Paul
O'Callaghan

- Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) - Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) - Road Traffic Group - Personal Injury Group - Clinical Negligence Group - Motorcycle PI Group - Inquests Group - Industrial Disease Group - Fraud Group (Claimant) - RTA & PI Fraud Counsel - Credit Hire Group - Defendant Credit Hire Group - Costs Group - Employment Law Group - Contract Law Group - Consumer Credit Group - Sale of Goods Group - Landlord & Tenant Group - Insolvency & Bankruptcy - Public Access Accredited Group (also authorised to conduct litigation under Public Access rules)

Whitbourn, Atherton, Neto -v- Key People Limited (1) Just Recruit Group Limited (2) Paul represented three claimants on a direct access basis from day one through to a successful conclusion after a fully contested trial. The tribunal found that all three claimants were unfairly dismissed and Miss Whitbourn was discriminated against on the grounds of sex. The total award was in excess of £200,000, and the case was also reported in the national media. Both respondents were legally represented by expensive London solicitors who repeatedly threatened my clients with costs. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/606ec60ee90e076f4901996a/Mrs_P_Whittbourn___Others_v_Key_People_Limited___Others_-_3303448_2019___Others_-_Reserved_Judgment.pdf https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9453301/Recruitment-firm-boss-didnt-approve-office-romances-forced-pay-100-000.html Phillips -v- Pontcanna Pub Company Limited Paul was instructed by local solicitors and represented a young female bartender who was violently choked by a colleague at a work Christmas party. The claimant complained to management, who turned a blind eye to the perpetrator’s conduct and sought to downplay the incident, even making jokes about it. The claimant resigned and brought a claim of constructive unfair dismissal. Her claim was successful following a trial where the respondent was represented by solicitors and counsel who threatened to make an application for costs if the claim was not successful. The case was widely reported in the media. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/manager-cardiff-bar-strangled-until-15391665 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7909259/bar-manager-headlock-passes-out-hits-head-christmas-party/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c07f01ced915d7455f5165d/Miss_Molly_Phillips_v_Pontcanna_Pub_Company_Ltd_-_1600719.2018_-_Judgment.pdf Professor T Ahmed -v- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust The claimant instructed Paul directly and Paul represented him at a 10-day hearing before the Nottingham Employment Tribunal. The claimant’s claims of unfair dismissal, direct discrimination (race) and victimisation were upheld following a botched disciplinary hearing. The respondent NHS Trust fought the claim vigorously and sought to discredit the claimant’s evidence at trial, but the tribunal was highly critical of the respondent’s procedure in their judgment. The case was reported in the media, and a remedy hearing will be listed to determine compensation which is likely to be significant. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11010187/NHS-trust-lose-racism-case-against-sacked-Asian-professor-accused-playing-race-card.html https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62cd432dd3bf7f3006989d58/Prof_T_Ahmed_v_United_Lincolnshire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust_22600767.2020.pdf Ahmed -v- Medexpress Limited Paul represented the respondents on a direct access basis and successfully defended multiple claims, including constructive dismissal, discrimination on the grounds of race and sex as well as whistleblowing detriment during the course of a ten-day trial. The case was reported in the national media, and the judgment was circulated to the parties recently and is due to be published in the near future. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10423031/Worker-London-pharmacy-selling-Viagra-boasted-size-manhood-tribunal-hears.html