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Rustom Tata
Partner & Chairman
Employment
Rustom leads DMH Stallard’s highly regarded employment group.
With over 30 years’ experience, including substantial amounts of Employment Tribunal litigation, Rustom now concentrates on providing strategic and tactical employment law advice to clients, focusing on complex, sometimes high-profile issues. His work often involves advice to management teams or trustee boards relating to senior level restructurings and the removal of senior executives, head teachers and others often with a public profile.
Rustom’s clients include The Royal Household, as well as professional service firms, statutory bodies and national and international charities. He also acts for senior executives and LLP Members in dispute with their firms.
Rustom’s views are regularly sought in both print and video media, and he has appeared on BBC, ITV and Sky News.
Rustom qualified as a Solicitor in 1992 and was awarded a Fellowship of the University of Sussex in 2023.
Rustom was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II and again by King Charles III when appointed as a Member and subsequently a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, for his work providing advice to The Royal Household over many years.
Rustom has served as the firm’s Chairman since 2014, during which time the firm has enjoyed a period of considerable growth and success.
Rustom works primarily in our London office but also collaborates closely with colleagues in our other locations.
Work highlights
EXECUTIVE REMOVAL
Advising the trustee board of an international charity in respect of the removal of the founder and chief executive.
ENFORCED RETIREMENT
Assisting the Board of Governors of a well-known independent school with the enforced retirement of a Head Teacher.
RESTRUCTURING
Supporting a professional service firm in relation to various restructuring issues, disputes with LLP members, and successful representation before the Employment Tribunals in various locations around the UK.
CLAIM DEFENSE
Representing an international business in successfully defending a claim brought by the head of the UK operation.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE REMOVAL
Advising a County Council on the suspension and removal of its Chief Executive/HoPS.
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EMPLOYMENT LAW
Fireworks in the workplace; changes to the Employment Rights Bill
Our employment law experts provide a review of the changes facing employers under the Employment Rights Bill, published in early October.
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EMPLOYMENT LAW
The rights of trade union members and issues for employers facing industrial action
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Events
Join our online workshop where our employment law experts will provide a practical update on the reforms already in force, what changes are on the horizon, and discuss what employers and HR teams should be doing to plan ahead.
Announcements
Doreen Reeves joined the firm on 13 April and will be based in the firm’s London office.
17/04/2026
Media spotlight
Rustom Tata shares his insights with HR magazine on why HR leaders should approach protected disclosures with care.
Rustom Tata13/04/2026
Podcasts
In this latest podcast, our employment law experts discuss the practical strategies employers should take to maximise their chances of successfully winning or defending against employment tribunal claims.
31/03/2026