers practice in this area:
Thompson, Andrew
Staddon, Paul
Berkley QC, David
Daly, David
Coney, Christopher
Cheves, Simon
Howard, Robin
Bailey, Michael
Heath, Stephen
MacLaren, Catriona
Linstead, Peter
Murphy, Martina
Scampion, Nicol
Sheftel, Andrew
Mankau, Louise
