Field Court Chambers

Max Lansman specialises in employment, housing, local government, Court of Protection and child protection law. He also maintains a mixed civil law practice.

Max is passionate about employment rights and frequently acts for under-represented groups and on a pro bono basis. He accepts instructions from individuals and businesses in all aspects of employment law including:

contract claims (including confidentiality and restrictive covenant claims);
discrimination, harassment and victimisation on all protected grounds
enforcement
health and safety matters
holiday
jurisdictional issues, including territoriality and limitation
procedural issues (including strike out, amendments, specific disclosure, costs, reconsideration and restricted reporting orders).
redundancy
restraint of trade
settlement agreement;
sickness
TUPE
unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal;
whistleblowing
wages claims (including minimum wage claims)
worker/employment status; and
working time.

Max has been praised for the subtlety of his drafting and advice, swift merits assessments, tactical nous, forceful cross-examination, and for the outcomes he has obtained for his clients.

Call: 2015

ELA – Employer Lawyers’ Association ELBA – Employment Law Bar Association FLBA – Family Law Bar Association HLPA – Housing Law Practitioners Association SHLA – Social Housing Lawyers Association CoPPA- Court of Protection Practitioners’ Association

Bar Professional Training Course Graduate Diploma in Law MA in Legal and Political Theory BA(Hons) in Philosophy (First)