Elliot joined Edwin Coe within the Employment team in April 2017.
He has extensive experience advising corporate and senior executive clients on employment law issues across a range of sectors, including financial services, media & entertainment, hospitality, health and social care, professional services, pharmacology, and technology. His practice covers advisory, transactional, and contentious matters, with a focus on providing strategic and commercially focused advice.
He is considered a reliable and pragmatic adviser to numerous HR teams and advises regularly on issues involving performance and capability management, workforce reorganisations, contractual disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants, data protection, and regulatory compliance (including FCA requirements). Elliot also advises in relation to corporate transactions, supporting multimillion-pound mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Elliot has valuable experience in litigating matters on behalf of both claimants and respondents. His experience includes complex Employment Tribunal claims involving whistleblowing, discrimination, harassment, victimisation and unfair dismissal. Elliot also has experience in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, where he was involved in a successful appeal which established junior doctors’ rights to bring whistleblowing claims against Health Education England. Elliot also advises on employment related matters involving civil court proceedings and arbitration matters.
Whether acting for an individual or a company, Elliot focuses on understanding his client’s concerns, motives and desired outcome. Elliot is recommended for his ability to digest and understand complex details of a case in a short space of time and his ability to cut through a matter in order to provide practical and solutions-orientated advice.
Elliot is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
- Assisting on a large appeal for a Claimant bringing a whistleblowing claim against a Non-Departmental Public Body which had the potential to affect 54,000 Junior Doctors and was heard in the Court of Appeal.
- Acting for a Claimant in respect of their claims for race, religion and sex discrimination, as well as unfair dismissal, whilst also defending a claim of gross misconduct and successfully defending a strikeout application.
- Assisted in negotiating a positive settlement outcome for the Claimant prior to hearing.
- Advising a Claimant seeking to establish an employment relationship status with an end user in a tripartite working arrangement.
- Advising a Claimant in relation to bringing a religion and belief discrimination claim against the MOD regarding unfair treatment towards the end of a distinguished military career.
- Drafting a company handbook and various employment contracts for an international recruitment company
in respect of its UK employees following a number of senior departures which had resulted in important company information being taken.
Credentials
Member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Elliot's Blogs
Blog - 30/01/2024
Holiday entitlement and pay reforms 2024: Sig...
Employment
Blog - 18/10/2023
Starling Bank ordered to pay over £1 million...
Employment
Blog - 30/05/2023
Update: Bill making it unlawful to withhold t...
Employment
Blog - 13/01/2023
Update: Proposed measures to limit strike act...
Employment
