11KBW

Aileen McColgan KC

Specialist in administrative and public, employment, education, election and information law. Aileen has a particular interest in discrimination/ equality as well as in human rights law, higher education-related work and investigations.

Aliya Al-Yassin

Aliya practises in commercial litigation, public, employment, data protection, and public international law.

Amy Rogers KC

Barrister specialising in commercial, employment and public law. Recent cases include Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2014] AC 700; R (Reilly) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2014] AC 453 (SC); Geys v Société Générale [2013] 1 AC 523.

Andrew Sharland KC

Andrew specialises in all aspects of public law (commercial, regulatory, education, community care, local government, and planning and environmental law) human rights, public inquiries, public procurement and information law. He practises in English and European courts acting for private individuals, public authorities, commercial organisations and NGOs. Notable cases include: R (Bridges) v South Wales Police (Article 8 ECHR, GDPR and automatic face recognition technology in the Court of Appeal), MacDonald v UK (Private life and community care in ECHR), Kennedy v Charity Commission (freedom of information and Article 10 ECHR in the Supreme Court), R (Plantagenet Alliance) v Secretary of State for Justice and Leicester City Council (challenge to the decision to bury Richard Ill’s remains in Leicester) and DWF v Insolvency Service (public procurement and applications to lift the automatic suspension in the Court of Appeal).

Andrew Smith

Barrister at 11KBW (2008 call, Lincoln’s Inn)

Andrew Edge

Barrister specialising in employment law, discrimination and commercial law. Regularly involved in High Court and appellate litigation. Andrew’s practice covers all areas of employment law with an emphasis on whistleblowing, discrimination, TUPE, unlawful competitive activity (including springboard injunctions), bonus disputes, garden leave and the use of confidential information.

Anya Proops KC

Anya has a broad practice spanning information, media, human rights, public and employment law. She is recommended as a leading practitioner in the legal directories for her work in Data Protection, Defamation & Privacy, and Administrative and Public Law. The nature of Anya’s practice is such that she is equally at home conducting lengthy, witness-heavy hearings as she is arguing complex points of law before the appellate courts. Anya’s clients include individuals; corporations; media organisations; NGOs; statutory regulators and a wide array of public authorities. Anya is named in The Lawyer’s “Hot 100 Lawyers 2019” in recognition of her leading role the field of privacy litigation.

Ben Mitchell

Barrister, specialising in public, education, public international, EU, employment and information law. He is a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Attorney General’s Panels of Counsel.

Chris Jeans KC

Specialises in employment law and discrimination. Cases include: R(IWGB) v CAC IP Deliveroo; Smith v Pimlico Plumbers (No 2) Addison Lee v Lange; R(IWGB) v CAC IP University of London; Brierley v Asda Stores; Paturel v DB Group Services; CD v ST; X v Mid-Sussex CAB; Geys v Societe Generale; Coulson v News International; Proactive Sports Management v Wayne Rooney and others; Wardle v Credit Agricole; Wiliams v British Airways; Audit Commission v Haq; Keegan v Newcastle FC; Bateman v Asda Stores; Ainsworth Stringer v HMRC; Chagger v Abbey National; Grundy v British Airways; Cumbria County Council v Dow; EB v BA; O'Hanlon v HMRC; Derbyshire v St Helens .Crofts v Cathay Pacific Airways; Powerhouse Retail v Burroughs ; Preston v Wolverhampton Healthcare; BCCI v Ali; Mahmud and Malik v BCCI.

Christopher Knight

Barrister specialising in all aspects of public law, information rights and data protection law. Significant cases include: the Article 50 Brexit case (Miller); the Scottish independence referendum reference (Lord Advocate’s Reference); the challenge to the prorogation of Parliament (Miller/Cherry); recoverability of damages for breach of data protection law (Google v Lloyd); the challenge to the Rwanda deportation policy (AAA); the Covid Inquiry’s powers to order disclosure (Cabinet Office v Chair of UK Covid-19 Inquiry); and changes to Royal protective security (Duke of Sussex).

