John Bowers QC is one of the premier employment barristers in the UK, consistently rated as a Leading Silk in employment law by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. He is a frequent lecturer on employment law, and a frequent contributor to the Law Society Gazette, New Law Journal and the Industrial Law Journal. He is currently Principal of Brasenose College at Oxford University.
Michael Duggan QC is an employment and commercial Silk at Littleton Chambers who specialises in all areas of employment law, at an individual and collective level, with particular experience of restrictive covenants, large scale wrongful dismissals, financial services, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, discrimination and harassment and industrial action injunctions.
David Reade QC is a barrister at Littlestone Chambers. He is recognised as one of the country's leading Silks in commercial litigation and employment law, and has extensive experience of collective issues including statutory recognition applications for urgent injunctive relief.
Katherine Apps is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. Her practice spans public law, employment, EU, disciplinary, regulatory, and commercial law, especially where there is overlap. She has particular expertise in appellate advocacy. Katherine also contributed to the previous edition of this book.