Niran da Silva was called to the Bar in 1997 and has built up a wide practise covering employment, commercial contract work and financial services work. Niran complements his 'stand out' work on employment disputes with what leading legal directories describe as a 'parallel expertise' in financial services and commercial matters.

On the employment side 'up and coming' Niran covers both court and advisory work and has appeared in tribunals acting on a wide variety of disputes concerning unfair and wrongful dismissal, transfer of undertakings, sex race and disability discrimination and working time.

Niran also has experience of a number of financial services cases which breach of contract by insurance and pension brokers.

A former researcher at Euromonitor, Niran has also penned a number of lectures and publications including Developments in Tribunal Procedure and Conduct, Complaints and Efficiency.

Professional Associations

Commercial Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Employment Law Bar Association
Employment Lawyers' Association
Industrial Law Society

Profile

Employment:

Covering a range of court and advisory work. Appears in the County Court, EAT and Employment Tribunals in disputes concerning unfair and wrongful dismissal, transfer of undertakings, sex, race and disability discrimination, equal pay and Working Time

Commercial Contract:

Covering a range of court and advisory work. Led in the High Court and Mercantile Court and appeared in the County Court in cases concerning sale of goods and services, sale of business ( restrictive covenants ) and recovery of overheads by telecommunications utilities

Financial Services:

Experience of cases (both as a junior and alone) concerning breach of contract and fiduciary duty by insurance and pension brokers and have advised a Defendant company in a case concerning disputed sums owed to a bank under a mortgage.

Previous Employment

Euromonitor (Jan-May 1996) Economic Researcher: While studying for CPE, wrote & edited specialist research on European automotive industry & worldwide food production industry for financial publication

Barclays de Zoete Wedd (Sept 1992-Aug 1995) - Equity Derivatives Broker: Sold European stock & stock index derivatives (including futures, options, warrants & equity swaps) to a variety of UK retail funds.

Publications and Lectures

Member of Editorial Committee of Central Law Training Civil Procedure Law Reports

Member of Editorial Committee of Central Law Training Discrimination Law Reports

Co-author with John Bowers QC of Police Manual on Conduct, Complaints and Efficiency

Author of Developments in Tribunal Procedure

Croner's Employment Law Bulletin ( Mar 1999 )

Monthly contributor to Croner's Employment Law Newsletter and Employers' Briefing since Feb 1999

Lecturer for Littleton Chambers Employment Seminar on trade union recognition

Lecturer for Central Law Training: Stating Your Case: Pleadings for the Litigator Post-Woolf.