St John’s Buildings‘ employment law department represents clients in a wide range of fora, including the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, crossing over with the set's abilities in professional discipline work.
Jason Searle leads the employment group - in Zakaszewska v Cranswick Convenience Foods Plc, he successfully represented the respondent in a claim regarding allegations of race and disability-based discrimination following the dismissal of the claimant for gross misconduct after she refused to sanitise her hands and subsequently lied about not doing so.
Jamie Jenkins is another notable name with expertise in discrimination cases, as well as mandates in the education sector - he is representing the respondent in Merzougui v Burnage Academy for Boys, which concerns allegations of discrimination and unfair dismissal of the former CFO of a private school in Manchester. Specialist employment practitioner
Thomas Wood is skilled in whistleblowing and discrimination cases, while
Ghazan Mahmood has expertise in cases regarding breach of restrictive covenants.