Alexander Adamou

I have had the benefit of Mr Adamou’s expertise in dealing with a number of the firm’s recent cases. He is thorough, highly capable and his passion for advocacy is indisputable.

Instructing Solicitor

  • Year of Call 2017

Introduction

Introduction

Alex joined Chambers following completion of his first six at a Commercial Chambers in London. Whilst there Alex assisted other members in advising clients on various aspects of Commercial and Civil Law. This included commercial lease agreements as well as housing possessions and delayed flight claims. Whilst there Alex assisted in advising a package holiday provider in 28 separate delayed flight claims where the action was brought in Denmark.

Alex completed his Second Six within Chambers and was subesquently offered tenancy. 

Alex has since developed a thriving Civil, Commercial, Employment and Regulatory Practice and regularly represents clients in various aspects of civil and commercial litigation including complex, multi-day cases. Alex's practice covers Commercial and Chancery Law as well as Personal and Corporate Insolvency. 

He has also appeared before the Court of Protection (DoLs) on numerous occassions. Alex has assisted at all stages in proceedings including applications undwer the Mental Health act for detention and treatment.  Alongside his Mental Health practice he has a keen interest in discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair and wrongful dismissal, and equal pay claims in Employment Law.

As a junior member of the team he acts for both claimants and respondents in RTA’s, Credit Hire and Housing Possession in the County Court.

Alex has undertaken secondments and has previously been instructed by the Government Legal Department as a "Junior Junior Barrister". 

 

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Alex Adamou
Barrister
33 Bedford Row

Civil

Civil

Alex is a commerical barrister who has experience in many of chambers core civil and commercial areas.

He offers comprehensive legal support and advice encompassing drafting, advisory services, and representation. He has acted as sole counsel in the County Court, High Court, and Upper Tribunal. He is frequently instructed in cases involving complex issues and commercial sensitivity.  He is able to use his methodicaly, thorough and analytical approach to often find creative and pragmatic solutions to a client's issues.

Alex is more frequently appearing in fast and multi track matters for both Claimants and Defendants.  His practice encompasses the entire gamut of civil practice including RTA claims, contractual disputes and possession proceedings.

He has consideral expeience in advising at all stages of proceedings including issues pre-issue and post judgement as well as allegations of Fundamental Dishonesty. 

Alex is rountinely instructed on interim applications as well as more complex Fast and Multi-Track disputes. He has a growing penchant for assisting in, drafting and appearing in injunction proceedings in particular urgent and without notice injunctions. Alex has also appeared in the High Court in relation to obtaining interim injunctions and has most recently provided a webinar, as part of chambers team, on Super Injunctions.

Alex is currently in the porocess of writing a book in conjunction with Law Brief Puiblishing focusing on the Enforcement of Judgements and Orders.

Additionally Alex regularly provides webinars and lectures on developing areas of Civil Law including: 

  • Costs
  • Part 36 offers
  • Enforcement
  • Witness Evidence and Strategy

 

Employment

Employment

Alex regularly represents both Claimants and Employers covering the entire spectrum of Employment Law. Alex is capable of accepting instructions on both an instructed and direct access basis. 

Alex has appeared, and continues to appear, in multi-day Employment Tribunal disputes particularly covering areas of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and TUPE transfers. 

Most recently Alex appears in a 5 day Sexual Orientation Discrimination trial in which he was successful in having the claim reduced by £40,000. 

Alex has also appeared to in what is thought to be one of the first applications for Interim Relief following inposition of mandatory vaccination for care home workers. 

Alex has also regularly lectured and advised on the follwing areas: 

  • Redundancy and Redundancy Pay. 
  • Strike Action
  • Workers Rights.
  • Pregnancy Discimination

Property

Property

Alex acts for clients across a wide span of property law including trusts of land, constructive and resulting trusts, claims pursuant to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, and matters involving contested wills and probate.