Daniel Isenberg

Barrister practising in all areas of public, commercial, employment and data protection litigation, with a particular focus on cases with an international element. A focus in the commercial and employment field on litigation involving breach of fiduciary and directors’ duties, economic torts, team moves, restrictive covenants, misuse of confidential information, civil fraud, bonus and contractual disputes, as well as assertions of state immunity. Daniel is regularly instructed in public law and human rights matters relating to national security and defence: he acted in the Bank Mellat sanctions litigation and his ongoing work includes an Article 2 challenge to the ban on the admissibility of intercept evidence. He also acts in high profile data protection claims, including for British Airways in the group litigation following the cyber-attack on its systems in 2018.

Daniel Stilitz KC

Specialist in employment law, public law, commercial law and ADR; recent cases include: Akerman-Livingstone v Aster [2015] UKSC 15; R (PDU) v Boots [2014] EWHC 2930 (admin); Joy v Deutsche Bank [2015]; Smith v Carillion [2015] EWCA Civ 209; R (Islington) v Mayor of London [2013] 4142 (Admin); Hounslow LBC v Powell [2011] 2 WLR 287; Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] 3 WLR 1441; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Beck [2010] EqLR 120; R (Bristol-Meyers Squibb) v NICE [2009] EWHC 2722 (Admin); Liverpool City Council v Doran [2009] 1 WLR 2365; R(A) v Croydon LBC [2009] LGR 24; Kay v United Kingdom (ECHR); R (Servier) v NICE [2009] EWHC 281; R (Gilboy) v Liverpool County Council [2008] LGR 521; R(Doherty) v Birmingham County Council [2008] 3 WLR 636; R (Eisai) v NICE [2008] EWCA Civ 444; Smith v Buckland [2008] 1 WLR 661; Harlow v Artemis [2008] IRLR 629; R (Bradley) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] 3 WLR 1059; HM Prison Service v Johnson [2007] IRLR 951; Charter plc v City Index Ltd [2008] Ch 313; Price v Leeds City Council [2006] 2 AC 465; Customs & Excise Commissioners v Barclays Bank Plc [2006] 3 WLR 1.

David Glen

Hannah Ready

Hannah Slarks

Hannah is a highly sought after junior, with a practice spanning public and regulatory, employment and education law. In her public and regulatory practice, Hannah has wide-ranging experience acting for both claimants and public bodies. She is consistently instructed in policy cases of major public importance, as well as sensitive matters concerning the rights of individuals. She has particular expertise in the community care, healthcare and education sectors. Hannah also has significant experience in matters relating to conduct within political parties. She acted as sole counsel for the lead complainants to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. She has also acted for the Electoral Commission against various pro- Brexit campaigning bodies. In employment law, Hannah regularly appears in the employment tribunals, the EAT, the county court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal, dealing with all stages of litigation. She is frequently instructed by employers to conduct sensitive internal investigations. She has extensive experience in complex discrimination matters, and is acting for the Government in a series of cases concerning the right to strike. In education law, Hannah acts for all kinds of educational institutions and providers, as well as for families in litigation, appeals and investigations. She has particular expertise in cases involving allegations of sexual abuse in educational settings.

Harini Iyengar

Experienced senior junior barrister specialising in Employment, Public and Commercial law. Particular expertise in Equality, Education, Information, Regulatory and Disciplinary law. Recently secured award of £870,740 for NHS whistleblower Dr Kevin Beatt. Represents businesses, public sector organisations and individuals. Employment work routinely involves very high value disputes, including complex governance issues, remuneration and equal pay, all forms of discrimination, holiday pay, whistleblowing, also contractual, pensions and TUPE disputes in the context of redundancy or insolvency. Undertakes a wide range of Education matters, including judicial review, special educational needs and disability tribunals, discrimination in the provision of educational services, in schools, universities and other settings. In suitable cases, accepts Public Access instructions.

Heather Emmerson

Heather is a highly sought-after junior with experience across the fields of administrative and public law, human rights, local government, regulatory law, professional discipline, information law and data protection. She is regularly instructed in ground-breaking and complex public law litigation and has particular expertise in judicial review claims and cases raising. Recent public law cases include three appeals heard by the Supreme Court and high profile judicial review claims relating to the closure of London police and challenges to the Government’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Heather also has experience advising and acting in regulatory and disciplinary proceedings on behalf of regulated individuals and regulatory bodies and has acted in a number of the leading cases in this sphere, including complex disciplinary tribunal hearings and appeals to the High Court. Heather has particular experience in the legal and health sectors. Heather is also a recognised expert in the field of information and data protection law and advises and litigates on behalf of a range of private and public sector clients on FOIA, GDPR, and DPA issues. She has advised and acted in data breach litigation and been instructed in cases before the ECTHR relating to data retention issues.

