Bruce Frew
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 2 : Employment
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About
Provided by Bruce Frew
Practice Areas
Bruce has an extensive practice specialising in employment law. He represents both claimants and respondents in equal measure and is instructed from a variety of sources, including individuals, small undertakings, regional and nationwide companies, trade unions and the public sector extending to universities, local authorities, and solicitors practices. He regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal on matters ranging from application hearings to multi day, multi party, complex cases, and he has appeared in the Employment Appeal Tribunal on numerous matters also. In recent years a number of his EAT cases have been reported. In addition to representation in tribunals, Bruce undertakes both advisory and drafting work. He has drafted and advised on a number of compromise 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. Bruce has also represented parties in employment mediations, both judicial and non-judicial. Bruce is accredited to take instructions on a direct access basis and is happy to do so where cases are suitable for instruction on this basis. Recently he has seen significant growth in his direct access instructions. Widely experienced in all areas of employment law, including: unfair and wrongful dismissal; TUPE; breach of contract; restrictive covenants; Working Time Regulations; victimisation; redundancy (individual and collective); all types of discrimination, including: sex, race, pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, and disability.
Career
Call 2005.
Professional Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association; Employment Law Bar Association; Industrial Law Society.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Bruce Frew of St Philips Chambers represents claimants and respondents in a range of employment matters including whistle-blowing, discrimination and dismissal claims. He acts for individuals, public bodies and private companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bruce Frew simply fantastic. He is incredibly adaptable to both the claims in question and the client instructing him."
"Bruce is an excellent barrister. He can communicate very well with clients of all backgrounds."
"Bruce is my first choice as we work as an effective team."
"Bruce'sknowledge is excellent, and his experience and confident nature make him an impressive advocate."
"Bruce Frew simply fantastic. He is incredibly adaptable to both the claims in question and the client instructing him."
"Bruce is an excellent barrister. He can communicate very well with clients of all backgrounds."
"Bruce is my first choice as we work as an effective team."
"Bruce'sknowledge is excellent, and his experience and confident nature make him an impressive advocate."
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