APPOINTMENTS
Part-Time Employment Judge
SPECIALIST AREAS OF PRACTICE
Company Law
Confi dentiality and Data Protection
Insurance
Professional Negligence
Contentious & Non-Contentious Employment matters
Canon Law
EMPLOYMENT PROFILE
Advocacy is undertaken in the Employment Tribunal/ High Court (including Northern Ireland) and within Disciplinary Proceedings and extends to all claims within the Tribunal jurisdiction.
Mr. Morgan’s High Court practice has particular emphasis upon those areas of litigation within which employment law and commercial law converge including director responsibilities; breach of fi duciary duties and related restitutionary claims; shareholder disputes; restrictive covenants; confi dentiality; passing off ; Pension and PHI related issues. Mediator and Arbitrator appointments are also accepted in these areas.
Extensive experience of all forms of Employment Law (contentious and non-contentious) ranging from multiple claimant actions arising out of harmonisation of terms and conditions in the Financial Services Sector and discrimination claims within public services sectors to pre-emptive advice in connection with the public sector procurement arrangements and the administration of occupational pension schemes. He contributes to professional publications, is a contributing editor for Sweet and Maxwell’s Employment Law Encyclopaedia and is a regular speaker on employment law and related fields.
Drawing upon expertise in canon law, there is a particular interest in issues of religious discrimination, the employment status of ministers of religion and related Church-State Relations. Involvement in these fields has included appointment to a working group in direct dialogue and consultation with the Department of Trade and Industry and the conduct of cases in other jurisdictions, including The Vatican.
NOTABLE CASES
• Re Millwall FC [1998] 2 BCLC 272 (Treatment of Employment debt within CVA)
• Harrison v Preston BC and Driver (Agency/SDA/Local Government Law)
• VGC Clements v Smith and Ors (WTR within the construction industry)
• Davis and Nevins v Northumberland CC (Human Rights, immunity from suit and unfair dismissal)
PUBLICATIONS
Contributor to the Sweet & Maxwell Encyclopaedia of Employment Law.
QUALIFICATIONS
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
"Edward Morgan's work involves advocacy in the Employment Tribunal and High Court. He is also a highly regarded commercial litigator who is known for the "swiftness with which he acquaints himself with the issue of a case"
Chambers & Partners 2010
"Edward Morgan is known for building an 'excellent rapport with instructing
solicitors and clients' and 'absorbs a case's complexities with alarming speed'."
Chambers & Partners 2009
“Treads the border between commercial and employment law with great
facility”
Legal 500 – 2008
“Observers underlined ‘the commercial grasp and detailed knowledge of the subject’ shown by Edward Morgan.”
Chambers & Partners 2007
“Edward Morgan ‘calm, focused and very sharp’.”
Legal 500 – 2005
“Edward Morgan has ‘fire in his belly’ and, according to the market, he ‘absorbs case details with alarming speed’. He also picked up
praise for building up ‘an excellent rapport with solicitors and clients’.”
Chambers & Partners 2005
Employment CV