He is capable of advice on all kinds of proceedings relating to the administration of estates, including claims for the production of accounts by personal representatives, claims for the removal of personal representatives, and applications for orders to facilitate the administration of estates and provide protection for personal representatives.

He also specialises in both residential and commercial landlord & tenant matters. He has a particular focus in dealing with Anti-Social Behaviour injunctions as well as subsequent committal or enforcement proceedings.

Alex is able to provide effective advocacy in court and direct but metodical and pragmatic advice out of court. This include advice pre-action through to trial strategy and witness handling. 

Alex was recently been successful in seeking the strike out of an £80,000 TOLATA claim and he was further successful in resisting a relief from sanctions application to have the claim reinstated. He has also recently advised on the substasntial misappropriateion of trust funds by a Trustee as well as securing settlement in a case where an individual had been scammed out of approximately £100,000.

Court of Protection

Court of Protection

Alex has developed an extensive Court of Prtection practice and is well versed in assisting with applications under the Mental Health Act. 

Alex has appeared in the Court of Protection, on both the welfare and property and affairs pathways and has assisted with several applications under s21A Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Alex is regularly instructed by ther Office of the Public Guardian and has experience with dealing with a wide variety of different issues that occur in Court of Protection Proceedings including applications for committal following breach of an injunction.

Regulatory

Regulatory

Alex has developed a burgeoning and successful regulatory practice in which he routinely represents Registrants from all regulators.  Alex has regularly appeared in matters brought by the HCPC, NMC, SWE among others.

More and more Alex is finding himself instruxcted by both Registrants and regulators and he has shown himself capable at dealing with all manner of allegations including serious allegations of threats of violence and misconduct as well as sexual offences. 

Alex is routinely instructed in complex and multi day matters and consistently advises on proceedings from initial correspondence through to Fitness to Practise Hearings.

Alex has appeared in a 14 day matter involving a registrant threatening to kill their line manager as well as numerous allegations of bullying spanning across multiple years. Alex was also responsible in this matter for advising on appeal to the High Court and subsequently drafting the successful Grounds of Appeal. 

He has also recently been successful in securing a suspension for a Registrant accused of selling confidential patient information to a third-party marketing corporation. 

Most recently Alex was successful in seeking a number of allegations be removed at an abuse of process in a matter where 11 allegations were brought against a nurse stemming back to 2014.  During the 14 day trial in theis matter he was also suceffuly in reving a further charge as from a submission of no case to answer and the panel found (following his adepts and cogent submission) that none of the other charges were found proved barring one the Registrant had admitted.  The Panel found this allegation did not amount to misconduct and the Reistrant was not impaired.

Alex undertook a 6 month secondment in 2021 at a solicitors firm where his responsibilities included: 

  • managing and progressing his own caseload.
  • contacting and interviewing witnesses
  • assessing the evidence and merits of allegations
  • drafting recommendations to Case Examiners under Fair and Just Dispoal (FJD) policies.

 

Notable Cases

Notable Cases

Razaq v Baig [2019] 11 WLUK 513

Alex appeared on behalf of the respondent in an appeal against an injunction granted in a partnership dispute.

The Appellant and Respondent were former business partners whose relationship had collapsed. The Respondent, who was freeholder of the business premises, changed the locks and obtained an injunction to exclude the Appellant from the property.

On appeal, Roth J found the granting of the injunction to have been wrong in law. Following Lie v Mohile [2014] EWHC 3709 (Ch) the first instance judge had erred in ordering the Appellant’s exclusion from the premises and found that the Appellant enjoyed a liscence to remain in the property. 

 

IR Management Services Limited v Salford City Council [2020] UKUT 81 (LC)

Alex appeared on behalf of the Appellant in which the court had to determine on whom does the burden of proof lie when it is said that the manager of a house in multiple occupation had a reasonable excuse for conduct which, but for that defence, would amount to a relevant housing offence under section 249A, Housing Act 2004. 

