Outer Temple Chambers

Pensions, Employment

Barrister specialising in Pensions and Employment. Recent cases include Tesco Stores Ltd v Element [2024] ICR 1098, Abbey v Tesco Stores Ltd [2024] EAT 76, Avon Cosmetics Ltd v Dalriada Trustees Ltd [2024] EWHC 317 (Ch), Avon Cosmetics Ltd v Dalriada Trustees Ltd [2024] ICR 512, Element v Tesco Stores Ltd [2023] ICR 208, Britvic Plc v Britvic Pensions Ltd [2021] Pens LR 16 (CA); K v Tesco Stores Ltd [2021] ICR 1524 (CJEU), SPS Technologies Ltd v Moitt [2021] Pens LR 6, Carter v Chief Constable of Essex and another [2020] EWHC 77 (QB); Re ColArt Pension Scheme [2020] Pens LR 3; R (Carter) v Chelmsford Crown Court and another [2019] EWHC 1484 (Admin), [2019] ICR 1470; Williams v Swansea University Pension & Assurance Scheme Trustees [2018] UKSC 65, [2019] 1 WLR 93, [2019] 2 All ER 1031, [2019] ICR 230, [2019] IRLR 306, [2019] PLR 11; Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 2007.

Keith Bryant QC was called to the bar in 1991 and took silk in 2013.

His wide experience includes advising and acting for commercial and public sector organisations, trustees, government departments and agencies, individuals and unions.

His practice is focused on pensions law and employment law and the areas of overlap between the two. He is also increasingly involved in cases with a financial services aspect.

Keith has been recommended by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for pensions and employment law for many years with Legal 500 stating that he “brings a very wide range of expertise and experience to his advice, and his ability to deal with both complex employment and pensions matters is invaluable.”

Keith is regularly instructed in the High Court (Chancery and Queen’s Bench Divisions, including Commercial Court and Administrative Court), the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Appellate Courts, both in England and Wales and also in Northern Ireland. He has been involved in a number of matters before the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator, the Security Vetting Appeals Panel, the Pensions Ombudsman and other specialist tribunals.

Keith has extensive experience of mediation and arbitration proceedings, both as advocate and as mediator. He also undertakes internal disciplinary and grievance investigations for a number of clients. He is able to accept instructions on a direct access basis.

Keith writes and lectures regularly on pension, employment and other commercial topics. He is co-author of National Security, Law, Practice and Procedure (OUP, 2024).

Keith sat as a fee-paid employment judge for nearly 20 years. He also has security vetting to Developed Vetting level.

Keith is a Head of Chambers (Head of the Business Team).

Association of Pension Lawyers, Chancery Bar Association, Commercial Bar Association, Employment Lawyers Association, Employment Law Bar Association, Financial Services Lawyers Association, Industrial Law Society

King’s School, Rochester; Clare College, Cambridge (1986 BA Hons); King’s College, Cambridge (1989 Dip Comp Sci).

Singing, skiing, walking, twins.