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Eric is Of Counsel in the Employment Team and has specialised in both contentious and non-contentious employment law for over 20 years. He acts for a range of employer clients across many sectors including energy, marine, financial services, higher and further education and the Third Sector. He has conducted advocacy in Employment Tribunals throughout the UK and appeared in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in both England and Scotland.

He deals with complex and high value discrimination and whistle-blowing claims and advises on HR reorganisations, as well as employee relations issues and has acted for employers in connection with a number of industrial action matters. He also advises in connection with the enforcement of restrictive covenants.

He has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in employment law since 2010 and was reacrredited in 2025. He is a member of the Employment Law Group and the Employment Lawyers Association. He has for many years been a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 Directory and a ranked lawyer in the Chambers Directory which said of him “Client’s state “he’s very responsive, analytically very strong and understands things very clearly from a business perspective as well.
 

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    "Eric is fantastic."
    Chambers, 2025

Relevant experience

  • An energy company on its industrial relations issues including the handling of a trade union recognition application and negotiation of  recognition agreement.
  • A multinational energy services company on resisting and resolving offshore industrial action.
  • A multinational technology company in resisting UK employment Tribunal proceedings brought by a foreign based worker.  
  • A higher education institution on a major restructuring programme.

Memberships & Roles

  • Employment Lawyers Association
  • Employment Law Group 

Education

1996 - Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

1995 - LL.B. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen 

1993 - M.A (First Class Honours) German and Business Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 
 

Insights by Eric

Employment rights reforms in 2026: round up of latest developments

18 Feb 2026 11 min read

Haycocks v ADP RPO UK Limited: “As it was” on individual redundancy consultation requirements

20 Nov 2024 6 min read

Back to the Future? Redundancy dismissal was unfair due to lack of consultation at a formative stage and at “workforce” level

11 Jan 2024 7 min read

Striking Times (2): managing industrial action

13 Jul 2022 8 min read
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