Russell Bradley

Russell Bradley was admitted as an advocate on 1st June 2012. Prior to that, he was in private practice as a solicitor for over 20 years. In the latter 10 years, he worked exclusively in the employment field as partner and head of the Scottish employment team with the global law firm DLA Piper. His work covered the whole gamut of employment issues. He was accredited as a specialist in employment law by the Law Society of Scotland and has retained that exclusive focus on employment work in his years since coming to the Scottish Bar.

His practice is primarily first instance in the employment tribunal where he is regularly and frequently instructed across the UK by many well-known brand names in the retail, finance, facilities and transport industries.

His covenant work involves advising both employers and employees on their enforceability and appearing when they are litigated, for interim and final remedies.

Recent Court advice includes successful action against a former employee for payment of substantial damages arising from breach of the implied term of honesty and good faith, and interim orders to prevent industrial action in a dispute on TULR(C)A 1992 section 229 (2D).

He is ranked by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for employment in Scotland.

Legal 500 2020 says Russell is “Extremely tenacious when needed and great with clients“. In 2019 the Legal 500 said he is “He is proactive, commercial and precise” and Chambers and Partners described him as “Commercial, concise, sensible and switched-on“.