The respected Junior is probably best known for his employment work.
David has acted for a wide range of clients, with appearances in the High
Court, Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and
House of Lords, on matters which include wrongful dismissal, bonus and share
claims, restrictive covenants and confidential information, whistleblowing,
TUPE, all forms of discrimination and the Working Time Regulations. Recent
cases include the high profile City bonus claims of Keen v Commerzbank and
Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald International, acting for British Airways v Noble
and Forde in the Court of Appeal (a case which affected some 9,000 employees),
and the highly significant disability discrimination claim of O’Hanlon v HM
Revenue and Customs which is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal next month.
In keeping with the style of his newly chosen set, David Craig also has a broad
based commercial practice primarily involving commercial contractual disputes. David Craig is a keen lecturer, a named
individual in both Chambers and Legal 500 directories, a member of a number of
professional bodies such as ELBA , ELA, COMBAR, PNBA and a co-author of The Law
of Reinsurance (Oxford University Press), published April 2005. He was also
appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel) in April 2005 David Craig joins
Essex Court Chambers with immediate effect.