 

Qualifications

Qualifications

BPP Law School Holborn:       Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) (Very Competent)

King’s College London:            Master of Laws (LLM) (Merit)

University of Sussex:                Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Languages

Languages

English (Mother Tongue)

Spanish (Conversational)

French (Basic)

Awards & Prizes

Awards & Prizes

Top Advocate, (Oralist for the King's College London) in the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Competition 2015. Ranked 34th out of 150 eligible advocates in the Global Finals).

Member of the Semi-Finalist Team for King's College London in the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition 2015, UK National Rounds.

 

Memberships

Memberships

Employment Law Bar Association

Employment Lawyers Association

Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)

Young ICCA

Direct Access

Direct Access

Alexander is qualified to provide advice and representation on a Direct Access Basis.  Alex offers assistance specifically in relation to Civil, Commercial and Employment disputes. 

Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice

Alexander Adamou collects, uses and is responsible for personal information about you.


When I do this I am the ‘controller’ of this information for the purposes of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
If you need to contact me about your data or the processing carried out you can use the contact details at the end of this document.

 

What do I do with your information?


Information collected when carrying out the provision of legal services or providing a reference I collect some or all of the following personal information that you provide:


a. personal details
b. family details
c. lifestyle and social circumstances
d. goods and services
e. financial details
f. education, training and employment details
g. physical or mental health details
h. racial or ethnic origin
i. political opinions
j. religious, philosophical or other beliefs
k. trade union membership
l. sex life or sexual orientation
m. genetic data
n. criminal proceedings, outcomes and sentences, and related security measures
o. other personal data relevant to instructions to provide legal services, including data specific to the instructions in question.

Information collected from other sources.

The same categories of information may also be obtained from third parties, such as other legal professionals or experts, members of the public, your family and friends, witnesses, courts and other tribunals, investigators, government departments, regulators, public records and registers,

How I use your personal information: Purposes


I may use your personal information for the following purposes:

i. to provide legal services to my clients, including the provision of legal advice and representation in courts, tribunals, arbitrations, and mediations
ii. to keep accounting records and carry out office administration
iii. to take or defend legal or regulatory proceedings or to exercise a lien
iv. to respond to potential complaints or make complaints
v. to check for potential conflicts of interest in relation to future potential cases
vi. to promote and market my services
vii. to carry out anti-money laundering and terrorist financing checks
viii. to train other barristers and when providing work-shadowing opportunities
ix. to respond to requests for references
x. when procuring goods and services
xi. to publish legal judgments and decisions of courts and tribunals
xii. as required or permitted by law.

Whether information has to be provided by you, and why?


If I have been instructed by you or on your behalf on a case, your personal information has to be provided, to enable me to provide you with advice or representation, and to enable me to comply with my professional obligations, and to keep accounting records. 

The legal basis for processing your personal information I rely on the following as the lawful bases on which I collect and use your personal information:

▪ If you have consented to the processing of your personal information, then I may process your information for the purposes set out above to the extent to which you have consented to me doing so.


▪ If you are a client, processing is necessary for the performance of a contract for legal services or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.


▪ In relation to information which is in categories (g) to (n) above (these being categories which are considered to include particularly sensitive information and which include information about criminal convictions or proceedings) I rely on your consent for any processing for the purposes set out in purposes (ii), (iv), (vi), (viii) and (ix) above. I need your consent to carry out processing of this data for these purposes. However, if you do not consent to processing for purposes (iv) and (ix) (responding to potential complaints and providing a reference to a judgement) I will be unable to take your case or to provide a reference. This is because I need to be able to retain all the material about your case until there is no prospect of a complaint and to provide an informed and complete reference.


▪ In relation to information in categories (g) to (n) above (these being categories which are considered to be particularly sensitive information and include information about criminal convictions or proceedings), I am entitled by law to process the information where the processing is necessary for legal proceedings, legal advice, or otherwise for establishing, exercising or defending legal rights.


▪ In relation to information which is not in categories (g) to (n) above, I rely on my legitimate interest and/or the legitimate interests of a third party in carrying out the processing for the Purposes set out above.


