Keith Bryant, KC

Outer Temple Chambers

Keith Bryant KC’s wide experience includes advising and acting for commercial and public sector organisations, trustees, government departments and agencies, individuals and unions.

His practice is focused on pensions law and employment law and the areas of overlap between the two. He is also increasingly involved in cases with a financial services aspect.

Keith is regularly instructed in the High Court (Chancery and King’s Bench Divisions, including Commercial Court and Administrative Court), the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Appellate Courts, both in England and Wales and also in Northern Ireland. He has been involved in a number of matters before the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator, the Security Vetting Appeals Panel, the Pensions Ombudsman and other specialist tribunals.

Keith writes and lectures regularly on pension, employment and other commercial topics. Keith sits as a part time employment judge.

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Trade union blacklisting

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010, which generally prohibit the compilation, use, sale or supply of blacklists containing details of trade union members and activists whose purpose is to discriminate against workers on grounds of trade union membership or trade union activities. The Practice Note considers the meaning of a prohibited list, protections offered to workers on a blacklist, exceptions to the general prohibition, refusal of employment or employment agency services, detriment and dismissal, time limits, remedies, breach of statutory duty and burden of proof.

Employment