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Employment

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No5 Barristers’ Chambers
St Philips Chambers
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3PB

Leading Juniors

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Helen Barney – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Helen is technically excellent and is a very skilled advocate. She is particularly adept in cross-examination.’
Edmund Beever –St Philips Chambers ‘Ed is calm and always prepared. He grasps the issues and deals with curve balls too. Ed is also measured, tenacious and effective in terms of his advocacy style.’
Charles Crow – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Charles is very thorough in his work and deals fully with issues raised.’
Sophie Garner –St Philips Chambers ‘Sophie knows the law inside out, is very well organised and focuses on the key points, to ensure the best possible outcome.  Sophie’s advocacy is excellent. Sophie often comes up against KCs and is perfectly at ease responding to the points raised and matches them easily in skill and gravitas.’
Elizabeth Hodgetts – St Philips Chambers
Mugni Islam-Choudhury – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Mugni is a silk in the making. He regularly appears against silks and more than matches them. He is exceptional in even the most complex of cases with high stakes. Mugni is also great with clients and at managing large counsel teams.'
Nabila Mallick – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Nabila is sharp, focused and grasps the facts of disputes very quickly.’
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Mirza Ahmad –St Philips Chambers ‘Mirza has a sound grasp of the facts in complex cases as well as strong advocacy skills.’
Julie Duane –St Philips Chambers ‘Julie is very client friendly and provides advice in a concise and succinct manner, making it easy for individual clients to understand. She is accomplished in managing client expectations and is a very capable advocate before employment judges.’
Jack Feeny – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Jack is the pre-eminent senior junior for police employment and police regulatory claims. He is very knowledgeable and proactive, has great insight, and is able to deal with appellate work without a leader.’
Richard Hignett – No5 Barristers’ Chambers 'Richard's advocacy and cross-examination skills are excellent. He anticipates difficulties with evidence and advises on how to overcome gaps. Richard also builds good rapport with clients and gains their trust.'
Caroline Jennings – No5 Barristers’ Chambers 'Caroline is a superb advocate. She is thorough in her preparation and has real skill at cutting to the chase and getting to the crux of the matter. Caroline also has some of the rarer qualities not often found in barristers - she is able to summarise information in a client-friendly way and is brilliant with witnesses.'
Anthony Johnston – St Philips Chambers ‘Anthony is excellent with clients and has an easy manner generally. His advocacy is top class and is sharp and methodical.’
Patrick Keith –St Philips Chambers ‘Patrick is excellent at plainly summarising complex legal issues and cutting to the heart of claims. He is also excellent at making both oral and written submissions and in his client manner.’
Anthony Korn – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Anthony is very thorough and has very good technical knowledge.’
Alexander Rozycki– St Philips Chambers ‘Alexander does a great job on complex matters, cutting through to the key issues in his written submissions. He is responsive and proactive in advising on how best to manage cases and prepare for the final hearing.’
Tim Sheppard – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Tim is technically very strong, clear concise and thorough. His attention to detail is superb, and he is an excellent communicator and advocate. Tim offers very practical advice to clients and he is also very approachable.’
Jessica Smeaton – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Jessica is an unparalleled advocate. She digests the pertinent facts of a case with consummate ease and is a go-to for Employment Tribunal litigation. She deals with clients expertly and her cross-examination skills are outstanding.’
Petar Starcevic – St Philips Chambers
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Colin Baran – St Philips Chambers ‘Colin is an exceptional advocate with particular strength at cross-examination. He is very adept at picking holes in witness testimony.’
Sarah Bowen – 3PB ‘Sarah is technically excellent, fantastic with clients and has an unparalleled ability to think on her feet. She can adapt her style to suit the case and its circumstances, and is a trusted adviser to ourselves and our clients.’
Daniel Brown –3PB ‘Daniel has a strong eye for detail and procedure. He has a good understanding of the best practical way to present a tactical point or argument to a Tribunal. Daniel is also willing to take the time to discuss his approach and will adapt this dependent on feedback.’
Jonathan Heard – St Philips Chambers
Grace Holden – 3PB ‘Grace is very thorough and detailed and good at summarising the complex issues in a case. She is also a very respectful and friendly barrister with brilliant communication skills.'
Craig Ludlow – 3PB ‘Craig is a first-class barrister. He is able to get to grips with complex legal issues with ease and the quality of his advocacy is inimitable. He not only explains the legal position, but takes a commercial approach to litigation, seeking his client’s objectives and tailoring his advocacy toward those.’
Tom Perry – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Tom is an excellent advocate. He is well organised and gets to grips with complex facts quickly. He is approachable and clients like to work with him and value his advice. Tom’s experience as a judge gives valuable insight to clients, as he is able to offer different perspectives on cases.’
Paul Wilson – St Philips Chambers

