Jeremy Burns
Teams: Employment, Chancery (Village Greens, Wills & Probate, Land), Common Law (Professional Negligence), Public & Licensed Access (Direct Public Access, Licensed Access)
Year Called: 1996
Inn: Lincoln's Inn
Qualifications: BA (UCT) LLB (UN) LLM (Cantab)
Appointments: Cambridge Livingstone Trust Scholar;
Former South African Attorney-at-Law 1987-1989,
Former English Solicitor 1990-1996,
Junior Counsel to The Crown on the Attorney General’s Provincial Panel since 2003 and continuing;
Part-Time Employment Tribunal Judge since 2004 and continuing.
An experienced employment law specialist with a strong secondary expertise in chancery/land cases.
Employment Law Practice:
Mr. Burns handles issues across the whole ambit of the employment jurisdiction of the tribunals and the civil courts for both claimants and respondents. As junior counsel for the Crown, since 2003 and continuing he frequently represents government agencies and organisations such at HMPS, MOD, HMRC, DWP, and the Probation Service.
For example he does cases involving TUPE, contracting in and out, large-scale redundancies, variations of employment conditions, enforcement of post-employment covenants, unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistle-blowing claims. He has been a part-time employment judge since 2004.
Chancery/Land:
Mr. Burns handles boundary disputes, easements, restrictive covenants, party walls, social housing, right-to-buy, landlord and tenant, renewal of business tenancies, lease enfranchisement, contentious conveyancing, building disputes, rights of way, highways, planning inquiries and judicial review of planning decisions, wills, partnerships insolvency and contractual disputes.
Notable/Reported cases include:
List Design v Douglas 2003 3 IRLR 14 EAT (working time and holiday pay);
Compass Group PLC v Ayodele UKEAT 0484/10/SM (retirement consultation – age discrimination);
Raglan HA -v- SCC & SW 2007 2 All ER 44 CA (common law riparian rights/drainage and sewers);
Forsythe-Grant -v- Allen 27 EGLR 2007 pg 118; CA (easements; rights to light, building restrictions);
R Martin -v- Medina HA 2007 1 All ER 813; CA (right to buy);
Fortune and Others v Wiltshire County Council and another 2010 EWCH B33 (Ch) and 2012 EWCA Civ 334 (Common Law and statutory dedication of highways and NERCA).
Direct Professional Access:
Mr Burns is authorised by the Bar Council and trained to receive instructions directly from members of the public and professionals without the assistance of a solicitor in suitable cases.
VAT Number: 699089753