Callum Rodgers

Callum regularly acts as sole counsel in the Employment Tribunal and has appeared led in the Employment Appeal Tribunal on multiple occasions. He has gained experience in a significant number of statutory employment disputes including claims in whistleblowing, discrimination (including race, sex and disability), and automatic and unfair dismissal.

Highlights include:

• Led by Mohinderpal Sethi KC, appearing before the Employment Appeal Tribunal in a reported appeal concerning indirect sex discrimination (Dobson v North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust [2026] EAT 32; [2026] ICR D18);
• Led by Lucy Bone, acting in ongoing Employment Appeal Tribunal proceedings concerning high-value disability discrimination claims against a cloud-based developer platform;
• Assisting with all elements of preparation for a three-day direct race discrimination trial in the Employment Tribunal, including drafting an opening note, preparing cross-examination questions and drafting closing submissions;
• Drafting a Defence to a disability and philosophical belief discrimination claim brought by a barrister against his former chambers;
• Drafting an Advice on the Merits and Notice of Appeal in an appeal to the EAT in respect of an age discrimination claim against a law firm;
• Drafting multiple skeleton arguments for applications including strikeout, deposit orders, amendments and specific disclosure, including in two separate discrimination and whistleblowing claims (one brought by a former law firm partner and one by a hedge fund manager, each against their former firm);
• Assisting with preparation for a three-day trial in respect of claims for ordinary and automatically unfair dismissal related to TUPE 2006; and
• Drafting a skeleton argument seeking costs in the Employment Tribunal following success at trial in a whistleblowing claim.

Callum has acted in numerous commercial employment matters from pre-action through to trial and in the Court of Appeal. He is currently instructed in two heavy “team move” cases led by members of Chambers.

Highlights include:

• Led by David Reade KC, successfully acting for a leading qualifications body in expedited High Court proceedings against its former CEO, obtaining findings at trial of breach of the equitable duty of confidence, breach of contract, and breach of statutory and fiduciary duties;
• Led by Charlotte Davies, successfully acting for the respondent in a consequentials hearing, following which the Court decided to “particularly draw on the respondent’s commendably concise summary of relevant factors” as to the costs consequences of a breach of the duty of full and frank disclosure (Courrier v HKA Global LLC [2026] EWHC 1716 (KB));
• Drafting Particulars of Claim and a Reply and Defence to Counterclaim in complex DIFC proceedings concerning alleged breaches of contract and whistleblowing and sex discrimination claims;
• Acting as part of a counsel team in a number of heavy “team move” cases including applying for interim injunctive relief for breach of restrictive covenants, misuse of confidential information, breach of directors duties and springboard relief;
• Drafting the skeleton argument for an ex-employer seeking an interim injunction in proceedings in the DIFC’s Court of First Instance;
• Drafting Grounds of Appeal to the Court of Appeal in proceedings in respect of restrictive covenants and springboard relief in a claim between a proprietary trading firm and two of its former senior traders;
• Drafting Particulars of Claim in ADGM proceedings seeking to enforce restrictive covenants in the employment contract of a commodities broker; and
• Drafting Particulars of Claim in High Court proceedings for a former employee seeking contractual remuneration owed to him under a severance package.

Callum has a busy commercial litigation practice. His experience prior to pupillage focused heavily on commercial litigation and that experience has been supplemented since joining Littleton where he regularly appears both led and unled in commercial disputes.

Highlights of Callum’s experience include:

• Led by Charles Samek KC, acting in financial mis-selling proceedings in the AIFC for a major Kazakh financial services firm, and appearing unled in the case management hearing;
• As sole counsel, successfully obtaining an injunction restraining a winding up petition in the High Court;
• As sole counsel, successfully obtaining a strike-out order for a global equipment rental provider in County Court proceedings;
• Acting as sole counsel in a four-day multitrack trial for the successful first defendant in County Court proceedings concerning an alleged breach of contract in respect of fees due to a property agent under a settlement agreement;
• Acting as sole counsel at trial for the successful defendant in County Court proceedings concerning an alleged breach of contract by a leading qualifications body and its former external marketing provider;
• Acting as sole counsel in multiple contractual disputes for a specialist warranty and insurance services provider, operating in the consumer goods and home services sector;
• Acting as sole counsel for an electric vehicle charging point company in a claim concerning direct disability discrimination in the provision of goods and services;
• Led by Dan Northall KC, advising a five star London hotel group in injunction proceedings under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;
• Drafting an Advice on the law of abuse of process in respect of proceedings brought by a wealthy Russian businessman for recognition and enforcement of two Russian judgments in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court;
• Drafting an Advice and related skeleton argument seeking strikeout and/or summary judgment in High Court proceedings in respect of a claim against a logistics company for disability discrimination in the provision of goods and services; and
• Drafting an Advice on the Merits in a dispute concerning damages for loss of chance following the aborted merger between two NHS GP practices.

As a solicitor, working in high-value commercial litigation for approximately six years, including acting successfully for:

• A large Saudi bank in insolvency-related proceedings involving claims of knowing receipt in a High Court trial, in the Court of Appeal, and then in the Supreme Court;
• A large international brokerage firm in post-M&A High Court litigation concerning alleged breaches of warranties;
• An international energy firm in Court of Appeal proceedings concerning alleged breaches of the Paris Agreement 2015 by the UK government; and
• A private equity firm in a long-running SIAC international commercial arbitration concerning a post-M&A dispute involving a MAC clause, contractual frustration and allegations of corruption.

As a judicial assistant, drafting bench memoranda, conducting research and otherwise assisting in all manner of commercial appeals including:

• Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Custom and Tax Division) v Solo Capital Partners LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 234;
• Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2022] EWCA Civ 318;
• Cine-UK v BNY Mellon; London Trocadero v Picturehouse Cinemas & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1021; and
• Dune Group Ltd v Visa Europe Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1278.

Callum has a keen interest in sport and has acted or assisted in a number of sports matters, both in arbitrations and before the Employment Tribunal.

Highlights include:

• Led by Adam Solomon KC and Grahame Anderson, drafting a skeleton argument (and attending the hearing) for a Premier League football club in a hearing before the Professional Football Compensation Committee;
• Acting in constructive unfair dismissal proceedings in the Employment Tribunal by a football manager against his former club;
• Drafting an Advice on the Merits and a Defence in a direct philosophical belief discrimination case brought against a Premier League football club in the Employment Tribunal; and
• Drafting a Notice of Claim and Points of Claim in an FA Rule K Arbitration involving a Premier League footballer, his agent, and his former club.