Practice areas
Chris is a long-standing member of Civitas and has built a strong practice within Wales and beyond focusing on Employment law and Regulatory work.
His employment practice ranges from routine unfair dismissal claims to discrimination claims on all of the prohibited grounds. He is regularly instructed to cover cases throughout Wales and the Southern Eastern circuit. Chris is also able to conduct hearings and meetings remotely (via Skype Business, Microsoft Teams and/or Zoom), for those clients that require this service.
Chris has considerable experience representing Local Authorities in Education and Safeguarding matters, especially in a disciplinary context (covering both internal disciplinary proceedings and tribunal proceedings).
Chris previously practiced at the Criminal Bar for a number of years and gained considerable experience at conducting cases (for both prosecution and defence) involving environmental health, food hygiene, trading standards and animal welfare.
Chris is well versed in dealing with public law and human rights-based challenges made to decisions taken in the above, and other, contexts.
Chris has experience of conducting litigation at the highest level, including before the Court of Appeal.
Recommendations
Chris was once again ranked as Band 1 Counsel for employment law (Wales and Chester circuit) in the recent publications of Chambers and Partners 2019 and Legal 500.
Panels
Equality and Human Rights Commission Preferred Panel of Counsel
Panel of Junior Counsel (Employment) to the Welsh Assembly
Panel member for the WRU Appeal Committee
Memberships
Employment Lawyers’ Association
Wales and Chester Circuit
PIBA.
Education
Atlantic College, St Donat’s, Vale of Glamorgan
University College, London
University of Cambridge
Inns of Court School of Law
Social media links
Twitter: Chris_Howells5
LinkedIn: Christopher Howells
