Chris Tutton, Partner

Chris is managing partner of the firm, and has over 18 years’ experience in the employment law arena. He represents a broad range of corporate clients on a variety of advisory and litigious matters. He specialises in staff reorganisation and restructuring, employment issues on mergers and acquisitions, HR data and privacy issues and employment litigation.

Chris works with clients, both national and international, in industries ranging from legal, construction, technology, recruitment and financial services.

He is recognised as an expert on employment status issues and the gig economy, and an experienced litigator, having successfully litigated disputes in both the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.

Notable cases Chris has acted on include:

• Moss v Reliance Mutual Insurance Society Ltd - UKEAT/0135/14/DM (successfully defending equal pay, constructive dismissal and sex discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal)

• Kalu v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust & Ors - 2015 EWCA Civ 897 (acting for multiple respondents and successfully defending a race discrimination complaint, and successfully defending an appeal regarding the admissibility of evidence in the Court of Appeal)

Qualifications

• Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe (CIPP/E), IAPP

• Legal Practice Course, College of Law

• LL.B (Hons), Kingston University

Activities & Affiliations

• Employment Lawyer's Association
• International Bar Association
• European Employment Lawyer's Association
• International Association of Lawyers

Admissions

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales since 2006