Joel Wallace
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 6 : Employment
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About
Provided by Joel Wallace
Practice Areas
Joel Wallace is a sports law, employment law and business protection specialist. He acts across the full range of these disciplines, including arbitration, commercial and contract disputes, misconduct, doping, whistleblowing, and discrimination.
Career
Modern and down-to-earth describe Joel’s practice and approach respectively. Joel is a sports, employment and business protection/commercial law barrister whose specialist areas centre around contemporary issues. He prides himself on his collaborative style, which focuses on early strategising to achieve client objectives. Joel’s self-deprecating manner makes working with him on even the most challenging cases easy and enjoyable.
Professional Memberships
Sport Resolutions Safeguarding Case Management Programme Legal Advice Service
Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Panel
Former chair on The FA’s CFA Disciplinary Panel (from 2017 to 2021)
Employment Law Association Member
Publications
Sports
"‘Golden Mitigation’ in football: Lessons from the Nottingham Forest's Profitability & Sustainability Regulations Appeal decision", (2024) LawInSport
“Pitfalls of Sports Federations Playing Judge, Jury & Executioner – A Review of Turk v FIM”, (2022) LawInSport
“VB Football Assets v Blackpool Football Club (Properties) Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 1232” (Ch), (2018) Lexis Analysis
Employment
“Clarity for Irregular Workers: Paid Annual Leave Accrual in the Supreme Court” (2022) Lexology
“Annual Leave in the Court of Appeal: Another win for Gig Workers” (2022) Lexology
Commercial
“Directors Duties to Creditors: Does BTI 2014 v Sequana Bring Clarity or Confusion to the Duty?” (2022) Littleton
Talks and Speaking Events
“Law students need to stop waiting for that Suits moment” (2018) Legal Cheek
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Clients regularly instruct Joel Wallace on matters connected to discriminatory behaviour in the workplace. He is particularly well-regarded for his expertise in issues related to social media.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Joel can work flexibly and think on his feet to deal with last-minute applications and changes of position. He is extremely personable and with very good, clear and precise drafting skills."
"Joel is really thorough and very well-prepared with brilliant written work."
"Joel an impressive junior barrister who gets to grips with complex issues quickly, is clear, calm and a very good advocate in the tribunal."
"Joel Wallace lives and breathes cases and is always available even when tight deadlines come up. He was meticulous in his preparation and submissions whilst remaining commercial throughout."
"Joel can work flexibly and think on his feet to deal with last-minute applications and changes of position. He is extremely personable and with very good, clear and precise drafting skills."
"Joel is really thorough and very well-prepared with brilliant written work."
"Joel an impressive junior barrister who gets to grips with complex issues quickly, is clear, calm and a very good advocate in the tribunal."
"Joel Wallace lives and breathes cases and is always available even when tight deadlines come up. He was meticulous in his preparation and submissions whilst remaining commercial throughout."
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