James Goudie KC

Head of chambers, specialising in commercial litigation, employment, public sector.

James Cornwell

James Cornwell is a barrister specialising in public, education, information and local government law. His public law practice sees him appear regularly in the Administrative Court in judicial reviews on a wide range of issues, principally for central government and a variety of public authorities, and in the Upper Tribunal on administrative appeals. He has also appeared in the Court of Appeal. His education practice has involved appearances in the Court of Appeal, High Court, county court and the FTT (SEND) (formerly SENDIST) on issues including disability discrimination, special educational needs, school exclusions and admissions, discrimination, negligence and breach of contract claims against private schools and higher education institutions. In his information law practice he appears regularly in the FTT (Information Rights) and Upper Tribunal on appeals under the Freedom of Information Act, often representing the Information Commissioner or public authorities, and also in data protection proceedings both in the Tribunal (enforcement and monetary penalty notice appeals) and county court. He is a member of the Attorney-General’s B Panel of Counsel.

Jamie Susskind

Jamie practices in commercial, employment, public, and information/data law. He appears regularly in the High Court and the EAT. Jamie has particular expertise in conspiracy and economic tort claims, restraint of trade and ‘team move’ disputes, and claims involving breaches of directors’ duties, fiduciary duties, and duties of confidence. In the Tribunals, he is usually instructed in complex whistleblowing and discrimination claims. In information/data law, Jamie is presently instructed by the Information Commissioner in two high-profile disputes. He is the author of two books at the intersection of technology and law, and his research in this field has been cited by Lord Sales JSC in lectures including his BAILII lecture, Algorithms, Artiﬁcial Intelligence, and the Law.

Jane McCafferty KC

Barrister specialising in commercial, partnership/LLPs and employment law with particular experience in complex, multi-party litigation and arbitration involving team moves, restrictive covenants, misuse of confidential information, breach of fiduciary duty, civil fraud and contractual disputes. Jane's practice frequently involves disputes with an international dimension and regulated firms and individuals. Recent cases include: A v B [2019] 1 WLR 5832 (practice guidance on inspection and interrogation of digital information under search and seize orders) AJ Gallagher v Bishopsgate Insurance Brokers [2019] (alleged team move and breach of fiduciary duty); ICAP Management Services Limited v (1) Berry (2) BGC [2017] EWHC 1321 (QB) (no TUPE transfer upon share acquisition); Marathon Asset Management v Seddon [2017] I.R.L.R. 503 (Wrotham Park damages for theft of confidential information); and Hosking v Marathon Asset Management LLP [2017] Ch 157 (the meaning of ‘remuneration’ in the context of forfeiture of profit share upon breach of fiduciary duty).

Jane Oldham

Jane Oldham specialises in public (including the intersection between public and commercial), local government, information and education law. She has appeared at all appellate levels.

Jason Coppel KC

Specialist in public, public procurement, information law, EU law and Human Rights Act issues. Notable recent cases include: T v Home Secretary [2015] 1 AC 49 (disclosure of convictions and cautions on criminal records checks); R (London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC (Admin), [2015] EWHC 295 (Admin) (challenge to the government’s proposed reforms to criminal legal aid); Childrens Rights Alliance for England v Justice Secretary CA, 2012 (duty to inform victims of human rights abuses); Humphreys v HMRC SC, 2012 (splitting of state benefits paid for children); St Prix v SSWP SC, 2012 (EU ‘worker’ status of pregnant woman); Greenwich Community Law Centre v Greenwich LBC CA, 2012 (application of public sector equality duty to tender processes); JBW v Ministry of Justice(CA, 2012 (public service concessions and implied contract terms in tender processes); MPC v ZH CA, 2013 (Mental Capacity Act defence to assault and false imprisonment).

