Alex advises and represents both claimants and respondents in all areas of statutory and contractual employment law. He is frequently instructed in factually and legally complex multi-week trials. Alex has experience of employment litigation in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and the High Court.
Alex is often instructed in, and therefore entrusted with, matters which involve an element of significant reputational risk. He prides himself on building trust with clients and witnesses by working collaboratively as part of a broader legal team, and by the grounded, user-friendly manner in which he approaches matters.
Alex continues to develop his appellate practice, having been instructed in a number of matters on appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, on a led basis and as sole counsel.
Examples of current and recent work include:
- Acting for a senior banker in their claim for unfair dismissal, race discrimination, and victimisation, against leading Counsel.
- Acting for a global AI company in interim relief proceedings.
- Acting for a senior banker in their claim for unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, age and sex discrimination, against leading Counsel.
- Acting for a global media production company in a race discrimination and unfair dismissal dispute.
- Acting for an NHS Trust, led by Ben Cooper KC, in a protected philosophical belief dispute.
- Acting for a global technology consulting firm in a whistleblowing and sex and disability discrimination dispute.
- Acting for a senior investment manager in their claim for whistleblowing detriment and sex, maternity, and disability discrimination.
- Acting in mediations for high-net-worth employers and employees.
- Dr Kamalnayan Gupta v Northampton Hospital NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 965 (QB): successfully represented the Respondent in the High Court, led by Mark Sutton KC, in its resistance of an interim injunction requiring the Respondent to reinstate the Applicant and restraining the Respondent from contacting the Applicant’s private work providers in relation to allegations of fraud.
- Successfully represented a group of sixteen Claimant actors, dancers and stage managers, against the Respondent, the world’s largest pantomime production company, in a claim to establish s.230(3)(b) ERA worker status so as to recover backdated holiday pay under the WTR within the context of the theatre industry. The Respondent was represented by leading Counsel.
- Successfully defended the Respondent, an internationally renowned museum, against various claims of discrimination, following an eight-day hearing. A costs order was secured against the Claimant.
- Successfully defended the Respondent, an internationally renowned museum, in a five-day hearing against claims of direct sex discrimination and sexual harassment which raised issues of statutory vicarious liability under s.109 EqA.
- Successfully secured the mid-trial withdrawal or settlement of the opposing party following cross-examination of that party’s witnesses in three separate longstanding and high-profile matters.
- Successfully secured orders for disclosure of privileged legal advice following successful applications of collateral waiver in two separate sets of proceedings.
Appellate work
- Instructed as sole counsel in an EAT appeal concerning the duty to make reasonable adjustments and the provision of court transcripts at public expense, to be heard in early 2026.
- Zen Internet Limited v Stobart [2025] EAT 153: Appeared for the Respondent before the EAT, led by Stuart Brittenden KC, in an appeal relating to the approach to Polkey assessment. Permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal has been granted.
- Henna Jaleel v Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EAT 10: successfully appeared for the Respondent before the EAT, as sole counsel, in an appeal regarding the application of the shifting burden of proof under s.136 EqA.
- Reuser v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust UKEAT/0020/19/BA: appeared for the Appellant before the EAT, led by Nadia Motraghi KC, in a complex serious procedural irregularity appeal and s.103A ERA protected disclosure dismissal cross-appeal.
- Instructed as sole counsel by the Respondent trade union steward resisting the Appellant employer’s appeal against an adverse finding of s.146 TULRCA trade union detriment. Alex advised on prospects, drafted the Respondent’s Answer, and was instructed to represent the Respondent at the appeal hearing. The Appellant withdrew the appeal shortly before the hearing.
Alex is a member of the Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel.
