Master of Laws

Makbool Javaid is Head of the Employment Group at Simons Muirhead & Burton.  He was formerly an Employment Partner and Head of Equality and Diversity Group at DLA Piper, a leading global law firm.   He was Head of Litigation Services at the Commission for Racial Equality.  Makbool has been involved in several high profile cases including; Burton and Rhule v De Vere Hotels Ltd (1996); Jones v Tower Boot Co Limited (1997); Harrods Limited v Remick and others (1997); Bossa v Nordstress Limited (1998); D’Souza v London Borough of Lambeth; Chan v London Borough of Hackney, Anyanwu v South Bank University and Others (2001), Aziz v Crown Prosecution Service (2006).  He has particular expertise in the financial services sector and in pan-European employment discrimination issues.

Makbool also acts on behalf of a number of significant public and private sector bodies.  In addition to defending complex andEquality sensitive cases he also provides in-house training and coaching to senior Managers/Directors of the large private and public corporations.  He advises on general employment law, and the avoidance and management of discrimination on all non-employment areas.  He speaks and conducts training on employment issues, has been widely published and regularly contributes to legal and personnel journals.  He has contributed to chapters in the CIPD’s Employment Law for People Managers and Employment Law in Practice Manuals, ‘Discrimination and Diversity 2005’ a Gee Publication and ‘Challenging Racism’ published by Lawrence and Wishart 2003.

Makbool is a member of the CBI Equality Forum, Employment Appeal Tribunal Users Group and a former adviser to the Government on race relations issues.  He is a member of the editorial panel at HR Director magazine.

Legal 500 describe him as ‘business minded’ and ‘down to earth’ with a burgeoning discrimination practice and is a ‘good man to have on your side’.

Chambers states that he is ‘esteemed for his emotional intelligence and credited with a key role in the discrimination side of the practice, which now accounts for almost a third of the team’s annual turnover’.