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Call details
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1986 (Middle Temple)
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Summary of Practice
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General common law/commercial litigation. Practice areas include all aspects of contract law particularly construction and commercial; employment and discrimination; regulatory crime particularly road transport/road traffic law and health & safety.
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Professional Associations
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Employment Law Bar Association
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Qualifications
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LLB (Hons.) University of Leeds
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Education
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- 1985-1986 : Bar Vocational Course (Inns of Court School of Law)
- 1982-1985: University of Leeds
- 1974-1981: St Aiden’s C of E High School, Harrogate
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Personal
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Golf, football, rugby
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Recent significant cases
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- Successful representation of national and multi-national companies at Public Inquiries before Traffic Commissioners
- Successful defences of national company on construction and use charges
- Successful representation of private prison service provider against allegations of sex and race discrimination and unfair dismissal
- Advising employer regarding an action against a union for damages for unlawful industrial action
- Advising construction company upon the Working Time regulations and rolled-up holiday pay
- Defending clients against an action by solicitors for unpaid fees: nature and extent of an agent’s authority; ratification of unauthorised acts; non-contentious business agreements; Solicitors Act.
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