Joanne Clement KC

Barrister specialising in administrative and public law; human rights and civil liberties; education and local government. Recent cases include: R (London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association and Criminal Law Solicitors Association) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 3020 (Admin) (successfully challenging the LC’s reforms to criminal legal aid); R (West, Beer, Webb and Thomas) v Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council [2014] EWHC 2134 (Admin) (challenge to local authority’s decision to abolish free full time nursery education for three year olds); R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 1710 (court of Appeal decision on the scope of the common law right of access to justice); R (Bailey) v London Borough of Brent [2011] EWCA Civ; 1586; [2011] EWHC 2572 (Admin) (leading case on library closures and the public sector equality duty); R (Hurley and Moore) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2012] EWHC 201 (Admin) N (challenge to increase tuition fees); ALL Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition v Information Commissioner and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Judgment pending Information Tribunal appeal seeking information held about extraordinary rendition); Department of Healthy v Information Commissioner [2011] EWHC 1430 (Admin) (abortion statistics and personal data); BUAV v Information Commissioner and University of Newcastle [2011] UKUT 185 AAC (Information Upper Tribunal FOIA – seeking project licences authorising experiments on primates; R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 269 Application to vary/appeal against conditions imposed by trial judge on the grant of permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal; R (MN (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA 193 Test case on the test to be applied by a judge on an application for judicial review of a refusal of the Secretary of State to treat further representations by an asylum seeker as a fresh claim under paragraph 353 of the lmmigration Rules; R (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 3524 (Admin) Judicial review of the Secretary of State’s interim immigration cap; R (Petsafe) v Welsh Ministers [2010] EWHC 2908 (Admin) Challenge to the Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (Wales) Regulations 201 0 which prohibited in Wales the use on cats and dogs of any electronic collar designed to administer an electronic shock; R (Ghai) v Newcastle City Council and Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWCA Civ 59 [2010] 3 All ER 380 Junior Counsel for the Secretary of State in a claim brought by religious groups challenging the ban on open air funeral pyres as being contrary to Articles 8, 9 and 14 of the ECHR.

John Bethell

John is a public law and human rights specialist with related expertise in public international law and information law. He is instructed across these fields, for central government, local authorities, other public bodies and claimants, and has particular experience in cases involving national security or international relations issues. He has extensive experience in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, both as sole counsel and as part of a larger team.

Jonathan Auburn KC

Barrister dealing with public law/judicial law, local government, community care, education law, mental health, mental capacity.

Jonathan Moffett KC

Jonathan is a specialist public law silk with a practice that has an emphasis on the fields of regulatory law, local government law, education law, environmental law, and human rights and civil liberties. He has a particular expertise in the interface between public law and human rights, and he has led on human rights cases in the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights. Jonathan acts for individuals, charities, companies, NGOs, central and local government bodies, regulators and other public bodies. Jonathan is a co-author of a leading practitioners’ text book on judicial review, he edits the sections on judicial review in the White Book, he is on the Welsh Government’s panel of Queen’s Counsel and the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s A panel of counsel, and he is regularly instructed by central government departments on some of their most difficult cases. Jonathan sits as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Administrative Court and as a Recorder in the Crown Court, and he is also Chair of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association.

Joseph Barrett KC

Joseph is a leading junior barrister in the fields of Public, EU and Commercial law.In recent years he has regularly been instructed in a number of the most significant cases to come before the Courts. In the field of EU procurement litigation he is ranked as a Band 1 practitioner by all of the main legal directories and is widely regarded as the leading junior at the Bar.

Joseph Lavery

Joseph is a barrister specialising in public, regulatory, procurement, information, data protection, employment and commercial law.

Judy Stone KC

Judy has a dynamic employment and commercial law practice. She is regularly instructed in claims involving breaches of directors’ duties, fiduciary duties, duties of confidence and restrictive covenants as well as in pension, bonus and other contractual disputes, often with an international element. In the employment tribunal, Judy has considerable experience of high value whistleblowing and discrimination litigation.

Julian Wilson

Barrister specialising in business disputes especially those involving shareholder unfair prejudice, partnership and joint venture breakdown, director misfeasance, commercial fraud, disputed entitlements under share and bonus schemes, employee competition and misuse of confidential information. Clients value the commercial judgment he brings to cases having been a City litigation partner before coming to the Bar. Also brings experience and insight to the sensitive handling of internal investigations, and the independent chairing of complex internal disciplinary processes.

