Work Department

Specialises in employment law, personal injury and costs.

Position

Charles has a growing reputation in the field of employment law having been involved in cases at all levels up to the Court of Appeal, and appearing before the Central Arbitration Committee.  Recent cases include several with values exceeding £1 million.  He is frequently instructed in internal investigatory and decision-making roles (grievance and disciplinary procedures) and is increasingly involved in High Court injunction applications. He has particular experience in the healthcare, social care, education, housing and banking sectors.   He practises, in an advisory capacity, on behalf of both employers and employees.  He is a trained mediator.

Charles also specialises in personal injury law, with a focus on the areas of travel litigation, health and safety at work, industrial diseases, and road traffic accident litigation (particularly fraud matters); regularly acting for both claimants and defendants at all stages of the litigation process including drafting and advising. Specialises in costs law, including appellate work.

Education

LLB (Hons Exon).

Mentions

Midland Circuit • Regional Bar

Employment

LEADING JUNIORS1

Charles Crow – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Charles is bright and can understand and direct a case very quickly. He has an excellent manner with clients, quickly winning their confidence. He is a fantastic advocate for positioning questions in a way that cuts to the heart of the issue; he is good at reading the correct tone of how to position arguments.’