Edward Morgan KC

SPECIALIST AREAS OF PRACTICE

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 fiduciary duties and related restitutionary claims; shareholder disputes; restrictive covenants; confidentiality; 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 noncontentious) 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

• A v B and Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 316
• Anderson v Chesterfield College [2015] UKEAT
• Chawla v Nottingham University Hospitals [2016] UKEAT
• Church of Wales v Brooks [2016]
• DWP v Hall [2005] UKEAT
• Davis and Nevins v Northumberland CC (Human Rights, immunity from suit and unfair dismissal)
• Dynamex Friction Ltd and Anor v Amicus and Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 381
• Fulton & Baxter v Bear Scotland [2014] UKEAT
• Harrison v Preston BC and Driver [2003] UKEAT
• Ham v Beardwood College [2015] UKEAT
• Hollis and Ors v Rolfe and Ors [2008] EWHC 1747 (Ch)
• Nawaz v Crowe Insurance [2003] EWCA Civ 316
• QLog Ltd v O’Brien [2014] UKEAT
• R v Leicester Crown Court ex p HM Customs and Excise [2001] EWHC Admin 33
• Re Millwall FC [1998] 2 BCLC 272
• Re St Peter’s Prestbury [2013] Chester Const. Ct
• Reddy v GMC [2012] EWCA Civ 310
• Shinwari v Vue Entertainment [2015] UKEAT
• Thorneycroft v NMC [2014] EWHC 1565 (Admin)
• X v United Reformed Church [2016]

PUBLICATIONS

"The Canonical Directory for Clergy" (CTS, London)
Contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Employment Law (Sweet & Maxwell)
Contributor to "The Confluence of Law and Religion" (Cambridge, 2016)
“Fathers and Brothers - Legitimate Expectation of Diocesan Clerics in the light if c384 CIC”  (Peeters, Leuven, 2018)
“Leading Works in Law and Religion” (ed  Sandberg, Routledge, 2018) 

QUALIFICATIONS
LLB, LLM, JCL, JCD, PhD and FCIArb

PRESCRIBED INFORMATION

Dr Edward Morgan is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Dr Morgan can be found here. 

Dr Morgan's clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Dr Morgan to undertake advocacy (Court, Tribunal, Mediations, Arbitrations appearances) work for a fixed brief fee plus refreshers and expenses.  For advisory work (e.g. conferences, drafting of work) fees are most commonly charged at an hourly rate.  

Work undertaken as Arbitrator or Mediator is charged upon a fixed fee basis determined in advance and supplemented by an additional hourly rate agreed where the anticipated duration of the mediation or arbitration is exceeded.  Dr Morgan does not undertake work upon a conditional fee or damages based fee basis. Dr Morgan will typically return paperwork within 10 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales. Precise timescales will be identified and agreed in advance of the work being undertaken.