Jonathan French

Call details 1997 (Lincoln’s Inn)
Summary of Practice

Commercial law including sale and carriage of goods, bailment, insurance, consumer credit, restitution and international trade in the High Court and county courts.

Construction and technology disputes in the TCC.

Employment law with a particular emphasis on unfair dismissal, discrimination, restrictive covenants and breach of confidence, encompassing ET, EAT and High Court proceedings.

Mediation of commercial and construction disputes.
Professional Associations

Employment Law Bar Association, APIL, Lawyers for Liberty , ELF, UKELA, Amnesty International.

Associate Lecturer in Law, Open University.  
Qualifications

LLB (Hons), LLM

SPC Accredited Mediator
Education

1996-1997: The Inns of Court School of Law

1993-1996: The University of Manchester

1986-1993: Harrogate Grammar School
Languages French (conversational)  
Personal Pastimes include theatre, live music and early twentieth century art.  Also gym and walking in the Dales and Scottish Highlands .
Reported cases
  • M v. Rollinson [2002] CLC 02/3312  
  • Butterfield v. Edmund Nuttall Ltd (2005) LTL 27/10/2005; [2006] ICR 77; [2005] IRLR 751
 
Recent significant cases
  • Regularly representing FTSE 100 companies in substantial multi-track contractual and insurance disputes.
  • Advising manufacturer in a £2 million roll-cage contract with Australian high street store.
  • Representing national vehicle tracking plc in a series of lease hire disputes in the Technology and Construction Court .
  • Appearing on behalf of international yarn supplier in Italian jurisdiction and sale of goods case.
  • Drafting and advising on international supply of shower units from the South-East Asia .
  • Representing builder in 4-day TCC construction claim.
  • Advising environmental consultants over large-scale brownfield housing development.
  • Mediating a dispute over £1 million refurbishment of a chain of bars and clubs.
  • EAT appeal on Reg. 4, Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996.
  • Regular drafting of employment contracts, confidentiality clauses and restrictive covenants covering company executives.
  • Regularly appearing in multi-day Employment Tribunal proceedings concerning disability, sex and race discrimination.
  • Successful health and safety whistle-blowing claim against high street bank

Publications and seminars

Article on common law environmental protection actions in the Open University Student Law Review.

Recent seminar topics include disability and age discrimination, pensions and environmental harm. Regular lectures on contract, tort and restitutionary law issues.