John Livesey

Degree: LL.B (Bristol)
Year of call and Inn: 1990; Lincoln’s Inn
Appointments: Part-Time Employment Judge (2003)
Professional Membership: Western Circuit, PIBA, ELA

Practice:
Employment
John Livesey has developed a busy employment law practice and heads the expanding Employment Team. He frequently appears in the Employment Tribunal and EAT, and sits as a Part-Time Employment Judge in the Southampton Region.

He has an extensive practice representing local authority and private sector respondents, particularly in the fields of education, social services, care and in fire and police cases. He also undertakes a wide variety of claimant work including, most recently, complicated DDA litigation, TUPE issues and whistle blowing. He gives pragmatical and realistic advice from the position of having a thorough knowledge of the operation of the tribunal.

Reported Cases include:
Gaston v Birmingham City Council [2004] EWCA Civ 693, CA (applicability of TUPE to employees released on union duties);

Hallam v Cheltenham Borough Council [2001] IRLR 312, HL (aiding and abetting discrimination (first instance));

Swift v Chief Constable of Wiltshire Constabulary [2004] IRLR 540, EAT (meaning of recurring disability under DDA);

Foster v Somerset Council [2004] EWCA Civ 222, CA (contributory fault in unfair dismissal);

Gannaway v Somerset County Council UKEAT/0215/06/SM (disability and adequacy of reasons);

Khudados v Hayden and Others [2007] EWCA Civ 4665 (adequacy of reasons for adjournments);

Ghera v Birmingham City Council UKEAT/0195/07 (procedural irregularities in tribunal);

Waller v Bromsgrove DC UKEATPA/0019/07 (time limits in the EAT);

Thomas-James v Cornwall CC ET 17010121 and others (a widely reported TUPE service provision change decision).

Personal Injury
He has concentrated on personal injury work since joining Albion Chambers. He acts for claimants and defendants in the County Court, High Court and the CICA. He prides himself in a quick and thorough return of papers.

He has particular experience in work place claims and spinal injuries. He has recent experience of a CICA claim valued at £3.1m and is currently instructed in a personal injuries claim worth in excess of £4m.

Reported Cases include:
BvB [2005] EWCA Civ 237
Collier v Williams and Others [2006] EWCA Civ 20 (CPR pt.6 and 7.6; service of claim forms)

Inquests
John’s background in personal injury and tribunal work means that his practice is ideally suited to Coroner’s Court work. He has undertaken inquests covering such areas as industrial and road traffic accidents, cases involving allegations against the prison service and social services.

Further Areas of Practice
In addition to John Livesey’s main areas of practice he also undertakes the following work:

  • General common law
  • Trading Standards
  • Health and safety at work
  • Regulatory crime (including animal welfare)

Publications:
Editor of Halsbury’s Laws – volume 5(2) covering the employment of children – Butterworths

Recommendations:
“Highly regarded within the M5 corridor”
“Enviable depth of knowledge”
Chambers and Partners 2010

“Efficient and reliable”
Legal 500 2009

Clients have nothing but praise for the “intelligence, thoroughness and likeability” of John Livesey, whose “astuteness and approachability” are further acknowledged by Peers.
Chambers and Partners 2009

Recommended in Legal Experts 2009

“Solid, approachable and dependable”
“Extremely capable, thorough and presenting nicely”
Chambers and Partners

“A key player”
“Offers high service levels”
Legal 500

Albion Chambers, Broad Street, Bristol BS1 1DR
T: 0117 927 2144
F: 0117 926 2569
john.livesey@albionchambers.co.uk

Clerk: Michael Harding
T 0117 311 0302



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