James Wynne

A leading junior with a Masters in Labour Law from LSE, James Wynne has a general commercial practice with a focus on employment law.

On the employment side, James' practice involves advocacy and advisory work coverng the range of disputes including discrimination, termination of employment, TUPE, whistle blowing, contractual and restrictive covenant issues, and collective matters. James has appeared in tribunals across the country, the County Court and High Court, he regularly represents parties at the EAT and has acted as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal. He has acted in several matters with large numbers of claimants and on test cases.

On the commercial side, James' practice involves advocacy and advisory work at all stages of litigation. His expertise includes both contractual disputes and those with a restitutionary element, the sale and supply of goods and services, hire purchase, conflict of laws, insolvency and employment agency contracts.

James regularly acts for parties in professional negligence actions, in particular the negligence of solicitors, barristers and trade unions.

James takes a clear and pragmatic approach to his advisory work and advocacy, quickly identifying the central issues, thinking laterally to resolve them where necessary, whilst taking care to understand the practical and commercial aspects of the litigation.

His education includes a Masters degree in Labour Law from LSE, an LLB from UCL and a BA in Engineering from Cambridge. He worked for IDS for a year writing employment law articles and part of the Disability Discrimination Handbook. His practical experience includes working for several years for the MoD both as a civilian and in the reserve forces, and as an engineer on the construction of large scale desalination plant.