John Bowers

Human rights, employment law and public law groups.

Barrister specialising in employment law (individual and collective); discrimination law; pensions law and human rights; cases include: GMC v Michalak in the Supreme Court; ABP v TGWU; Payne v Port of London Authority; Luxmore May v Messenger May Baverstock; McLaren v Home Office; Whitbread v Mills; Wright v BRB; Wood v Cunard Lines Ltd; Hogg v Dover College; Porter v Queens Medical Centre; Gale v Northern General Hospitals; Wilkin and Chapman v Collins; Crosville Ltd v Tracey; Marley UK Ltd v Anderson; R v Secretary of State for Defence ex parte Smith (gay servicemen case); Dunnachie v Hull City Council; R v CAC ex p Kwik Fit plc; Celtec v Astley; Edgar v Met Office; Kuzel v Roche; Blockbuster Entertainment v James; Leisure Employment Services v HMRC; Allen v Newcastle City Council; Anderson v South Tyneside MBC; Hartley v Northumbria Health Care; Abbey National plc v Chagger. Regular appearances in Central Arbitration Committee, European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice.

Mathew Humberstone Comprehensive School; Lincoln College, Oxford (BA Jurisprudence 1st).