E Cohen v K Mahmood MP 2022
Acted for the Respondent at a six-day final hearing defending allegations of racial and religious discrimination, automatically unfair dismissal and detriment due to whistleblowing.
Tom Perry is an employment specialist who regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal. Tom has extensive experience of all aspects of employment litigation including interim relief hearings, preliminary hearings, full merits hearings, remedy hearings and appeals.
Tom is ranked as a leading junior in employment law by the Legal 500 and as Up and Coming by Chambers & Partners.
Tom regularly conducts complex and high-profile multi-day unfair dismissal, discrimination, and whistleblowing cases.
Tom has a busy public sector practice and regularly acts for NHS employers, local authorities, and government departments.
Tom also works with a wide variety of private sector employers including in hospitality, retail, manufacturing, and the charity sector.
Tom has extensive experience of advising on mediations, settlement agreements, day-to-day HR issues, grievance and disciplinary proceedings, and the applicability of TUPE.
Tom has been appointed to investigate grievance and disciplinary matters in industries including construction, biotech, and financial services.
Before joining the Bar, Tom worked as an employment solicitor for 7 years at leading London law firms. Tom is used to working closely with clients and understands the importance of client care.
Tom acts for Claimants and is registered for public access.
Acted for the Respondent at a six-day final hearing defending allegations of racial and religious discrimination, automatically unfair dismissal and detriment due to whistleblowing.
Acted for the Respondent local authority at a seven-day final hearing defending 13 allegations of race, religion and pregnancy or maternity discrimination.
Acted for the Respondent at a six-day final hearing defending multiple allegations of sex and disability discrimination.
Successfully acted for the Claimant at an eight-day final hearing regarding an allegation of rape at a work social event.
Acted for the Respondent at an eight-day final hearing regarding allegations of sexual harassment at work.
Successfully acted for the Respondent charity at a six-day final hearing defending claims of detriment and automatically unfair dismissal related to whistleblowing.
Successfully acted for the Respondent charity at a multi-day final hearing defending claims of direct disability discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments.
Successfully acted for the Respondent at a multi-day final hearing defending claims of direct associative disability discrimination.
Successfully acted for the Respondent at a multi-day final hearing defending claims of harassment, discrimination arising from disability and failure to make reasonable adjustments.
Successfully appeared for the Appellant in the EAT in a case regarding the employer’s right to bring an employer’s contract claim.
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