Fenners Employment Practice Group

The Employment Practice Group’s work encompasses both litigation and specialist advisory work, including the drafting of contracts of employment and consultancy agreements. Members of the Employment Practice Group represent employers and employees before civil courts and tribunals at first instance and on appeal. They are approachable, practical and offer pragmatic and effective ideas and solutions.

The Employment Practice Group acts on the principle that clients ought to be represented before a tribunal and, in the light of pressures such as increased tribunal fees, is happy to engage with innovative means of funding employment claims.

What we do

  • Contracts of employment
  • Covenants in restraint of trade
  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Disciplinary hearings
  • Discrimination (age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation)
  • Maternity rights
  • Transfers of undertakings
  • European law
  • Trade union and labour relations
  • Redundancy
  • Health & safety
  • Whistleblowing

Listing of barristers within our Employment Practice Group

Robin Howard

Robin Howard

Year of Call: 1986

Shahin Ismail

Shahin Ismail

Year of Call: 1993

Mike Magee

Mike Magee

Year of Call: 1997

Liam Varnam

Liam Varnam

Year of Call: 2007

Suhayla Bewley

Suhayla Bewley

Year of Call: 2006

Oliver Fuller

Oliver Fuller

Year of Call: 2018

Contact the Fenners Employment Practice Group

Get in touch to discuss how we can apply our legal expertise in employment matters to your benefit.