Julian Blake

Barrister acting in a wide range of public law, media and information law and commercial law fields. Recent cases include: Gubarev & Others v Buzzfeed [2018] EWHC 512 (QB) (letter of request relating to the Donald Trump Dossier); Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2015] EWCA Civ 1052, [2016] EWCA Civ 452 (sanctions/financial restrictions on an Iranian bank); Rahmatullah (No 2) v Ministry of Defence, Mohamed v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 1, [2017] 2 WLR 287 (Crown Act of State); Al Waheed v Ministry of Defence, Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 2, [2017] 2 WLR 327 (detention in Iraq and Afghanistan); and The Grenfell Tower Inquiry (statutory inquiry).

Julian Milford KC

Barrister specialising in employment law, public and administrative law.

Katherine Taunton

Specialist in employment, commercial, data protection and public law. Katherine is often involved in complex litigation in each of these areas. Her current and recent cases include Forstater v CGD Europe & others [2021] IRLR 706 (EAT proceedings on the question of whether gender critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act); Jennifer Webster v HMRC (high-profile data protection proceedings brought by a former US citizen to challenge the transfer of financial account information to the US tax authorities under a bilateral treaty); in TW Logistics v Essex County Council [2021] UKSC 4 (concerning the registration of part of a commercial port as a Town and Village Green).

Katherine Eddy

Barrister specialising in employment, education and public law.

Lucy Jones

Lucy practises in commercial litigation, public and human rights, data protection, employment and public international law.

Marcus Pilgerstorfer KC

Marcus specialises in employment and discrimination, product liability and public law. Recent case highlights include: Batang Kali judicial review (pending, SC); Hainsworth v MoD (pending SC), Burrell v Micheldever (2014, CA), Met Police v Keohane (2014, EAT), Portnykh v Nomura (2013, EAT), Edwards v Chesterfield (2012, SC); English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds (2009, CA). As well as unitary claims, Marcus’ product liability work has included the PIP Breast Implant Group Litigation, DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip Group Litigation, Mix-Match Hip Litigation and the Sabril Group Litigation. Marcus has also drafted private members’ bills including that which resulted in the enactment of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004. For a full profile please see the 11kbw website.

Michael Lee

Michael Lee has a broad practice in employment and commercial law, with extensive advocacy experience in a range of courts and tribunals. Michael is ranked in the employment sections of all the leading directories, described as “an extremely bright barrister who is very good at seeing the bigger commercial picture”, “really good technically and commercially”, and “very client-friendly, very clear in his advice, very responsive, user-friendly and very bright”. In the High Court, Michael advises on cases involving injunctive relief, confidential information, restraint of trade, and the economic torts. Recent cases include a trial concerning a team-move, led by David Craig KC (Guy Carpenter v Howden, which settled on the first day of six-week trial), a non-compete injunction led by Daniel Oudkerk KC (AstraZeneca v Sheldon [2022] EWHC 2447), and a breach of confidence trial (Trailfinders v Travel Counsellors [2020] IRLR 448). In the Employment Tribunal, Michael has acted in a wide variety of complex, high value cases. Michael was instructed (led by Daniel Stilitz QC) by Chelsea FC to defend discrimination claims brought by a former- doctor. His recent work as sole counsel includes acting for the respondent in a mental-health disability discrimination claim in the financial services sector, in a decision upheld by the Court of Appeal (Sullivan v Bury Street Capital [2022] IRLR 159). Michael also acted for a global bank in its defence of a whistleblowing claim, and for Dr Carpos-Young in her high-profile victimisation claim against the Royal Academy of Music.

Nigel Giffin KC

Specialist in public/administrative law and public procurement law. Public law includes commercial and general judicial review, human rights, professional regulation, local authority powers/governance/finance, education and community care. Procurement law covers all contentious and non-contentious EU and domestic procurement issues. Also commercial and employment law, especially public authorities’ contracts and public sector employment issues, including superannuation. Recent cases include Lumsdon v Legal Services Board (quality assurance of criminal advocacy, Provision of Services Regulations); Energy Solutions v NDA (remedies in procurement claims); Willmott Dixon v Hammersmith & Fulham LBC (procurement claim successfully defended at trial); Independent Schools Council v Charity Commission (quashing statutory guidance on public benefit); Luton BC and others v Secretary of State for Education (challenge to withdrawal of schools capital funding); Duncombe v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (fixed term contracts to work abroad); Piper and others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (public sector pensions indexation).

