Patrick Brodie

Practice Areas

Partner and Head of RPC's Employment, engagement and equality practice, Patrick Brodie is often called in to help resolve complex workforce issues.

Typical instructions for Patrick involve advising on domestic and European integration, outsourcing and restructuring projects. In the UK market he acts across both the public and private sectors. Patrick has built a reputation for helping organisations design and implement inclusion and diversity strategies.

Specialising in financial services regulation, whistleblowing and corporate governance, Patrick edits the whistleblowing chapter for Tolley's and is the updating author for Xpert HR's guide on TUPE.

On the litigation side, Patrick has worked on cases which have been taken to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

He was a winner of The Lawyer's Employment Team of the Year award. Patrick's work has also been shortlisted on two previous occasions for Commercial and, also, Employment Team of the Year Awards by Legal Week and the Lawyer.

Career

Qualified 1997; partner RPC 2003.

Publications

Patrick edits the whistleblowing chapter for Tolley's and is the updating author for Xpert HR's guide on TUPE.

Work Highlights

Acting for the successful respondent in the first case in over 100 years to appear before the UK Supreme Court.

Acting on a case that determines the limits of diplomatic immunity in relation to employment.

Acting for AA plc in a case that defined principles for quantifying breach of contract damages.