Dee Masters > Cloisters > London, England > Barrister Profile
Cloisters Offices
1 PUMP COURT, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7AA
England
- Set Profile
- Go to...
Dee Masters
Position
Dee Masters has been ranked in the legal directories since 2010 as a leading employment barrister. According to an article in The Lawyer magazine in 2019, Dee Masters was one of the “top 10” female juniors appearing in the EAT.
Dee Masters is an employment, discrimination, artificial intelligence and whistleblowing specialist.
As a recognised expert in her field, her practice primarily consists of multi-week trials involving multiple and complex allegations. She is instructed by employers, employees and unions in high value or important claims. Due to her expertise, she regularly advises NGOs and government agencies on the development of discrimination law and she has delivered judicial training on discrimination law at ERA in Trier funded by the European Commission. She is also Head of Employment within Cloisters.
Dee is a leading practitioner in the technology space in relation to the interplay between artificial intelligence, equality law, human rights and data protection. She advises companies on auditing AI systems to ensure compliance with equality law as well as policy makers, NGOs and unions. Along with Robin Allen QC, she hosts www.ai-lawhub.com which contains information on how service providers can ensure that technology complies with the Equality Act 2010 as well as recent examples of her advisory work in this area. She was the CogX 2021 finalist for the Global Leadership Award.
Career
Called 2004.
Memberships
ELA; ELBA.
Education
University College London (LLB); London School of Economics (LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Dee Masters – Cloisters ‘A compelling advocate, and a real gem. She is always super prepared and confident.’
Cloisters is ‘packed with employment law talent‘, housing a team of ‘outstanding counsel‘. The group continues to handle a high volume of complex discrimination cases, and reports an increase in multi-party equal pay claims. The ‘exceptionally talented‘ Caspar Glyn KC is representing more than 8,000 drivers, as claimants, in litigation against Bolt concerning allegations of non-payment of the national minimum wage and holiday pay. In a separate matter, Schona Jolly KC, Rachel Barrett and Ameer Ismail are acting for multiple claimants in claims involving allegations of harassment and discrimination brought against McDonald’s. Daphne Romney KC is ‘a true force to be reckoned with‘, with established expertise in advising on equal pay and whistleblowing claims. Team head Dee Masters is ‘extremely knowledgeable on tribunal practice and procedure‘. In recent developments for the set, Yvette Genn was appointed a Circuit Judge in October 2023, and Anna Beale KC and Sarah Fraser Butlin KC were elevated to silk in March 2024.