▪ In certain circumstances processing may be necessary in order that I can comply with a legal obligation to which I am subject (including carrying out anti-money laundering or terrorist financing checks).


• The processing is necessary to publish judgments or other decisions of courts or tribunals.

Who will I share your personal information with?


If you are a client, some of the information you provide will be protected by legal professional privilege unless and until the information becomes public in the course of any proceedings or otherwise. As a barrister I have an obligation to keep your information confidential, except where it otherwise becomes public or is disclosed as part of the case or proceedings.

It may be necessary to share your information with the following:

▪ data processors, such as my Chambers staff, IT support staff, email providers,
data storage providers.
▪ other legal professionals
▪ experts and other witnesses
▪ prosecution authorities
▪ courts and tribunals
▪ the staff in my chambers
▪ trainee barristers
▪ lay clients
▪ family and associates of the person whose personal information I am processing
▪ in the event of complaints, the Head of Chambers, other members of Chambers who deal with complaints, the Bar Standards Board, and the Legal Ombudsman
▪ other regulatory authorities
▪ current, past or prospective employers
▪ education and examining bodies
▪ business associates, professional advisers and trade bodies, e.g. the Bar Council
▪ the intended recipient, where you have asked me to provide a reference.
▪ the general public in relation to the publication of legal judgments and decisions of courts and tribunals.

I may be required to provide your information to regulators, such as the Bar Standards Board, the Financial Conduct Authority or the Information Commissioner’s Office. In the case of the Information Commissioner’s Office, there is a risk that your information may lawfully be disclosed by them for the purpose of any other civil or criminal proceedings, without my consent or yours, which includes privileged information.

I may also be required to disclose your information to the police or intelligence services, where required or permitted by law.

 

Sources of information

The personal information I obtain may include information which has been obtained
from:
▪ other legal professionals
▪ experts and other witnesses
▪ prosecution authorities
▪ courts and tribunals
▪ trainee barristers
▪ lay clients
▪ family and associates of the person whose personal information I am processing
▪ in the event of complaints, the Head of Chambers, other members of Chambers who deal with complaints, the Bar Standards Board, and the Legal Ombudsman
▪ other regulatory authorities
▪ current, past or prospective employers
▪ education and examining bodies
▪ business associates, professional advisers and trade bodies, e.g. the Bar Council
▪ the intended recipient, where you have asked me to provide a reference.
▪ data processors, such as my Chambers staff, IT support staff, email providers, data storage providers
▪ public sources, such as the press, public registers and law reports.


Transfer of your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

This privacy notice is of general application and as such it is not possible to state whether it will be necessary to transfer your information out of the EEA in any particular case or for a reference. However, if you reside outside the EEA or your case or the role for which you require a reference involves persons or organisations or courts and tribunals outside the EEA then it may be necessary to transfer some of your data to that country outside of the EEA for that purpose. If you are in a country outside the EEA or if the instructions you provide come from outside the EEA then it is inevitable that information will be transferred to those countries. If this applies to you and you wish additional precautions to be taken in respect of your information please indicate this when providing initial instructions.


Some countries and organisations outside the EEA have been assessed by the European Commission and their data protection laws and procedures found to show adequate protection. The list can be found here. Most do not. If your information has to be transferred outside the EEA, then it may not have the same protections
and you may not have the same rights as you would within the EEA.

I may transfer your personal information to the following which are located outside
the European Economic Area (EEA):

Cloud data storage services based in Switzerland, in order to enable me to store your data and/or backup copies of your data so that I may access your data when I need to. Switzerland does not have the same data protection laws
as the EU but has been recognised by the European Commission as providing adequate protection; see https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/dataprotection/data-transfers-outside-eu/adequacy-protection-personal-data-noneu-countries_en.

If I decide to publish a judgment or other decision of a Court or Tribunal containing your information then this will be published to the world.

