Joseph England
3PB Barristers
Barrister (England and Wales/N.I.)
Regions
- London
Expertise
- Employer focused day to day advice
- Employee focused workplace issues
- Advocacy: Employment Tribunal/Employment Appeal Tribunal
- Advocacy: High Court and above
- Bringing multiple claims
- Boardroom disputes
- Advising employees on employment contracts
- Public sector - education
- Public sector - police
- Public sector - health
- Public sector - local authorities
3 Paper Buildings, Temple, London, EC4Y 7EU, United Kingdom
joseph.england [at] 3pb.co.uk
https://www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/joseph-england/
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Joseph is an extremely experienced practitioner and his busy practice has ensured that he has in-depth experience of a wide variety of claims. His success and abilities have led clients to trust Joseph with very complex cases. Joseph’s practice benefits from representing and advising both sides of employment disputes and he has been instructed in cases at the Court of Appeal, EAT and at a wide range of final and preliminary hearings in tribunal and court.
Full details of his practice are at www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/joseph-england.
Joseph regularly delivers training, has been published in the ELA Briefing and provides updates through Chambers and on Twitter. He is the author of NHS Whistleblowing and the Law.
A selection of cases he has appeared in includes:
Mattu v Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust:
Acting for the successful Claimant who was awarded £1.22mil net in 2016, this case was successful in demonstrating that Dr Mattu had made protected disclosures, suffered detriments as a result, been unfairly dismissed and suffered various acts of disability discrimination, including by his dismissal as a detriment arising from his disability. The case was extremely complex and document-heavy, involving approximately 25,000 documents. Joseph was the only lawyer to have been retained through every stage from 2013-2016 and appeared as Junior to Jack Mitchell then Jane McNeill QC.
Chikale v Okedina [2018] All ER (D) 86 (Jan) (UKEAT/0152/17):
Joseph appeared against leading and junior counsel in an appeal considering the scope of a defence of illegality based on the expiry of a migrant domestic worker’s working visa.
T v School:
Representing the Claimant who had raised concerns about paedophilic interest shown by a fellow teacher to students in a highly prestigious private school. The case was settled upon confidential terms.
Lazarevic v [technology company]:
Acting for a multi-million pound I.T. company, Joseph was able to secure a rare 100% Polkey reduction for financial losses arising from a discriminatory dismissal.
Dawes v X County Council
Representing a County Council in a complex claim of disability discrimination arising out of difficult issues involving the long term sickness absence of a carer dismissed for his absence, successfully defending claims of direct, indirect, ‘reasonable adjustments’ and ‘related’ discrimination.
Full details of his practice are at www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/joseph-england.
Joseph regularly delivers training, has been published in the ELA Briefing and provides updates through Chambers and on Twitter. He is the author of NHS Whistleblowing and the Law.
A selection of cases he has appeared in includes:
Mattu v Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust:
Acting for the successful Claimant who was awarded £1.22mil net in 2016, this case was successful in demonstrating that Dr Mattu had made protected disclosures, suffered detriments as a result, been unfairly dismissed and suffered various acts of disability discrimination, including by his dismissal as a detriment arising from his disability. The case was extremely complex and document-heavy, involving approximately 25,000 documents. Joseph was the only lawyer to have been retained through every stage from 2013-2016 and appeared as Junior to Jack Mitchell then Jane McNeill QC.
Chikale v Okedina [2018] All ER (D) 86 (Jan) (UKEAT/0152/17):
Joseph appeared against leading and junior counsel in an appeal considering the scope of a defence of illegality based on the expiry of a migrant domestic worker’s working visa.
T v School:
Representing the Claimant who had raised concerns about paedophilic interest shown by a fellow teacher to students in a highly prestigious private school. The case was settled upon confidential terms.
Lazarevic v [technology company]:
Acting for a multi-million pound I.T. company, Joseph was able to secure a rare 100% Polkey reduction for financial losses arising from a discriminatory dismissal.
Dawes v X County Council
Representing a County Council in a complex claim of disability discrimination arising out of difficult issues involving the long term sickness absence of a carer dismissed for his absence, successfully defending claims of direct, indirect, ‘reasonable adjustments’ and ‘related’ discrimination.
Fees
- Fixed fee for basic advice on terms and effect of a settlement agreement. (Fee starting from: 0.00 + VAT)
- Free initial first meeting scheme.*
- Fixed fee first meeting. (Fee starting from: 0.00 + VAT) *
*Fixed fee arrangements will be based upon a scope of work set out in the member's engagement letter. (The scope may be limited and the eventual fee may be higher.)
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