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Rachel Barrett
Position
Barrister specialising in employment, discrimination, inquests and inquiries, clinical negligence, human rights and public law.
Career
Year of call: 2012; Inn: Inner Temple; judicial assistant to Lord Wilson and Lord Hodge JJSC 2014-2015. Appointed in 2019 to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel of Preferred Counsel (B-Panel). Fee-paid Employment Judge from 2020.
Memberships
ELBA; ELA; DLA; HRLA; ALBA; BHRC; INQUEST; Justice; Advocate.
Education
Comberton Village College and Hills Road Sixth Form College; School of Oriental and African Studies and University of Law. BA History (First, 2006); MA Chinese Studies (Distinction, 2007); GDL (Distinction, 2011); BPTC (Outstanding, 2012).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Rachel Barrett – Cloisters ‘She will produce excellent work in an incredibly short time.’
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Rachel Barrett – Cloisters ‘An outstanding barrister who is thorough in her work.’
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.