Profile
Lionel has a successful and varied common law practice acting
for both claimants and insurers. He has considerable expertise in
the fields of personal injury (including employers' liability,
industrial disease claims and coronial work) and insurance law
(encompassing credit hire, insurance fraud, product and
professional liability), regularly conducting cases at fast and
multi track level. This experience has helped him to develop
a niche advisory practice covering both RTA insurance and MIB
issues.
Lionel's employment law practice covers all aspects of
discrimination, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, TUPE,
restraint of trade and breach of contract, with additional
expertise in prison and civil service claims. He appears regularly
in Employment Tribunals across the country in contested hearings,
case management discussions and pre-hearing reviews and presents
seminars and talks on employment law. He has a varied client base,
ranging from individuals and small businesses through private care
homes and hospitals, government departments and multi-national
companies. Lionel is also a frequent contributor to Daniel
Barnett's Employment Law Bulletin.
As a result of considerable exposure in the early years of
tenancy, Lionel is building an extensive costs practice
incorporating detailed assessments at the SCCO, appeals, CFA
technical challenges and drafting CFAs/documents relating to
compliance, as well as general points of dispute. He also accepts
instructions in related professional negligence claims against
solicitors and/or barristers.
Lionel is bilingual and accepts instructions containing
documentation in French.