George Rowell
Call 2004 (Lincolns Inn)
Appointments Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn; Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional Panel).
Qualifications MA (Oxon.), Dip. Law, MA (City)
Professional Memberships Employment Law Bar Association, Western Circuit, Free Representation Unit, Bar Pro Bono Unit
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Areas of Practice
Employment Law
George has experience across the range of employment and discrimination work covered by Chambers, both at first instance and in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Areas of expertise include;
- sex, race and disability discrimination;
- constructive and unfair dismissal;
- TUPE transfers;
- working time;
- unlawful deduction of wages;
- redundancy;
- whistle-blowing.
George also deals with work-related matters in the civil courts, such as wrongful dismissal, restrictive covenants and partnership disputes.
Some cases recent cases;
- unfair dismissal cases involving teachers, a teaching assistant, a supermarket manager, and a pub manager;
- disability discrimination cases concerning reasonable adjustments;
- appeals to the EAT concerning costs, interlocutory matters, and apparent bias on the part of the Tribunal Chairman;
- defending High Court injunction proceedings on behalf of a former director of a medical equipment company who was accused of breaching a restrictive covenant;
- acting for partners in a firm of independent financial advisers who wished to remove an underperforming partner.
George is a member of the Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. He can therefore undertake work on behalf of all Government departments and related public bodies.
- ‘Let Sleeping Judges Lie?’, (2006) 150 Sol Jo 386 – advises on law and tactics when judges and tribunal members doze off or appear drunk during a hearing.
- ‘Time to bite the bullet’, (2006) 156 NLJ 586 – argues for reform of the employment tribunal costs regime.
- ‘Call that Work?’, (2006) 150 Sol J 1212 – advises on how the working time and minimum wage provisions apply to “on call” working patterns.
Hobbies
Wine, golf, food, skiing, sailing, independent travel, South Asian history.
