Manus Egan
 
CALL DATE 1991 Middle Temple
SILK DETAILS
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS
PRACTICE

Civil law with a particular emphasis on employment law.

 

Manus is an experienced practitioner providing practical and effective advice and representation to a broad spectrum of clients - ranging from employees and individuals through to small and medium sized business as well as FTSE listed companies, local authorities and NHS Trusts.

 

Employment

 

Manus provides representation in all areas of employment law litigation.  Prominent cases include successfully representing Gillingham Football Club in rebutting sex discrimination allegations in the highly publicised case of Church v Gillingham Football Club [2004] and representation for the London Borough of Ealing in Garry v Ealing LB [2001] IRLR 681 (CA) which related to knowledge of detriment in race discrimination claims. Areas of practice include:

 

• regulatory and disciplinary hearings
• unfair and wrongful dismissal claims
• unlawful discrimination
• transfers of undertakings
• other employment related contractual disputes
• restrictive covenants
• unlawful use of confidential information

 

Commercial/contractual

 

Representation in respect of all forms of contractual and commercial disputes, with particular emphasis on the law of agency and unfair terms in consumer contracts (Manus is co-author of "Unfair Terms in Consumer Agreements – The New Rules Explained" (Wiley Publishing, 1995)).

 

Property


Experience in property law includes:


• Freeholder/leaseholder disputes
• Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
• Business tenancies
• Easements, covenants, and rights of way and boundary disputes

 

Tortious Claims

 

Including:

 

• Personal injury claims
• Trespass to the person
• Professional negligence

EXPERIENCE
REPORTED CASES
PUBLICATIONS
MEMBERSHIPS

Employment Lawyers' Association

Employment Law Bar Association

Professional Negligence Bar Association

INTERESTS




 EMPLOYMENT   PERSONAL INJURY   PUBLIC & HUMAN RIGHTS   PROPERTY   DIRECT PUBLIC ACCESS