Rajiv Joshi

Partner
Contact details

07816 325964

0118 955 3035

LinkedIn

Rajiv Joshi is very good at identifying the critical issues in any legal matter, and providing a clear rationale for his advice.

Legal 500, 2024

Rajiv has experience in a variety of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Rajiv is a supervisor of Employment Tribunal work amongst other matters.

Main areas of practice

Rajiv’s work includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, jurisdictional matters and the employment aspects of corporate transactions. He also drafts and advises on directors’ service agreements, employment contracts, staff handbooks and settlement agreements.

Career

Rajiv completed his Legal Practice Course at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice after finishing his LLM (Masters in Law) at LSE (University of London). Rajiv qualified in 2005.

Contact details

07816 325964

0118 955 3035

LinkedIn

Accreditations
Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer logo
Memberships
  • Employment Lawyers Association

Meet Rajiv

Significant Experience

  • General Employment clients:
  • Involved in a landmark case at the House of Lords in relation to the territorial scope of unfair dismissal law
  • Investigating and completing a report in relation to a complicated internal grievance on behalf of a large metropolitan police force involving multiple allegations at a senior level
  • Health & Social Care:
  • Acting for a Primary Care Trust and successfully disposing of a complex tribunal claim relating to disability and race discrimination
  • Acting for a registered charity in the social care sector on all general employment law matters, and successfully defending multiple Tribunal claims in relation to disability, race and sex discrimination as well as unfair dismissal

Additional Expertise

Seminars: Rajiv regularly presents training on employment law topics – either as part of Blake Morgan’s Breakfast Clubs, or for in-house training for clients

Quote


"I don't like legal answers, I just like commercial answers that fit the business, and Rajiv is very good at providing cost-effective advice that fits a proportionate risk-based solution for the issue at hand."

General Counsel, 2022

"Rajiv Joshi is happy to act almost as a direct adviser, he is always at the end of a phone and offers immediate support to our business when we need it."

Legal 500, 2022

"Risk-based, understands our business and what we want to achieve, upskills our team for dealing directly with the challenges we face."

Legal 500, 2021

Rajiv Joshi has extensive experience defending discrimination claims and also advises frequently on TUPE and all manner of corporate personnel issues. A client says: "He understands our questions very easily and is very clear in his responses."

Chambers and Partners, 2019

Rajiv Joshi has expertise in complex discrimination and TUPE matters and advising in the niche areas of police and health sector workforce issues.

Legal 500, 2020

Insights by Rajiv


events

20 July - Rajiv Joshi

You can listen again to our employment webinar on Effective Performance Management, which was live on 14 September 2023.

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articles

17 May - Rajiv Joshi

The Government recently launched a review designed to increase the employment prospects of autistic people. Currently, only 29% of autistic people are in employment, as found by the Office for...

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articles

28 March - Rajiv Joshi

A priority for organisations should be mental wellbeing support for employees as multiple studies reveal a deterioration in mental health and wellbeing during the pandemic. In addition, recent reports are...

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