Areas of Work

Employment

1 Temple Gardens is highly regarded for its employment expertise. The current edition of Legal 500 describes 1 Temple Gardens as a set "loved by clients" in employment work.

Members of Chambers act for a broad range of clients: Large FTSE-100 corporations, NHS Trusts and Health Authorities, ACAS, universities, small businesses, partnerships and individuals.

In addition, 1 Temple Gardens is one of the leading sets for government employment work, much of which is high profile with important policy implications. Keith Morton, David Barr and Nicholas Moss are all members of the Attorney General's A Panel of Counsel and Louise Jones a member of the C Panel of Counsel.

The expertise of Members of Chambers covers all areas of employment advisory work and employment related litigation, including:

Unfair and wrongful dismissal
Contract disputes
Discrimination
Redundancy
Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Restraint of trade and breach of confidence
Injunctions
Equal pay
Trade union law and industrial relations
Bonus disputes
EC employment law

In Professional Disciplinary matters Members of Chambers are experienced in cases involving:

Nurses (UK Central Council of Nursing and Midwifery)
Doctors (General Medical Council and Health Trusts)
Solicitors (Law Society)
Barristers (The Bar Council)
Police (Metropolitan Police and other Police Authorities)
Various sporting bodies (including RFU and FA)

Significant cases include:

Sylvester Stewart v New Testament Church of God [2008] IRLR 134 (Daniel Barnett)

Regent Security Services Ltd v Power [2008] IRLR 66 (Daniel Barnett)

Bolton School v Evans [2007] IRLR 140 (Daniel Barnett)

Civil Service Order in Council litigation (Keith Morton, David Barr, Nicholas Moss)

Alder v Chief Constable of Humberside & Others [2006] EWCA Civ 1741 (David Barr)

R (Purja & Others) v Ministry of Defence [2004] 1 WLR 289 (Keith Morton)

Ministry of Defence v Armstrong and others [2004] IRLR 672 (Keith Morton)

Gdynia America Shipping Lines (London) Limited -v- Chelminski [2004] ICR 1523 (Paul McGrath)

British Nursing Association v Inland Revenue [2003] ICR 19 (William Hoskins)

Secretary of State for Trade & Industry v Walden [2000] IRLR 168 (David Barr)

Comfort Arthur v Attorney-General [1999] ICR 631 (David Barr)

Members of Chambers regularly lecture on employment law. A number of Members of Chambers jointly produced ‘Age Discrimination' (Law Society Publishing, 2007). Daniel Barnett, also recognised in the Legal 500 2009 as a leading junior in the field, is the author of numerous employment law books, including the highly regarded Law Society Handbook on Employment Law (4th edition, 2008).