Oliver Bacon

Barrister

Call: 2025

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Overview

Oliver joined Littleton Chambers as a tenant in October 2026 upon the successful completion of his pupillage. Oliver accepts instructions in all of Littleton’s core practice areas, with a a specific interest in commercial disputes and High Court or statutory employment work.

Prior to commencing pupillage, Oliver spent a year as a Teaching Fellow in Contract Law at SOAS, University of London.

Oliver has long had an interest in employment law, which he studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Before joining Littleton, Oliver was employed by the University of Cambridge as a research assistant to Professor Simon Deakin, a leading expert in the field of employment law. This work involved applying the Cambridge Labour Regulation Index (CBR-LRI), a ‘leximetric’ methodology which provides a basis for the quantitative analysis of employment laws.

Expertise

Statutory Employment

Oliver has a keen interest in statutory employment law. During his second six, Oliver accepted the following instructions:

  • Drafting a grounds of resistance on behalf of a well-known retailer in respect of a disability discrimination claim;
  • Drafting a grounds of resistance on behalf of a luxury hotel in respect of an unfair dismissal and victimisation claim;
  • Acting for an individual claimant, advising in conference and drafting a particulars of claim for disability discrimination against a Government department;
  • Drafting an opinion for an individual claimant in a complex whistleblowing detriment claim;
  • Drafting a request for further and better particulars in a disability discrimination claim;
  • Drafting a without prejudice letter on behalf of a partner in relation to several Equality Act 2010 claims against the partnership;
  • Drafting an amended grounds of resistance at a late stage in a whistleblowing dismissal claim.

During pupillage, Oliver sat with employment law specialists and worked on a considerable number of statutory employment cases. Highlights include:

  • Assisting Alex Robson and Bláthnaid Breslin in a four-week discrimination trial in the Central London Employment Tribunal;
  • Assisting Mohinderpal Sethi KC and Lydia Banerjee in a complex, high-value Equality Act 2010 claim in the Wales Employment Tribunal;
  • Assisting Tim Goodwin in a mutli-claimant TUPE case in the East Midlands Employment Tribunal;
  • Assisting members of Chambers in EAT hearings under the ELAAS scheme.
Commercial Employment & Business Protection

Oliver worked on a significant number of business protection matters during pupillage and is quickly developing specialist knowledge in this area. Examples include:

  • Assisting Daniel Northall KC in a five-day business protection trial in the High Court (Hattons of London Ltd v The Knightsbridge Collection Ltd v ors [2026] EWHC 1510 (KB));
  • Assisting Adam Solomon KC and Alexander Robson in a high-value business protection claim alleging unlawful competition, diversion of business opportunities and misuse of confidential information;
  • Drafting a particulars of claim on behalf of a business against its former employees and directors who had set up in competition;
  • Drafting a note on the incorporation and interpretation of restrictive covenants in circumstances where the parties are of unequal bargaining power;
  • Drafting a note on the implications of Brexit for the enforceability of restrictive covenants against foreign-domiciled employees;
  • Drafting an advice for a major sports team on the enforceability of their standard term restrictive covenants;
  • Drafting an advice for an individual on the enforceability of the restrictive covenants in her employment contract.
Commercial Litigation & Civil Fraud

Oliver has a keen interest in commercial law, having studied and taught the law of contract at a high level. Oliver has already been instructed:

  • To advise at the pre-action stage and draft letters before action in two separate high-value commercial disputes;
  • To assist Nicholas Goodfellow of Chambers in a high-value civil fraud claim.

During his pupillage, Oliver worked on a number of commercial matters:

  • Assisting Adam Solomon KC and Alexander Robson of Chambers in a high-value commercial claim for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties and breach of equitable obligations;
  • Assisting Alexander Robson in a claim relating to breaches of a sale and purchase agreement brought by a company against two former directors and their new company;
  • Shadowing Mr Justice Waksman, now Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, under a COMBAR scheme.
Partnership & LLP

Oliver has worked on a number of partnership and company law matters during his pupillage, including assisting Alexander Robson in a high-value claim relating to a sale and purchase agreement.

In his second six, Oliver was instructed by an individual claimant to draft correspondence in the pre-action stage of a partnership dispute.

Sport

Oliver has a personal interest in sport and worked on several sports matters during his pupillage. Highlights include:

  • Preparing a letter before action in a dispute against a major sports team;
  • Assisting in advising an EFL Championship football club;
  • Assisting in drafting an advice for a major sports team on the enforceability of their restrictive covenants;
  • Assisting Tim Goodwin in representing the British Basketball League in the East Midlands Employment Tribunal.

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