Stefan is regularly instructed on multi-day hearings involving complex discrimination, whistleblowing and constructive dismissal claims, amongst others. He also deals with preliminary hearings of all types, including time limits, strike-out and disability status.

As well as acting for claimants, his employer client base includes supermarket chains, transport authorities, logistics and distribution businesses, banks, local authorities and schools. He understands the particular needs and challenges faced by clients in different sectors of the economy.   

Notable cases where Stefan has acted include:

• Edinboro v Jamma Umoja (Residential Services) Ltd [2024] EAT 61: represented an appellant whose claims had wrongly been struck out at a preliminary hearing. The EAT upheld the appeal. Read more here.
• Bar-On v London Underground Ltd (2023): represented the Respondent in three combined claims, brought by a serial litigant who remained employed, alleging disability discrimination, victimisation and deduction from wages. All claims were dismissed. Judgment here.
• Carr v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (2022): represented the Respondent in a claim alleging all types of disability discrimination, arising from the way in which a recruitment process had been conducted. The Claimant had multiple disabilities including Asperger’s Syndrome, aphasia, amnesia and cerebral palsy. All claims were dismissed and the Tribunal commended Stefan for conducting proceedings “in such a way as to properly advance his client’s interests whilst cross examining the claimant with appropriate sensitivity and regard for his disabilities”. Judgment here.
• Curran v Network Rail Infrastructure (2021): represented the Defendant to a breach of contract claim in the County Court. The Claimant had not received performance reviews (and the corresponding opportunity to receive a pay rise) for several years. The issues included terms implied by custom & practice, union-negotiated collective agreements, the extent of employers’ contractual obligations when handling grievances, and causation of loss. All claims were dismissed.
• AB v Albemarle Club (2020): represented a ‘hostess’ who worked for a private members’ club, and who claimed to have suffered detriments for attempting to organise her colleagues to join a union. The claim challenged the traditional ‘self-employed’ status of workers in the adult entertainment industry. It was settled after the Respondent’s application to strike out the claim failed. Stefan also successfully sought an order under rule 50 of the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure to protect the Claimant’s anonymity.

Stefan is a co-author of Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law Handbook (8th edition, 2020). He contributed to chapters on employment status, contracts of employment, working time and annual leave, family-related leave, and Tribunal procedure.