Jacques Algazy
Profile
Jacques Algazy practises principally in employment, commercial, European, and public law. He regularly appears for major institutions, NHS Trusts and local authorities as well as appearing for individuals and trade union clients. He has experience of a number of multi-party actions involving large numbers of litigants. Jacques is advising a number of local authorities who are wishing to set up vehicles for joint service provision on the impact of TUPE and equal pay legislation.
Jacques' employment practice embraces the full spectrum of Tribunal, High Court and appellate work and covers all areas of employment law, especially discrimination. One of his specialist areas is multi-jurisdictional (e.g. Tribunal and High Court) and cross-border litigation. Jacques regularly advises and acts in post employment covenant cases and cases involving breaches of fidelity and fiduciary duty. The credit crunch has seen the number of instructions in respect of claims for post employment restrictive covenants rise in recent times.
Jacques has developed a niche in the international aspects of employment law (including restrictive covenants). He has appeared in two leading cases in the area of territorial jurisdiction. Lawson v. Serco in the House of Lords and Williams v. Nottingham University in the EAT. He has also acted in numerous cases in the Employment Tribunal where jurisdiction has been in dispute. Jacques has also been instructed in employment cases in Northern Ireland (where he regularly appears) and Guernsey.
Jacques has appeared in a number of substantial claims in the medical field acting both for Doctors and NHS Trusts. He recently successfully defended a Trust against multiple discrimination claims in a 26-day Tribunal case - Bashir v. Sheffield NHS Trust.
Jacques also practises discrimination law in fields outside of employment. He recently acted for a management company of an apartment block who were being sued by the Orthodox Jewish long lessees who claimed religious discrimination. It was claimed that installation of movement sensor lights restricted the lessees' movements on the Sabbath..
Jacques sits as a part-time Judge of Employment Tribunals.
His commercial litigation practice covers a broad range of commercial matters, especially cases with an international or EC dimension, including commercial agency, real property, sale of goods and services, franchise agreements and financial services disputes. Jacques was instructed on behalf of the commercial agent in an international commercial arbitration - Thermo Fisher Scientific. He successfully acted (with Antony White Q.C.) in a ground-breaking case in which the minority shareholders of a company sued the majority who had bought them out and then sold the business on three weeks later at a substantially higher price.
Jacques' public law work includes judicial review of Government bodies and agencies regulating commercial activities.
Directories
Jacques is recommended by Legal 500, Legal Experts and Chambers and Partners for employment law and by Legal Experts for administrative and public law.
Chambers and Partners 2009 say "Clients are "thrilled to bits" with Jacques Algazy, who is"extremely responsive and user-friendly - he really gets to grips with a case and representssensibly". Solicitors say: "His charm masks the steeliness and sharp thrust of his cross-examination."
Chambers UK 2008 say "Clients use Jacques Algazy for "aggressive, punch-up cases", and he impresses them by doing "a lovely job with slippery witnesses". He regularly acts for local authorities, individuals and trade unions, and multi-jurisdictional and cross-border litigation is a particular specialism".
"Jacques Algazy successfully represented Mr Lawson in the Serco case on overseas workers' employment rights." Legal 500 2006 edition
"Jacques Algazy has a particular and profitable interest in the international aspects of employment law, especially the increasingly pertinent multi-jurisdictional enforcement of restrictive covenants and unfair dismissal in foreign British political enclaves. 'He's hot in this area,' clients noted, "and he comes across as very thorough and commercially minded." Chambers and Partners 2007 edition
Qualifications
LLB, D.E.S.Eu.
Cases
Bashir v. Sheffield NHS Trust
Date: July 2009
Alexander v. Leeds NHS Mental Health Trust
Date: June 2008
Williams v. University of Nottingham
Ref: [2007] IRLR 660 Date: June 2007
Anglos v. Kent and Brooks
Date: May 2007
Lawson v. Serco
Ref: [2006] IRLR 289 Date: January 2007