Rising Stars

Francis Mortin – St Philips Chambers ‘Francis always provides a first-class service. He goes above and beyond the call of duty to assist solicitors and their clients. Francis demonstrates professionalism, expertise, attention to detail and unwavering dedication to clients. He is also highly knowledgeable, quick to grasp the facts and has the ability to see solutions.'

Employment in Regional Bar

No5 Barristers' Chambers


No5 Barristers’ Chambers remains a ‘go-to chambers for employment work’ in the Midlands ‘with quality counsel at all levels’. ‘Silk in the making’ Mugni Islam-Choudhury mainly acts for large institutional employers such as NHS trusts, charities, and schools, and is noted particularly for his experience handling whistleblowing, grievance, and disciplinary investigations. He leads the team, with discrimination, whistleblowing, and TUPE specialist Jack Feeny deputising. Feeny recently appeared in the Court of Appeal on behalf of the claimants in Clark and Bell v Chief Constables of Derbyshire & West Midlands Police & Home Secretary, with the appeal considering whether the Employment Tribunal had jurisdiction to consider discrimination complaints relating to the policy injury benefit scheme following claims by two retired police officers that the scheme was discriminatory against people with their specific disabilities.

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‘Oliver Lee is very responsive and always provides a great service. He is a great communicator who is well organised.’

‘The clerks always provide an exceptional service. Oliver Lee and Danny Griffiths are fast to respond and ready to deal with urgent work.’

‘The clerks are very good and easy to contact.’

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St Philips Chambers


St Philips Chambers is widely praised as ‘a strong chambers with good availability at both senior and junior levels‘ in respect of employment law specialists. The team, led by Edmund Beever, has considerable combined experience representing large private employers, private individuals, and public sectors clients like NHS trusts and local authorities. Beever’s recent highlights include his representation of Nottinghamshire County Council in connection with a claim for religious discrimination by a Christian teacher dismissed for accessing a gender-questioning child's safeguarding report. Sophie Garner, ‘an excellent lawyer with a very personable and positive approach‘, has a strong track record handling discrimination and whistleblowing cases. Anthony Johnston is known for his ‘sharp and methodical’ advocacy style. He recently acted for the respondent in Pipe v Coventry University Higher Education in relation to a claim of age and disability discrimination brought by an individual with ADHD and insomnia, a former BBC journalist teaching at the university but without a PhD, who alleged that the university’s framework for academic progression unlawfully discriminated against neurodivergent and/or older applicants.

Les références

‘Janita Patel is always very helpful and goes out of her way to assist.’

‘The clerks’ room gets an 11 out of 10 – the clerks are always available to help reserve a barrister and/or put you in touch with a barrister if you want to sense check.’

‘The clerks are fantastic! Nothing is ever too much trouble for them. They have an impressive ability to deliver quick, efficient, and responsive emails. They always respond promptly to instructions, very often being able to successfully accommodate very last minute requests.’

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3PB


3PB is well known as a strong set for employment work on the Midlands Circuit with ‘a wide range of counsel of varying seniority and expertise’. Craig Ludlow primarily acts for private and public sector respondent organisations, including corporate clients in the financial services, retail, transport, and aviation sectors as well as NHS trusts, county councils, and education providers. Sarah Bowen is ‘exceptionally detail focused‘ and stands out particularly for her work in the education, healthcare, and regulatory sectors. With ‘a strong eye for detail and procedure’, Daniel Brown is a discrimination law specialist who often represents doctors and other healthcare professionals, NHS trusts, and care homes.

Les références

‘Patrick Robson is a real credit to chambers. He is always available and has a really personable demeanour.’

‘Patrick Robson is very helpful. He is always prompt to respond to enquiries.’

‘The clerks are always inordinately helpful and creative in finding solutions. Patrick Robson looks after clients very well, as do Patrick Steptoe, Mattie Scanlan and Edd Holdstock. They are very transparent and trustworthy.’