Fergus Currie

5 Unity Street Chambers, Bristol BS1
0117 906 9789 / 0117 906 9799 (fax)
email

Year of call and Inn

1997 Grays Inn

Professional Details

Specialising in employment, personal injury, and general common law.

Employment practice includes unfair dismissal and all aspects of discrimination, equal pay, whistleblowing, etc. Particular interest in / experience with TUPE Regulations and resulting jurisprudence.

Personal injury work: claimant and defendant, accidents at work, slipping / tripping, RTAs. Fast track and multi track. Particular interest in / experience with Animals Act claims.

Care Standards work, such as actions on behalf of appellants seeking removal from POCA / CSA ‘blacklists’.

Inquests, including Article 2-compliant jury hearings.

Common law practice includes building and general contractual disputes, etc.

Grade 3 CPS prosecutor with past experience in cases involving serious sexual assaults and offences against the person.

Notable Cases

R -v- Robson [2006] EWCA Crim 1414

R -v- Micklefield [2006] EWCA Crim 2508

R (Bray) –v- Bristol Crown Court [2009] EWHC 3018 (Admin) (Judicial review)

Formal Education

MA (Oxon)

Professional Memberships

Employment Lawyers’ Association, Personal Injury Bar Association

Interests/Hobbies

Family, rugby, football, darts, theatre.