Charlie Thompson

Practice Areas

Charlie is an experienced employment lawyer, who specialises in complex and high-value workplace disputes.

Charlie advises employers, employees and LLP members. He has particular experience and expertise in: Senior recruitment, remuneration and exits; Mental health in the workplace, including serious psychiatric breakdowns from stress and overwork; Bullying, harassment, discrimination and matters arising from #MeToo; Investigation of allegations of serious misconduct; Employee competition and restrictive covenants; Whistleblowing; Boardroom disputes.

Charlie is an experienced litigator not only in the Employment Tribunal but also in the High Court and appellate courts up to the Supreme Court.

Charlie acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, including technology, media, entertainment, financial services and professional services. He is experienced in advising on private client employment matters for high-profile individuals.

Career

Before joining Stewarts in 2020, Charlie practised employment law for nearly six years at Harbottle & Lewis. Charlie has also worked for two years at an employment law boutique firm, Twenty Twenty Law, having completed his training at Lawrence Graham in 2012. He has a first-class degree in English Literature from the University of Durham.

Professional Memberships

Charlie is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and sits on its City Regulation Committee.

Publications

Charlie comments on employment law issues have appeared in The Times, The Financial Times, The Sunday Telegraph, People Management, Personnel Today, the Law Society Gazette and HR News.

Personal

Charlie’s interests include film, food, football and theatre. He has been a member of the board of Stockroom, a theatre company, since 2018.

Work Highlights

Charlie’s recent experience includes:

Completing a formal investigation following allegations of misconduct during the production of a major film

Advising a financial services employer on the recruitment of a senior individual from a competitor

Defending a group of employees in the events sector against allegations of unlawfully competing with their former employer

Representing an individual who was expelled from their profession following inadequately investigated allegations of sexual harassment

Acting for a financial services executive who was subject to a campaign of homophobic bullying and harassment, resulting in the client becoming severely unwell

Advising a senior lawyer who had become seriously unwell while working on a particularly challenging case and was then subject to allegations of negligence by their employer

Advising a private client in relation to a dispute with a former member of domestic staff