Employment
London (Bar)
2 years ranked
Provided by Littleton Chambers
Tim is recognised as a leading employment junior, His employment work is complemented by a personal injury practice that is focused on psychiatric injuries arising from workplace stress, harassment and bullying.
Tim qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and, before being called to the Bar, practiced as a Senior Associate in a City employment firm. In that role he was responsible for cases at all levels and across the broad spectrum of employment disputes. Tim’s considerable experience of employment disputes and civil litigation has furnished him with a level of expertise and knowledge that is well beyond his year of call, meaning that he is frequently instructed on complex, difficult and high-value cases.
Tim has considerable advocacy experience, appearing in tribunals and county courts on a near-daily basis. He also appears in the High Court and Employment Appeal Tribunal, often unled. Tim combines his court work with advisory and drafting work, and can be depended on to deliver results consistently, quickly and commercially. Additionally, Tim has extensive experience of alternative dispute resolution, including formal, informal and judicial mediations, settlement negotiations and arbitration.
2008: MA (Hons), University of Edinburgh
2009: Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP
2010: Legal Practice Certificate, Kaplan law School
2010: LLB (Hons), Nottingham Trent University
2012: Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors
2014: Bar Transfer Test
Government Legal Department’s Junior-Juniors Panel
Employment Lawyers Association
ELA Management Committee member and director
Industrial Law Society
Employment Law Bar Association
Personal Injury Bar Association
More than an injured feeling: personal injury claims in tribunal proceedings (ELA Briefing, March 2023) [https://www.elaweb.org.uk/law-and-practice/ela-briefing/more-injured-feeling-personal-injury-claims-tribunal-proceedings?check_logged_in=1]
Remote hearings: the good, the bad and the useful (ELA Briefing, July 2022)
Large-scale redundancies: the basic toolkit (ELA Briefing, July 2020)
Jhuti: a new approach to discerning the reason for dismissal? (ELA Briefing, March 2020)
Provided by Chambers
Tim Goodwin is regularly sought out for his expertise in whistle-blowing claims, as well as workplace discrimination connected to age, sex and philosophical beliefs.
Provided by Chambers
Tim Goodwin has exceptional analytical skills. His written advocacy is well structed and persuasive.
Tim is very thorough, very quick on his feet, and makes clear legal arguments.
Tim has an excellent strategic mindset and ability, and he exercises his full potential to deliver fantastic results for the client.
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