Manus Egan

CALL AND INN 1991 Middle Temple
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS Appearances in all civil courts and Court of Appeal, Regular representation in the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal. Also the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
PRACTICE

Civil law practice with a particular emphasis on employment. Also contract law (especially in relation to agency, consumer affairs and financial services) and tort.

Employment - all areas of employment, including unfair and wrongful dismissal, sex, race and disability discrimination, redundancy, transfer of undertakings and restrictive covenants. Aside from litigation, practice includes contractual drafting as well as advising in relation to problem areas for employers.

Contract - all forms of contractual disputes, with emphasis on agency (especially in relation to secret commissions), validity (or lack thereof) of unfair terms (especially in relation to the UK non-status mortgage market and, more generally, consumer agreements.

Financial services work ranges from insolvency and debt collection through to banking and stockbroking matters.

Tort - includes personal injury (with a particular emphasis on the developing field of civil compensation for sex and physical abuse), trespass to the person and professional negligence.

EXPERIENCE
REPORTED CASES
  • Mohammad ~v~ Ahmed (1994) WLR 697
  • R ~v~ Milton Keynes Magistrates Court ex parte Roberts (1995) Crim. LR224
PUBLICATIONS

The Data Protection Act 1984 (ITIS Limited, 1985)

EC Financial Services Regulation (Wiley Publishing, 1994)

Unfair Terms in Consumer Agreements - The New Rules Explained (Wiley Publishing, 1995)

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