David Leach

Associate

020 7405 4600
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Practice areas:

Sector experience:

David is a public sector specialist. He has substantial experience working across all aspects of employment law for a wide variety of local government and public sector partners, including the police and educational establishments.

David applies his experience as an in-house lawyer to all his client relationships. He takes a collaborative approach to understanding his clients’ values and their drivers and needs and secondly the environment they are operating in creating solutions and fair and balanced outcomes for all.

Case highlights

Acting for the local authority in successfully overturning an employment tribunal's finding that it was not reasonably practicable for a claimant to have presented his claim in time, where he had not received the Acas early conciliation certificate by the expiry of the relevant limitation period
Acting for a police force in a disability discrimination case with a claim in excess of £100,000 of damages
Acting for a school in successfully defending against a claim for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination
Working with a Local Authority on dealing with overseas recruitment and relocation issues