Colin Baran

Colin is an employment and discrimination law specialist, with extensive experience advising and representing both Claimants and Respondents in Employment Tribunal and County/High Court litigation.

He is regularly instructed in relation to unfair dismissal, redundancy and discrimination claims by individuals, insurers, trade unions, public authorities and private sector employers of all sizes, from small businesses to large corporations and charities.

He has dealt with claims involving the TUPE Regulations, employment status, health and safety dismissals, working time (including flexible working) and protected disclosures in Employment Tribunals throughout England and Wales and also in Scotland. In addition, he is particularly well-versed in all aspects of discrimination law and the complex multi-day Tribunal claims that this area of work usually entails.

• Successful defence of an Academy school following allegations of unfair dismissal and detriments on the basis of health and safety protected disclosures
• Acting for the successful claimant (instructed via her trade union) in a constructive dismissal claim involving allegations of indirect discrimination and failures to allow flexible working upon her (attempted) return to work following maternity leave
• Advising a managing director in relation to jurisdiction in his unfair dismissal and race discrimination claim against his former employer, a large public limited company, the case having an international dimension on account of his expatriate status
• Representing a vulnerable Asian Tanzanian migrant domestic worker in a complex discrimination, working time and deduction from wages claim involving allegations of domestic violence, sexual abuse and enslavement

Aside from his Tribunal practice, Colin has expertise in High Court litigation relating to contracts of employment, confidentiality and restrictive covenants, including without notice applications for injunctive relief.