Niall joined Edwards & Company in April 2022, leaving another Commercial Law Firm in Belfast, where I practiced Employment law for 14 years. Since qualifying as a solicitor in September 2008, Niall has been advising both employees and employers (both public, private and third sector organisations) in contentious and non-contentious areas of Employment law.
He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Group and a member of the Steering Committee of the Employment Lawyers Association, where he represents the needs of my fellow practitioners.
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Worthingtons Solicitors represented the claimant, Mr Gordon Downey, against the Police Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in relation to the successful pursuit of a sex discrimination complaint, the decision of which was handed down by the Industrial Tribunal on Friday 4th October 2019. The tribunal determined the claimant was discriminated against, both directly and indirectly, in relation to the application and enforcement of a policy.
The issue arose in January 2018 when the PSNI introduced a version of a policy which sought to identify minimum standard requirements when it came to uniform and personal appearance, together with identifying safety equipment, to include safety masks. Part of this policy stated “some police officers / police
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