Nigel Porter

Experienced specialist in all areas of individual and collective employment law litigation in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court and appellate courts, encompassing all statutory employment rights (for example unfair dismissal, redundancy, all areas of discrimination, whistle-blowing, collective consultation and transfers of undertaking) and contractual employment disputes (including wrongful dismissal, deductions from wages and contractual construction), as well as substantial experience acting for both employers and employees in claims of unlawful competition by employees (including ‘garden leave’ injunctions, springboard injunctions, enforcement of post-termination restraints, misuse of confidential information, breach of fiduciary duty and related economic torts, and in claims for damages and accounts of profit arising from unlawful competition). Advisory work includes all of the above areas in both the public and private sectors, for both employers and employees. Relevant reported cases include: Adams and others v British Airways CA; Cantor Fitzgerald International v Callaghan and others CA; Davy International v Tazzyman and others CA; Admiral Management Services Ltd v Para-Protect Europe Ltd [2002] 1 WLR 2722; Middlesbrough BC v TGWU and others[2002] IRLR 332; Health Development Agency v Parish [2004] IRLR 500; Cantor Fitzgerald International v Callaghan and Others (Court of Appeal); Middlesbrough BC v TGWU and Others [2002] IRLR 332 EAT; Admiral Management Services Ltd v Para-Protect Europe Ltd [2002] 1 WLR 2722; Stevenson v Atos Origin IT Services Ltd UKEAT/0213/11/CEA; Abercrombie v Aga Rangemaster Ltd UKEAT/0099/12/SM.

Oliver Jackson

Barrister practising in all areas of public, employment, education, human rights, competition, procurement and information litigation. Extensive experience of working both as sole counsel and as a member of large teams. Clients range from individuals, start-ups and NGOs to multinational businesses, government departments and foreign states. Recent cases include a successful appeal to the Supreme Court (R (Worcestershire CC) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care); a £19 billion judicial review claim against HM Treasury by 72 trade unions (R (Fire Brigades Union, British Medical Association and ors) v HM Treasury); group claims by thousands of UK businesses against Mastercard and Visa for breaches of competition law (The Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings); and a widely reported challenge to a school’s ban on prayer rituals (R (NN) v Michaela Community School).

Oliver Mills

Patrick Halliday

Barrister at 11KBW.

Paul Greatorex

Barrister practising in public, employment and commercial law. Public includes administrative law, judicial review, local government, human rights and public inquiries, with specialist areas including asylum and immigration, education, mental capacity, planning and prisons. Employment covers all types of employment cases for employees and employers in tribunals (in England, Wales and Scotland), the EAT, county court and High Court. Commercial work comprises general commercial disputes, particularly those which overlap with other areas of practice and cases involving forum and service out issue. Accredited under the Public Access Scheme.

Peter Oldham KC

Peter Oldham QC is a well-known practitioner in the fields of public, local government, education, procurement, and employment law. He has a particular speciality in education law in which, for many years, he has regularly appeared in leading cases. Recent cases of interest include Rota Rooson v Salford CC [2015] EWCA Civ 6, the first Court of Appeal decision to consider consultation in the light of Moseley; Davies v Haringey LBC [2015] ELR 18, where the High Court considered local authorities' powers of discipline over school staff; Rota BAPIO v RCGP [2014] EqLR 409, an equalities challenge to GPs' qualification exams; and Rota Nestwood Ltd v Lines CC [2014} BLGR 354, a challenge to an authority's refusal to follow an Ombudsman's recommendation. In July this year the Court of Appeal will hear Winstanley v Leeds University in which Peter, acting for the claimant, argues that the so called 'academic immunity' doctrine should be ended.

Peter Lockley

Barrister accepting instructions in employment law, information law and across a broad range of public and local authority issues. Special interest in environmental law.

Philip Kolvin KC

Licensing, Local Government, Public Law. Philip Kolvin KC has specialised in licensing law for over 20 years. He is a creative and dedicated lawyer, often to be found in the leading cases and issues of the day. His clients include national operators, independents and local and national regulators.

Raphael Hogarth

Raphael is a barrister specialising in public, regulatory, procurement, subsidy control, information, technology, data protection, employment and commercial law.

