Alexander Bryant

Alexander has assisted in a number of claims involving multiple heads of claim including Discrimination, Whistleblowing and Unfair Dismissal in the ET and Appellate courts.

Recent experience includes:

• Assisting Lydia Banerjee, Littleton Chambers, in indirect discrimination, unfair dismissal, sex discrimination, race discrimination, and whistleblowing trials in the employment tribunal. He also assisted in the pre-trial conduct of the matter.
• Drafting closing submissions in an indirect age discrimination trial.
• Drafting grounds of resistance in a whistleblowing detriment claim.
• Drafting closing submissions in an unfair dismissal trial.
• Drafting closing submissions in a race and sex discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing trial.
• Drafting skeleton arguments for matters on appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
• Shadowing Mark Humphreys, Littleton Chambers, during numerous unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, and discrimination trials before the employment tribunal. Alexander also assisted Mr Humphreys in the pre-trial conduct of these matters.
• Drafting an opinion on the prospects of a victimisation, whistleblowing, and unfair dismissal claim.
• Drafting skeleton arguments in several multi-day whistleblowing trials.

During pupillage, Alexander drafted an advice in a technology and construction dispute, an advice in a breach of contract dispute and assisted James Bickford-Smith in a partnership dispute.

Prior to joining Chambers, Alexander was a paralegal at a boutique commercial litigation firm where he acquired in-depth knowledge and experience of all stages of commercial litigation, from initial client consultation through to trial.

Alexander also acquired experience of county court litigation and procedure when he was a solicitor’s agent.

Alexander has assisted with a number of sports matters including:

• Assisting Lydia Banerjee in an investigation into an international sports governing body.
• Conducting research and assisting John Mehrzad QC in the provision of advice to a major sports institution.
• Assisting in the conduct of an investigation into misconduct allegations against directors of a football institution.
• Assisting on several football disciplinary matters.
• Drafting points of claim in a Rule K FA arbitration.

Alexander is a member of the SCMP Legal Advice Service.

Alexander has a keen interest in sport. He has played competitive cricket, rugby, and hockey. He still plays cricket regularly and helps a number of local clubs in an administrative capacity.

• Assisted Carol Davis KC, Littleton Chambers, with a sexual harassment investigation in the financial services sector.
• Assisted Niran de Silva KC, Littleton Chambers, with a race discrimination investigation in the information and technology sector.
• Assisted in the conduct of an investigation into misconduct allegations against directors of a football institution.
• Assisted Lydia Banerjee in an investigation into an international sports governing body.

2019:   Called to the Bar, Inner Temple

2018 – 2019:   Bar Professional Training Course (The University of Law, London)

2017 – 2018:   Graduate Diploma in Law (BPP, London)

2014 – 2017:   History Bachelor of Arts with Honours (University of York)

• Award for Outstanding Achievement in Civil Advocacy – highest BPTC mark (Sept. 2019)
• Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opinion Writing – highest BPTC mark (Sept. 2019)
• Scholarship from the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for the BPTC (Mar. 2018)
• Scholarship from the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for the GDL (Jul. 2017)
• Pegasus Access and Support Scheme Scholarship (Dec. 2017)