Rachel Mellor

Background

About Rachel Mellor

I am a barrister at Broadway House Chambers specialising in Employment Law, Civil Law and Care.Employment LawI am regularly in the Employment Tribunals and am instructed in cases of considerable complexity, ranging from standard one day hearings involving contractual matters and unfair dismissals through to TUPE claims, maternity/paternity leave disputes and disputes arising out of the Equality Act 2010. I conduct cases on behalf of both claimants and respondents in both Employment Tribunals and the EAT. Civil LawAlongside employment work I appear in civil claims on behalf of Claimants and Defendants. My practice concentrates on personal injury, contractual disputes and TLATA on the Fast and Multi Tracks. I also have a busy paper practice preparing advices and pleadings Family LawI work in the public law field in relation to Children Act 1989 matters where there are serious welfare aspects or risks of very significant harm, and she regularly appears in the FPC, County and High Courts. Professional Memberships:Employment Lawyers AssociationEmployment Law Bar AssociationIndustrial Law SocietyFamily Law Bar AssociationNorth Eastern CircuitAttorney General's Panel of Counsel for Employment Law (2012 to date) Notable Cases Employment Appeal TribunalCyprien v Bradford Grammar School [2013] UKEAT 0306_12_1503Disability discrimination - exclusions/jurisdiction - Jurisdictional points - claim in time - effective date of termination - negligent omissions of employer - application of principle in Mateuszowicz v Kingston upon Hull City Council - extension of time - whether just and equitable to extend time.