Main areas of practice: Clinical Negligence, Discrimination and Equality Law, Employment
Jen was called to the Bar in 2012. She was appointed to the EHRC’s Panel of Preferred Counsel in 2019.
Employment Jen has particular expertise in the Higher Education sector acting for both HE providers, such as Oxford University, and on behalf of unions and individual academics. She was instructed on behalf of c.10,000 claimants as junior counsel in a gig-economy case. She regularly acts as sole counsel in high profile and complex multi-day discrimination and whistleblowing litigation. She is highly sought after by both claimant and respondent solicitors for her clear-sighted, strategic approach to litigation. Jen also regularly undertakes complex internal investigations into employee disputes and disciplinary matters, including in the most sensitive cases of serious sexual harassment. She sits as a fee-paid Employment Judge in the South West Region.
Clinical negligence Jen has acted for claimants with complex claims where both liability and quantum is in issue. She has an active practice as sole counsel and is frequently junior to leaders in the field of high value clinical negligence litigation, in particular, wrongful birth cases.
Discrimination Jen represents clients in discrimination in goods and services and education litigation. She recently acted for Emily Bendell in her widely-reported claim against the Garrick Club.
Oxford University BA (Hons) Jurisprudence
London Bar
Jennifer Danvers –Cloisters ‘Jennifer is an absolutely brilliant barrister. She is incredibly intelligent and her knowledge of employment law is second-to-none. She explains even the most tricky issues clearly and concisely. You always know you are in a safe pair of hands when you instruct her.’