36 Bedford Row London WC1R 4JH dx: 360 LDE t: +44 (0)20 7421 8000 f: +44 (0)20 7421 8080 chambers@36bedfordrow.co.uk Chambers opening hours: 08.30 - 18.30 Mr Richard O'Dair Call: 1987 PROFILE Richard O’Dair specialises in employment law, which takes up 80% of his practice, with a particular emphasis on discrimination law, restrictive covenants and TUPE issues. Richard was Counsel for Mrs Dacas in the ground breaking decision of the Court of Appeal in Brook Street UK Ltd v. Dacas [2004] IRLR 317 and recently appeared in the Court of Appeal James v. Greenwich Council [2008] IRLR 302. He was also Counsel for the Claimant in Seldon v. CJW (currently on appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal) a ground-breaking case on whether it is unlawful age discrimination if a law firm partner is subjected to compulsory retirement. He is currently instructed in a £3 million claim for breach of director’s fiduciary duty. This summer he will be appearing in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Eweida v. British Airways (prohibition of the wearing of the cross as religious discrimination) and Ladele v. Islington (is an instruction to a Christian Registrar to celebrate a same sex union contrary to her conscience religious discrimination) Richard was appointed to the Attorney Generals Regional Panel in December 2007 and thus undertakes government work. Richard undertakes employment related personal injury work (such as “stress claims” and “Eastwood v. Magnox” claims) and recently negotiated a £95,000 settlement to one such claim. Building on his background as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at University College London, Richard uses his extensive knowledge of contractual remedies and the law of restitution to undertake general contract and commercial work. In December 2007, he appeared in the Court of Appeal in the case of Rhind v. Giles which decided that S. 32 of the Limitation Act can postpone the running of time for claims under S.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986. He appears regularly in the Civil Courts at all levels, the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He lectures widely on a variety of topics and has regularly delivered for Central Law Training a much appreciated seminar entitled “Getting Results in Difficult Cases”. He has written many articles and is the author of a book Legal Ethics: Text and Materials published by Butterworths in April 2001. Richard is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, the Employment Law Bar Association and the Personal Injury Bar Association. Within Chambers he is a member of the Employment, Civil Litigation and Agricultural Law Teams. Richard O'Dair is a member of the Agriculture and Environment ,  Employment ,  Civil litigation  and  Public Access Practice Groups. Full CV Full CV (printable version) Contact Richard O'Dair