Remi Reichhold

Remi is a public law and public international law specialist, acting for and advising national governments, government departments, public bodies and corporate entities. He represents clients in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal, County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal. Remi has more than 15 years of experience as a public international law practitioner and regularly represents States before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and international arbitral tribunals. He also has significant experience in information law and data protection, police law, inquests and sports arbitration. Remi accepts instructions on a Direct Access basis.

Richard Leiper KC

Richard is a litigator and advocate, both in the High Court and Employment Tribunals, as well as appeals and arbitrations. He has a wide-ranging practice, acting for individuals and for businesses, in commercial and statutory employment, including claims concerning directors' and employees' duties, remuneration, protection of confidential information and post-termination restrictions, team moves and conspiracy, and claims concerning discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE. He has also been involved in a number of cases involving serious allegations of fraud, the scope and application of the penalty rule, and professional negligence by solicitors. He is regularly involved in all stages of a claim, from initial advice and pleading, interim applications, mediations to speedy trials and appeals.

Rita Dias

Rita is a barrister practising in all of Chambers’ core areas of practice including commercial, employment, public and human rights, public international law, data protection and sport.

Robin Hopkins

Highly experienced data protection and information rights specialist (GDPR, privacy, FOI, EIR). Regularly acts for commercial clients, the ICO, individuals and public authorities on GDPR enforcement/fines, regulatory and civil litigation, compliance and advisory matters. Recent/current cases involve e.g. Meta, TikTok, Equifax, Experian, online gaming platforms and the UK Government’s asylum partnership with Rwanda. Experienced in large-scale data protection compensation claims, data breach management, subject access disputes, right to be forgotten cases and regulatory challenges to business practices. Appeared in leading data protection cases – including intervening in Lloyd v Google and acting in key subject access cases (eg Ittihadieh, DB v GMC, Harrison v Cameron) – as well as in hundreds of FOI cases, including leading Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases. Edits the Panopticon blog.

Ronnie Dennis

Ronnie specialises in employment and public law. He has extensive experience in all areas of employment litigation, with a particular focus on discrimination and whistleblowing claims. He is regularly instructed in complex, high-profile and high-value claims on behalf of both employers and employees, and frequently conducts lengthy hearings in the Employment Tribunal. Clients include major employers in the technology, advertising and entertainment sectors; as well as senior executives, office holders and professionals. Ronnie also specialises in employee competition claims and has acted in a number of confidential information, restrictive covenant and team move cases. Ronnie’s public law practice encompasses all areas of judicial review. He has acted in a number of high-profile judicial review claims on behalf of private companies, local authorities and central government. Recent cases include acting for 7 local authorities in a challenge to the Home Secretary’s policy for asylum dispersal in the UK (R. (City of Wolverhampton Council & Ors) v SSHD [2022] EWHC 1721), and acting for a private hire app defending a challenge to its licence to operate in London in the Admin Court and Court of Appeal (R. (UTAG) v TfL [2023] 1 WLR 367).

Rupert Paines

Commercial, education, employment, European Union, health and community care, human rights, information, procurement, professional discipline and regulatory law, public law.

Ruth Kennedy

Specialist in commercial; public and human rights; public and private international law; employment and sports law. Appears before domestic courts and tribunals up to and including the Supreme Court; in international courts and tribunals including the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice; and in arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules and specialist sports arbitrations.

Seán Jones KC

Sean specialises in high-value employment and sports litigation. He is a trusted adviser for both claimants and respondents. His employment law expertise covers both public and private sectors and ranges from whistle-blowing and discrimination through to pensions. Recent private sector clients have included: Amazon, ICAP, Indesit, Legal and General, Lloyds Bank, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Nissan, RAC, Sainsburys, Tesco and Rolls Royce. He has advised and represented trade unions, local authorities, police authorities and health trusts. Recent sports law clients inclde Aston Villa, Everton and Newcastle United.

