Simon Cheetham KC

Practice Areas

Simon is an employment and discrimination law specialist, with a wide-ranging practice in the employment tribunal, High Court and appellate courts. He has extensive experience of employment law and is frequently instructed in complex and high-value claims, particularly those involving whistle-blowing and discrimination. He is regularly instructed in industrial relations disputes, particularly for injunction applications. Simon also undertakes disciplinary and regulatory work and conducts investigations, frequently in the health care and higher education sectors and for trade unions. He also has a pensions and data protection practice. Recent work includes acting on behalf of sub-postmasters in claims over their working status, High Court data protection litigation, injunction applications in industrial relations disputes and a high-profile investigation for a major trade union.

Career

Before becoming a barrister, Simon trained and worked as a teacher.

Professional Memberships

Fee-paid Employment Tribunal since Judge 2002; BSB Professional Conduct Committee 2008 – 2014; Chairman Royal Mail National Appeals Panel 2011-2018; ELBA Executive Committee 2014 -2016; ELA Training Committee 2016-2018.

Publications

Atkins' Court Forms. Co-contributor to 2013 edition of Employment Law volume.

"Equality and Discrimination - the New Law" (co-author, 2010).

"Age Discrimination - the New Law" (Jordans, 2006).