David H Fletcher
Call 1971 (Gray’s Inn)
Qualifications MA (Cantab), Scholar of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, Lord Justice Hankey Scholar of Gray’s Inn, Lecturer in Public & Administrative Law, Bristol University 1967-1972
*Professional Memberships Chancery Bar Association
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Areas of Practice
Employment
David Fletcher has a substantial and varied employment law practice, acting for both employers (including public and local authorities) and employees, and dealing particularly with major and complex cases. He appears regularly in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal in unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistle-blowing and TUPE-related cases and also in the High Court and County Court in wrongful dismissal cases and employment related contractual disputes, shareholder disputes and restraint of trade cases. He also advises on issues relating to the employment and dismissal of officers of local authorities.
Recent Cases
David’s recent experience includes a six week trial of a group action in the Employment Tribunal in which he appeared successfully for a major employer accused of victimising its work force following whistle-blowing about alleged corrupt tendering.
David has appeared in the House of Lords in two discrimination cases, including: Hallam v Avery [2000] 1 WCR 966 in which he appeared successfully for the Gloucestershire Police Authority. In 2005 he conducted a major trial of a discrimination case concerning the management of care homes.
He has appeared in a number of complex constructive dismissal cases involving claims of breach of the implied term of trust and confidence and he lectured on this topic to the Law Society and to European lawyers in 2006.
