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Peter Edwards

Devereux Chambers

Peter Edwards is one of the few senior practitioners with a specialism and a thriving practice in both of the complimentary fields of employment law and personal injury. "Noted for cases at the intersection of personal injury and employment law" by Legal 500 2017, he has extensive experience of dealing with ' and cross-examining ' medical experts and is at a particular advantage when dealing with cases involving both areas of law (for example, stress-at-work/workplace injury cases in the High Court and Disability Discrimination claims in the ET and at Appellate-level). He is ranked in both major Directories in personal injury and employment: "He's excellent. If it's a difficult case he'll handle it with absolute aplomb." ' Chambers UK 2017. "He is able to give to provide accurate, focused and succinct advice." ' Legal 500. 'His attention to detail and ability to get to the crux of a case are second to none.' 'Decisive, down-to-earth and robust.' -Chambers UK 2018.

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What is a disability impact statement in relation to an employment tribunal claim?
What is a disability impact statement in relation to an employment tribunal claim?
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What is the cost position of a withdrawn application in a post qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) personal injury case? Absent of any agreement as to costs (eg 'costs in the case' or 'no order for costs'), is the Defendant entitled to any Order/declaration as to the costs on a withdrawn application? Is the situation affected if there is a material change after the application has been filed?
What is the cost position of a withdrawn application in a post qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) personal injury case? Absent of any agreement as to costs (eg 'costs in the case' or 'no order for costs'), is the Defendant entitled to any Order/declaration as to the costs on a withdrawn application? Is the situation affected if there is a material change after the application has been filed?
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What is the extent of an employer’s liability if an ex-member of staff were to commit a data breach, eg by stealing the employer’s client list containing personal information about individuals and using that list in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation?
What is the extent of an employer’s liability if an ex-member of staff were to commit a data breach, eg by stealing the employer’s client list containing personal information about individuals and using that list in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation?
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What is the procedure for obtaining an order from the court for release of settlement funds when a claimant no longer lacks capacity?
What is the procedure for obtaining an order from the court for release of settlement funds when a claimant no longer lacks capacity?
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Where a confidentiality obligation in an employee’s contract of employment is made subject to a whistleblowing carve-out, to what extent will the confidentiality restriction be enforceable against the employee post-employment if they disclose confidential information that would otherwise be required to be disclosed by law?
Where a confidentiality obligation in an employee’s contract of employment is made subject to a whistleblowing carve-out, to what extent will the confidentiality restriction be enforceable against the employee post-employment if they disclose confidential information that would otherwise be required to be disclosed by law?
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Where a deposit order has been made in the employment tribunal and paid by a party, and the parties then settle before a hearing, what happens to the deposit order money?
Where a deposit order has been made in the employment tribunal and paid by a party, and the parties then settle before a hearing, what happens to the deposit order money?
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Where a party has the court’s permission to instruct an expert with a particular medical specialism but, it has proven impossible to find any suitable experts within that specialism, what case law or guidance is there on instructing an expert from a different medical specialism?
Where a party has the court’s permission to instruct an expert with a particular medical specialism but, it has proven impossible to find any suitable experts within that specialism, what case law or guidance is there on instructing an expert from a different medical specialism?
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Where do we issue a personal injury claim where damages are not quantified at the moment but where limitation expires shortly?
Where do we issue a personal injury claim where damages are not quantified at the moment but where limitation expires shortly?
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Where the executive committee of a trade union has not been elected in accordance with its own rules, or includes members who are ineligible to be members of the union, does this affect the validity of the acts of the executive committee?
Where the executive committee of a trade union has not been elected in accordance with its own rules, or includes members who are ineligible to be members of the union, does this affect the validity of the acts of the executive committee?
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Where the insurance for the opposing party’s vehicle is in the name of the employer and that employer has dissolved, can the European Communities (Rights against Insurers) Regulations 2002 be used to issue against the insurer instead? My concern is that the regulation states that the ‘insurer shall be directly liable to the entitled party to the extent that he is liable to the insured person’ but are the insurers liable to the ‘insured person’ when their insured is the employer?
Where the insurance for the opposing party’s vehicle is in the name of the employer and that employer has dissolved, can the European Communities (Rights against Insurers) Regulations 2002 be used to issue against the insurer instead? My concern is that the regulation states that the ‘insurer shall be directly liable to the entitled party to the extent that he is liable to the insured person’ but are the insurers liable to the ‘insured person’ when their insured is the employer?
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Practice Area

Panel

  • Q&A Panel

Qualified Year

  • 1992

Membership

  • APIL; PIBA; ELA; ELBA; ELAAS

Education

  • University of Kent at Canterbury
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