Andrew Watson
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 6 : Employment
Band 6
About
Provided by Andrew Watson
Practice Areas
Andrew has a particular focus on discrimination and whistleblowing, employers’ liability and stress at work claims, and also acts in contractual and restrictive covenant claims. He appears regularly in the employment tribunal both preliminary and final hearings, and has significant experience in dealing with long final hearings. His employer clients schools, logistics companies, hotel chains, hospital trusts, care providers and charities; his employee clients include senior executives, lawyers, traders, teachers, doctors and public servants. Andrew is an experienced appellate advocate and has appeared over a dozen times in the EAT.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Andrew Watson is commended by instructing solicitors for his deep knowledge of employment law. He has acted for a variety of claimants and respondents in discrimination and unfair dismissal claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew comes up with creative arguments and is someone I can turn to."
"Andrew is a brilliant advocate: very technical and hot on every single point."
"Andrew is intellectually brilliant."
"Andrew comes up with creative arguments and is someone I can turn to."
"Andrew is a brilliant advocate: very technical and hot on every single point."
"Andrew is intellectually brilliant."