He regularly acts for both claimants and respondents in a wide range of employment tribunal disputes, where his clients include major national and international companies, banks, local authorities, police forces, unions, and healthcare providers. He has appeared before the High Court, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal on behalf of clients. Julian also undertakes advisory and judicial review work in the field of public law.
Julian’s recent and current cases include representing the FCO and Office of the Prime Minister in a judicial review for breach of a legitimate expectation that the Government would hold a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon; a claim in which he obtained the highest ever employment tribunal award on behalf of a client under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; a number of large-scale equal pay employment tribunal claims including Hartley v Northumbria Healthcare and ors (test claim for the validity of Agenda for Change, the pay settlement for the whole of the NHS); cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal concerning consultation on healthcare provision; cases in the Information Tribunal concerning disclosure of Cabinet and Cabinet committee minutes; and cases in the European Court of Human Rights about subject-matter including the compatibility with the European Convention of the stop and search powers in the Terrorism Act 2000 (Gillan and Quinton v UK), and sexual orientation discrimination in the armed forces (61 applications v UK). He is a member of the Treasury Counsel C Panel. He is a contributor to Tolley’s Employment Handbook and Butterworths Local Government Law, and a member of the Administrative Law Bar Association and the Employment Law Bar Association.
Julian obtained one of his year's highest First Class degrees in English Literature from St. John’s College, Oxford. He subsequently spent a number of years as a professional pianist, becoming one of Britain's leading young chamber musicians. After turning to law, Julian gained his year's third highest Distinction in the Common Professional Exam at the College of Law, and was placed fourth in his year at the Inns of Court School of Law, where he was awarded the Bairstow Scholarship, the BACFI commercial law prize, and the Stephen Seabrooke prize for advocacy.