Liam OShaughnessy

Liam O'Shaughnessy

Year of Call: 2024
Email Address: liam.o'[email protected]
Telephone: 01962 868884

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Clerk Details

  • Clerk Name: Patrick Robson
  • Clerk Telephone: 01865 793736
  • Clerk Email: [email protected]

Employment and discrimination

Liam O'Shaughnessy is an employment and discrimination barrister who moved to the Bar having worked as a senior HR professional for over 25 years, specialising in industrial relations, employment law and disputes. Liam is now much in demand across all aspects of employment law including discrimination issues and employment status cases, acting for a wide range of clients.

Recent cases include:

B v G: Successfully defended a claim for unfair and automatic unfair dismissal (health and safety case) following a multi-day trial.

P v I: Successfully defended a claim for unfair dismissal in a multi-day trial involving multiple witnesses.

S v M: Successfully defeating claims of unfair dismissal and unauthorised deduction from wages, with the claimant succeeding only on a wrongful dismissal claim.

A v M: Acting for the respondent employer, secured strike out of a claim for discrimination on grounds of unreasonable conduct.

L v E: Achieved strike out of a discrimination, harassment, and unfair dismissal claim against a client, in a multi-respondent case involving building management companies and a security contractor.

J v A: Successfully defended a worker status claim, which included allegations of breach of contract, claims under the Agency Worker Regulations, and claims for unauthorised deduction of wages. The tribunal concluded that the claimant was a self-employed contractor.

N v M: Achieved strike out of a claim against an individual respondent company director on the basis of no reasonable prospects of success.

M v K: Acted for the respondent in proceedings involving allegations of race and sex discrimination, wrongful dismissal, and an amendment application during the hearing itself. Successfully defended all discrimination claims and resisted the addition of a further claim against a Director; the claimant succeeded on wrongful dismissal only.

R v C: Acting for the respondent employer at a remedy hearing, secured a considerable reduction in compensation payable to the claimant.

  • Recommendations

    "Just a quick note to say thank you very much for your brilliant work on this matter today in achieving the best outcome for us. It's been a pleasure to work with you and I look forward to hopefully working together soon." Instructing solicitor    

    "I would just like to add, it was a pleasure working with you Liam. Felt fully supported by Liam and his team!" Client Witnesses

    "Thank you for your note, and assistance today. As mentioned earlier, thank you for your submissions today which were delivered excellently and resulted in a fantastic judgment in our client's favour."  Instructing solicitor  

    "The client also wanted me to pass on his feedback that “Liam was very good today”. Thank you for all your support and the detailed note." Instructing Solicitor

    "Great to have you on this case and look forward to working with you in the future." Instructing Solicitor

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