Felix Levay

Employment

Felix acts for individual claimants, trade unions, and respondents. His work spans the ET, EAT, and Civil Courts, across the full spectrum of employment and discrimination law.

Recent appearances

• In the EAT, unled: an appeal against a refusal to reconsider the dismissal of a withdrawn claim under what was then Rule 52
• In the EAT, unled: an appeal concerning the weight placed by the ET on a claimant’s failure to object to sexual conduct in its decision that the conduct was not unwanted / was not subjectively perceived as having the proscribed effect for the purposes of a harassment claim.
• 5-day hearing: claim for direct racial discrimination, harassment, victimisation, unauthorised deductions, and breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
• 4-day hearing: claim for unfair dismissal, failure to make reasonable adjustments, discrimination arising, and harassment related to disability.
• 4-day hearing: claim for harassment related to disability and victimisation.

Felix also regularly represents clients in judicial mediations and dispute resolution appointments. He is a robust negotiator and works with clients to secure practical, cost-effective wins.

Felix has experience in areas including:

• Unfair / wrongful dismissal
• Discrimination, including disability discrimination
• Maternity discrimination
• Harassment and victimisation
• Whistleblowing
• Working time regulations
• Unauthorised deductions from wages
• Employee shareholder disputes
• TUPE
• Trade union detriment
• Flexible working complaints
• Equal Pay
• Cases involving personal injury

Industrial Relations and Trade Union law

Felix understands the particular needs of union clients and the on-the-ground realities of organising. He is regularly instructed by trade unions and can assist with the challenges posed by running large group claims.

Felix is also consulted on pay and recognition negotiations; he is able to draw on his experience in the corporate sector to give practical advice concerning larger employers.

Felix has delivered training on the impacts of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on statutory recognition and industrial action, and he has written for the Employment Lawyer’s Association Briefing on the implications of the right to access the workplace.

His recent work includes:

• An unlawful inducement claim for over 100 claimants, against a backdrop of ongoing pay negotiations.
• A claim for failure to consult regarding a group of 150 claimants during a TUPE transfer.
• A protective award claim involving historic trade union recognition over a 15-year period during which there were significant changes to the business.
• Advising on a proposed collective bargaining agreement with a large multinational during recognition negotiations.

Discrimination

Felix’s discrimination practice extends to the County Court, where his recent work includes a disability discrimination claim against the NHS.

Felix has a particular interest in the intersection of data law and discrimination; his analysis on the objective discrimination of indirect algorithmic objective discrimination has recently been published in Judicial Review.

Costs and Commercial

Complementing his employment practice, Felix has broader contract and commercial experience. His recent work includes:

• An application to the High Court to lift a stay on proceedings against a respondent in compulsory liquidation.
• Claim to recover unpaid solicitors fees.
• Advising on the enforceability of post-termination clauses.
• Advising on an employee shareholder dispute and potential unfair prejudice petition under the Companies Act 2006.

Felix is also able to help clients navigate the fixed costs regime and to assist with costs disputes.

Data protection, privacy and confidence

Felix has a special interest in UK GDPR, misuse of private information (“MPI”), and breach of confidence claims. He is also able to advise on the increasingly vexed topic of reputational damages and make-weight defamation claims.

Felix’s experience in the technology sector has proved a particular asset, enabling him to give practical advice regarding the UK GDPR. In a rapidly evolving field, he is able to advise on recent CJEU caselaw and its applicability.

Felix understands that non-specialist firms often struggle with UK GDPR / MPI claims, and he is able to assist from an early stage, giving a realistic assessment of quantum.

Recent work includes:

• Advising on a proposed data protection, breach of confidence, and MPI claim concerning a data breach which received national media coverage, and which involved questions of vicarious liability for leaks to the press.
• A data protection and MPI claim against the NHS, which involved a dispute over the tension between consent for the purposes of data protection law and the General Medical Counsel’s guidance on assumed consent.
• Advising on the impact of a possible UK GDPR breach on the enforceability of a restrictive covenant.

Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

Felix acts for claimants and defendants. He has experience of stress at work claims, complimenting his employment practice, and of psychiatric injury arising from Misuse of Personal Information.

Felix also has experience of EL/PL cases, RTAs, and cases involving fundamental dishonesty. He is able to help clients navigate the fixed costs regime, QOCS, and costs disputes.

Publications

• “The Role of Accuracy as Objective Justification of Discriminatory Algorithms”, Judicial Review (2025).
• Trade union access to the digital workplace”, ELA Briefing, August 2025

Education

Memberships

News and Articles

On Demand Webinar- Stress at work claims in the Civil Courts

Eight pupils become tenants

The use and abuse of subject access requests in civil litigation