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Jack Mitchell

Call: 1994

"Jack has real gravitas in the tribunal. He has a considered, measured, and compelling approach to answering judges' questions. He is particularly knowledgeable in whistleblowing law. An excellent barrister."

The Legal 500 2024

"His arguments are persuasive and he is really good at getting the best outcome for his clients. He is personable and easy to work with." "On technically complex claims he is very impressive with his expertise, strategy and general level of service."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Jack is very good on strategy and brilliant on his feet; watching him in cross-examination is a joy." "He is completely and intuitively ahead of the brief and has an awesome capacity for identifying the key points with laser-precise detail." "He has very good client relationship skills. He's also a clear incisive thinker with a forensic attention to detail."

Chambers & Partners 2023

"Jack has incredible attention to detail. He can recall complex facts easily and has the entire tribunal room’s attention. Clients have 100% confidence in his ability to steer the case to a favourable conclusion expertly."

The Legal 500 2023

Overview

Jack Mitchell specialises only in employment law and advises on the entire spectrum of claims, but is best known for work on whistleblowing and discrimination claims. He advises on the commercial aspects of employment, providing advice to both corporate and individual clients on a broad range of commercial matters including breach of contract claims, shareholder disputes and partnership issues.

He is regularly instructed in large complex claims in all areas of employment law.

Jack has been elected to ELBA (Employment Law Bar Association) and has been appointed its Treasurer.

Publications

Whistleblowing: Law and Practice
Fourth Edition (2022)
, Third Edition (2017), Second (2012) and First (2007), with Jeremy Lewis KC, John Bowers KC and Martin Fodder.
Published by Oxford University Press.

Whistleblowing: The Disclosure of Wrongdoing (with John Bowers KC and Jeremy Lewis) published by Sweet & Maxwell 1999.

Articles

Whistleblowing in Sport’ (2017) World Sport Advocate

Is Whistleblowing in Sport fit for purpose?
Part 1 (see the article here) and
Part 2 (see the article here).

For Lexis PSL, Jack contributed:

“The doctrine of res judicata – overview”; “The doctrine of res judicata”; “Key requirements to establish a res judicata”; “Cause of action estoppel”; “Issue estoppel”; “Res judicata and Henderson abuse”; “The doctrine of merger in judgment” and “Res judicata and foreign judgments”.

Subject matter for disclosure: Solicitors Journal SJ Vol.144(7), 176-17
25th February 2000 John Bowers KC, Jeremy Lewis and Jack Mitchell

Recent Conferences

The Employment Judges (Scotland) conference,
Whistleblowing Update/Review” 2020

Industrial Law Society, “Whistleblowing Update” 2017

Professional Recommendations

“He puts clients at their ease while being strong on detail and suitably combative when he needs to be.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“On technically complex claims he is very impressive with his expertise, strategy and general level of service.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“His arguments are persuasive and he is really good at getting the best outcome for his clients. He is personable and easy to work with.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“He is a very charismatic and charming advocate.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“He’s written the book on whistle-blowing and is highly regarded.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Jack is an excellent barrister.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Jack has real gravitas in the tribunal. He has a considered, measured, and compelling approach to answering judges’ questions. He is particularly knowledgeable in whistleblowing law. An excellent barrister.”

The Legal 500 2024

“He is completely and intuitively ahead of the brief and has an awesome capacity for identifying the key points with laser-precise detail.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Jack is very good on strategy and brilliant on his feet; watching him in cross-examination is a joy.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“He has very good client relationship skills. He’s also a clear incisive thinker with a forensic attention to detail.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“He’s an excellent advocate from start to finish.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Jack has incredible attention to detail. He can recall complex facts easily and has the entire tribunal room’s attention. Clients have 100% confidence in his ability to steer the case to a favourable conclusion expertly.”

The Legal 500 2023

“Excellent eye for detail, collaborative in his working with us, extremely user friendly with clients and witnesses, and very measured with employment judges, but combative when he needs to be. Jack wears his learning lightly.” “A dogged cross-examiner who is extremely thorough in his preparation.” “One of the very best at whistleblowing cases at the Bar. He is very user friendly, tactically brilliant and a lateral thinker.”

The Legal 500 2022

“He is a font of knowledge in respect of whistle-blowing claims and he is brilliant in an incredibly tight timescale.” “He is intuitively ahead of the game, he is responsive, he possesses a real emotional intelligence, he has an absolutely towering intellect and he can grasp very complex issues quickly.” “He is very thorough and excellent with clients. He doesn’t speak pompously and is very clear.” “Especially good in whistle-blowing claims.”

Chambers & Partners 2022

“His expertise on whistle-blowing cases shines through and he’s very responsive.” “He is a phenomenal advocate; he is extremely knowledgeable and an expert on whistle-blowing law.” “He is a very good advocate, who is strong and robust. He has good attention to detail.”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“The go-to junior for whistleblowing. Knows the subject, and how to present it to judges, backwards. Pragmatic, responsive, and intelligent, he is one to trust with your most important clients.” “Very knowledgeable in the area of employment law and whistle blowing.” “He is very good at translating difficult legal issues into practical, easy to understand advice.”

The Legal 500 2021

“An excellent advocate and a first-class strategist who is very client-friendly.” “Provides clear and direct advice and reads the courtroom well.”

“He’s an extremely effective advocate with a passion for winning. He’s able to cut through to the heart of a case in order to concentrate on the key issues.”

Chambers & Partners 2020

“Extremely user friendly and possesses an encyclopaedic knowledge of whistleblowing law.”

The Legal 500 2020

“An excellent barrister who has superb attention to detail. He is great with clients and immediately instils confidence. He is also a very impressive advocate.”

“He works very hard for his clients, and has good expertise in dealing with NHS whistle-blowing claims.” “A very thorough barrister who shows great attention to detail.”

Chambers & Partners

“He is really personable and approachable, and excellent on his feet.” “He is a real bright spark… he has no weaknesses”

The Legal 500

“A good all-rounder with a specialism in whistleblowing.”

“His arguments are clear, concise, well presented and easily understood.”

Chambers and Partners

Expertise

Employment Law

Transfer of Undertakings

Whistleblowing

Restrictive Covenants

Work in Sport

Medical and Regulatory

Discrimination and Equality

Investigations

Common Law


Recent and current work

Key contacts

Samantha Jones

Deputy Senior Clerk
Samantha Jones Telephone Clerk020 7269 0307 Email Clerk

Jordan Bater

Team Leader Assistant
Jordan Bater Telephone Clerk020 7269 0300 Email Clerk
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Out of hours

William Meade (Senior Clerk)

07970 649 755