John works with clients advising on both contentious and non-contentious issues in the employment and labour context. He also practises in general commercial litigation and media and advertising law.
John's employment law expertise includes:
- Employment and labour law issues.
- Acquisitions, divestments and restructures.
- Pensions.
- Employee share schemes.
- Privacy and discrimination/human rights complaints.
- Workplace health and safety.
John is an experienced commercial litigator with specific expertise in fraud, theft of intellectual property and confidential information as well as design and enforcement of restraints of trade. He regularly obtains and successfully executes Anton Piller orders for clients including media organisations, software developers and international trading organisations.
John advises across a variety of industry sectors including insurance and insurance broking, FMCG wholesaling and retail, media (radio, web, magazines and newspapers), freight forwarding, pharmaceuticals, software development and data intermediaries, education (primary, secondary and tertiary), transport (ports, shipping and rail), and chemicals. He regularly advises retail/wholesale sector and media clients on compliance with advertising, food standards and fair trading legislation.