I will not otherwise transfer personal information outside the EEA except as necessary for providing legal services or for any legal proceedings. If you would like any further information please use the contact details at the end of
this document.


How long will I store your personal data?


I will normally store all your information:

Until at least 1 year after the expiry of any relevant limitation period (which will usually be 6 years, but may be 12 years, or longer where the case includes information relating to a minor), from the date of the last item of work carried
out, the date of the last payment received or the date on which all outstanding payments are written off, whichever is the latest/whatever other end point is chosen.

This is because it may be needed for potential legal proceedings. At this point any further retention will be reviewed and the data will be marked for deletion or marked for retention for a further period. The latter retention period is likely to occur only where the information is needed for legal proceedings, regulatory matters or active complaints. Deletion will be carried out without further notice to you as soon as reasonably practicable after the data is marked for deletion.

I will store some of your information which I need to carry out conflict checks for the rest of my career. However, this is likely to be limited to your name and contact details/ the name of the case/anything else. This will not include
any information within categories (g) to (n) above.


• Information related to anti-money laundering checks will be retained until five years after the completion of the transaction or the end of the business relationship, whichever is the later. 

• Names and contact details held for marketing purposes will be stored indefinitely or until I or my clerks become aware or are informed that the individual has ceased to be a potential client.


Consent


As explained above, I am relying on your explicit consent to process your information in categories (g) to (n) above. You provided this consent when you agreed that I would provide legal services. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time, but this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing activity I have carried out prior to you withdrawing your consent. However, where I also rely on other bases for processing your information, you may not be able to prevent processing of your data. For example, if you have asked me to work for you and I have spent time on your case, you may owe me money which I will be entitled to claim.

If there is an issue with the processing of your information, please contact my clerks using the contact details below.


Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have a number of rights that you can exercise in certain circumstances. These are free of charge. In summary, you may have the right to:


▪ Ask for access to your personal information and other supplementary information;
▪ Ask for correction of mistakes in your data or to complete missing information I hold on you;
▪ Ask for your personal information to be erased, in certain circumstances;
▪ Receive a copy of the personal information you have provided to me or have this information sent to a third party. This will be provided to you or the third party in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format, e.g. a Word file;
▪ Object at any time to processing of your personal information for direct marketing;
▪ Object in certain other situations to the continued processing of your personal information;
▪ Restrict my processing of your personal information in certain circumstances;
▪ Request not to be the subject to automated decision-making which produces legal effects that concern you or affects you in a significant way.

If you want more information about your rights under the GDPR please see the Guidance from the Information Commissioners Office on Individual's rights under the GDPR.

If you want to exercise any of these rights, please:
▪ Use the contact details at the end of this document;
▪ I may need to ask you to provide other information so that you can be identified;
▪ Please provide a contact address so that you can be contacted to request further information to verify your identity;
▪ Provide proof of your identity and address;
▪ State the right or rights that you wish to exercise. I will respond to you within one month from when I receive your request.


How to make a complaint?

The GDPR also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners’ Office if you are in the UK, or with the supervisory authority of the Member State where you work, normally live or where the alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The Information Commissioner’s Office can be contacted at http://ico.org.uk/concerns/.

Future Processing

I do not intend to process your personal information except for the reasons stated within this privacy notice. If this changes, this privacy notice will be amended and placed on the website.


Changes to this privacy notice

This privacy notice was published on 28.08.20 and last updated on 28.08.20.
I continually review my privacy practices and may change this policy from time to time. When I do it will be placed on the website.


Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information I hold about you, please contact me or my clerks at +44 (0) 20 7242 6476 or clerks@33bedfordrow.co.uk

The best way to contact me is to contact my clerks at +44 (0) 20 7242 6476 or clerks@33bedfordrow.co.uk.

Testimonials

Testimonials

PROFESSIONAL

I have had the benefit of Mr Adamou’s expertise in dealing with a number of the firm’s recent cases. He is thorough, highly capable and his passion for advocacy is indisputable.