Paul Daniels, Partner

• Area of expertise: Employment
• Office: London - Swinton House
• Email:p.a.daniels@rjw.co.uk
• Telephone:020 7339 6409

Paul Daniels is a Partner in our Employment Department in London.  He has been praised in The Legal 500 and in the Chambers and Partners legal directory, where he is ranked first amongst claimant employment lawyers and described as "professional and easy to deal with".

Recent cases Paul has been involved in have included:

• Advising a senior director in the media industry on a substantial termination package and Compromise Agreement.
• Representing a Premiership Football Manager on a high profile employment dispute.
• Representing a Senior City Executive on a high value whistleblowing and unfair dismissal case in the employment tribunal.

Paul is acknowledged as a national leading expert in disability discrimination cases. He also has considerable expertise in the field of race and sex discrimination, whistleblowing and in advising senior executives on redundancy/dismissal/bonus issues.

Some of Paul's leading reported cases include Goodwin v The Patent Office in which he represented a civil servant with a mental illness which is now the leading case on the meaning of disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

He was also recently successful in one of the first whistleblowing cases under the Public Interest Disclosure Act (Azmi v Orbis).

Paul studied Law at Oxford University, graduating in 1988. He trained at international law firm, Linklaters and Alliance, qualifying into the employment department in 1993. Paul joined Russell Jones & Walker in 1995. He was made a partner in April 2001.

Paul is a member of The Employment Lawyers Association, The Discrimination Law Association and a Committee Member of the Disability Discrimination Act Advisers Group.  In 2005 he was appointed part-time Chair of the Employment Tribunal.

His outside interests include travelling, voluntary work, politics, acting and the Welsh Rugby team!

The Legal 500 2008 recommends Paul and comments on his commitment. In previous years comments have included "Disability discrimination luminary, Paul Daniels has a fine reputation, particularly for his style in the tribunal"

The Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession 2008 stated:

 "Paul Daniels exemplifies the team’s impressive representation of senior executives, with an “aggressive and commercial” approach. He is a “tough litigator” and “good value for money.” Daniels recently acted for Lewis Findlay, the former head of Cantor Fitzgerald’s spread betting arm, in what may be the highest-value whistle-blowing claim brought to date in the UK. An “extremely good negotiator," he "knows which buttons to press to get good results for the client.”

• City worker accuses firm of racial and sex discrimination
• Employment tribunals 'to be able to adjust compensation awards'
• Database of employees accused of misconduct 'likely to be illegal'
• Council manager sues for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination
• Sacked vet wins £100k in dispute settlement