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Barristers

Chris Jeans KC

11KBW, London

Position

Specialises in employment law and discrimination. Cases include: R(IWGB) v CAC IP Deliveroo; Smith v Pimlico Plumbers (No 2) Addison Lee v Lange; R(IWGB) v CAC IP University of London; Brierley v Asda Stores; Paturel v DB Group Services; CD v ST; X v Mid-Sussex CAB; Geys v Societe Generale; Coulson v News International; Proactive Sports Management v Wayne Rooney and others; Wardle v Credit Agricole; Wiliams v British Airways; Audit Commission v Haq; Keegan v Newcastle FC; Bateman v Asda Stores; Ainsworth Stringer v HMRC; Chagger v Abbey National; Grundy v British Airways; Cumbria County Council v Dow; EB v BA; O'Hanlon v HMRC; Derbyshire v St Helens .Crofts v Cathay Pacific Airways; Powerhouse Retail v Burroughs ; Preston v Wolverhampton Healthcare; BCCI v Ali; Mahmud and Malik v BCCI.

Career

1974-77: LLB King's, London. 1977-79: BCL St John's , Oxford. Ca led to the Bar 1980. Specialises in employment law and discrimination at 11 KBW (Bencher Gray's Inn (2007). Part time Chairman/ Judge Employment Tribunals 1998-2008. Recorder from 2009. President Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal until tenure expired May 2017.

Languages

Basic French and German.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association, ELBA

Education

Minchenden (Comprehensive) School; King’s College, London (1977 LLB); St John’s College, Oxford (1979 BCL).

Leisure

Main interests: sport (especially football and cricket), travel, theatre, cinema, Arctic and world travel.