St Philips Chambers

Employment

Bruce Frew is an ‘out and out’ employment specialist. He is highly sought after for some of the most complex, technically demanding and high stakes cases across several circuits.

Bruce is regularly called upon to represent Claimants and Respondents alike in the appellate courts, notably in the Employment Appeals Tribunal – continuing his highly regarded reputation there. Bruce has an extensive and broad employment practice operating across a multitude of sectors. Bruce receives instructions from leading global conglomerates, national ‘household name’ companies, SMEs, local authorities, universities, trade unions and leading law firms. Increasingly Bruce also receives prominent instructions from private individuals by virtue of his direct access accreditation. As such and in recent years, he has developed a rare specialism acting for professional persons such as doctors, consultants, dentists and others, either in the Employment Tribunals or in respective industry disciplinary proceedings.

A former solicitor with a ‘hands on’ and ‘no nonsense’ approach, Bruce is known for his communicative, supportive and considered style. Indeed, many professional clients regularly turn to Bruce for their advisory, drafting and representation needs because of his commercially driven ability to unlock novel solutions. As a perfect complement to his remarkably active Tribunal practice, Bruce also drafts and advises on settlement agreements, service agreements and commercial agency agreements and has been involved in the negotiation on a direct access basis of terms of settlement on the termination of employment. He also represents parties in judicial and non-judicial employment mediations, provides CPD training and participates in mock Employment Tribunal training with the CIPD and Institute of Directors.

Called 2005, Lincoln’s Inn.

Employment Law Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; Industrial Law Society; North East Circuit; Midland Circuit.

University of Dundee (LLB); University of Leeds (LLM).