Experience

42 Bedford Row

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Barrister

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  I'm a busy employment law specialist at 42 Bedford Row, dealing with the full range of employment claims, though particularly interested in discrimination and whistleblowing matters. I've appeared in employment claims at all levels up to the Court of Appeal.I tweet on the majority of employment appeals as well as other employment law matters through the Twitter handle @jasonbraier I'm a busy employment law specialist at 42 Bedford Row, dealing with the full range of employment claims, though particularly interested in discrimination and whistleblowing matters. I've appeared in employment claims at all levels up to the Court of Appeal.I tweet on the majority of employment appeals as well as other employment law matters through the Twitter handle @jasonbraier



Field Court Chambers

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Barrister

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2018

  Specialist in:Employment LawImmigration LawGeneral Contract LawPublic Interest ImmunityParticular interest and expertise in discrimination law.Reported cases of note in which I appeared include:Januzi v. SSHD [2006] 2 AC 426 (HL) (leading case on internal flight alternative for asylum seekers)Jessemey v. Rowstock Ltd [2014] 1 WLR 3615 (CA) (reading post-termination victimisation into the Equality Act 2010) I deliver regular seminars and workshops on all aspects of employment law. Recent seminars have included the following topics:Key discrimination cases of 2014A basic guide to equal payAn overview of discrimination lawReligion in the workplaceEmployment statusThe 2013 Employment Tribunal Procedure RulesI founded Field Court Chambers' employment law group and was the founding editor of its quarterly newsletter. As well as case reports for the newsletter, I have had articles printed in the following legal publications:ELA BriefingLocal Government LawyerJudicial ReviewI am on Field Court Chambers' Pupillage Committee.I am a member of the ELA, HRLA and ALBA.



Court of Appeal

• Australia
• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Judicial assistant

  • Jan 2005 - Jul 2005

  Judicial assistant to Lord Phillips MR (as he then was).Worked on numerous Court of Appeal and House of Lords appeals in which Lord Phillips sat.Also drafted bench memos for numerous Lord Justices of Appeal hearing applications for permission to appeal from litigants in person. Judicial assistant to Lord Phillips MR (as he then was).Worked on numerous Court of Appeal and House of Lords appeals in which Lord Phillips sat.Also drafted bench memos for numerous Lord Justices of Appeal hearing applications for permission to appeal from litigants in person.



Blackstone Chambers

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pupil

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2004

  Pupil under Javan Herberg QC, Michael Fordham QC, Robert Howe QC and Tom Croxford.Involved in cases in the areas of employment, judicial review, immigration and commercial law. Cases included:R (Razgar) v. SSHD [2004] 2 AC 368 (HL) (leading authority on application of Article 8 to immigration decisions).R (Roberts) v. Parole Board [2004] 2 All ER 776 (Admin Ct) (on use of special advocates for parole hearings).Dickie v. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Others [2004] ICR 1733 (EAT) (concerning the extent of extra-territorial jurisdiction of the Employment Rights Act 1996)R (Laporte) v. Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary [2004] 2 All ER 874 (DC) (violation of Article 5 ECHR in enforced return from RAF Fairford of coachload of Iraq war protesters)