Simon Devonshire KC

Simon practices in all areas of statutory and contractual/commercial employment law, but with a particular emphasis on (i) inter- business competition issues (Including confidential information, restrictive covenants and the poaching of employees in unlawful team moves), (ii) employee/business owner fraud, (iii) the attempted diversion of business opportunities by employee fiduciaries, and (iv) whistleblowing, discrimination and TUPE disputes. He also has considerable experience in disputes between LLP members and in the management and control of repeated/vexatious litigation. In the High Court, he regularly acts in fraud, business diversion and employee competition disputes. Recent reported and/or important cases include Sparta Global Ltd -v- Hayes [2024] IRLR 426 (threshold for interim relief), Red Bull -v- Fallows [2021] EWHC 3502 (QB) (restraint of trade and garden leave); Ferguson -v- Astrea [2020] IRLR 550 (beneficial transfer-related variations void under TUPE); Sattar -v- Citibank [2020] IRLR 104 (procedural fairness in dismissal and disability case); Capita –v- Darch [2017] IRLR 718 (thresholds for interim injunctive relief in team move disputes); Samara –v- MBI Partners [2016] EWHC 441 (QB) (abuse of process arising out of recidivist litigation); Dorma UK Ltd –v- Batemen [2015] EWHC 4142 (QB) (springboard relief arising out of an alleged team move); Thomson Ecology –v- APEM [2014] IRLR 184 (summary judgment and disclosure orders in team move cases); CEF Holdings -v- Mundey & Ors [2012] FSR 35 (obligations of a party moving the court without notice).

Simon Forshaw KC

Specialist in employment, public and commercial law. He has appeared regularly in the employment tribunals, EAT, County Court, High Court (including Administrative Court) and Court of Appeal. Noteworthy cases include: Willoughby v CF Capital Ltd [2011] IRLR 198 (EAT) (concerning the special circumstances exception in relation to unambiguous words of dismissal of an employee); Aon Ltd v JLT Reinsurance Brokers Ltd [2010] IRLR 600 (HC, QBD) (concerning the appropriateness of interim disclosure orders in the context of a team poaching exercise); Booth v Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 880 (CA) (concerning the interaction between the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the definition of permanent incapacity in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997); R (Gurung) v Secretary of State for Defence [2008] EWHC 1496 (judicial review action concerning the pension rights of serving and retired Gurkha soldiers); Woodward v Abbey National [2006] 4 All ER 1209 (an appeal in the against the determinations of both the employment tribunal and EAT concerning the rights of whistleblowers after the termination of their contracts of employment; Court of Appeal).

Sophie Belgrove

Sophie Belgrove is a specialist in employment law and commercial litigation. She advises and represents clients in the Employment Tribunal, the High Court and the appellate courts. Her practice encompasses all aspects of employment law including high value discrimination and whistleblowing claims. She is experienced in complex litigation in particular urgent applications for injunctive relief and business protection disputes in the High Court relating to confidential information, restraint of trade and breach of fiduciary duties. She advises and acts in disputes involving shareholders and directors and in partnership disputes. Sophie is also known for her specialist expertise in employment-related insurance disputes. She has extensive experience of advising and representing clients in the financial services sector, including investment banks and brokers.

Stephen Kosmin

Stephen is highly regarded in administrative and public law, public procurement, financial services, and information and data protection law. Stephen has considerable experience in complex and high-profile judicial reviews, particularly in commercial and financial services disputes. He appears frequently in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court. Recently, he has been instructed by the Prime Minister, various central government departments, local authorities, the Financial Ombudsman, HMRC, the FSCS, and the Bank of England, as well as private clients. Stephen is a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel. In his procurement practice, Stephen is instructed by both authorities and bidders. Recent cases include James Waste v Essex County Council (concerning modifications to procured contracts), R (Good Law Project) v Prime Minister (a challenge to the award of Operation Moonshot contracts during the pandemic), Alstom v Network Rail (a challenge to the £1.8bn contract for signalling on the East Coast Main Line) and Altiatech v Birmingham City Council (concerning limitation and declarations of ineffectiveness). Stephen is also a recognised expert in the field of information and data protection law, acting for a range of private and public sector clients on FOIA, GDPR, and DPA issues. Stephen has been instructed on several leading cases concerning mass data breaches, including Prismall v Google and Ticketmaster.

Thomas Ogg

Barrister at 11KBW specialising in employment, commercial, and professional regulation.

Timothy Pitt-Payne KC

Specialist in information law, employment (including discrimination), and public law (including local government, data protection, freedom of information). Cases include: R (on the application of Evans) v Attorney General (Supreme Court 2014); T v Secretary of State (Supreme Court, [2014] UKSC 35); Stack v Ajar-Tec Ltd (Court of Appeal, [2015] EWHC Civ 46; APGER v Information Commissioner and FCO (Upper Tribunal, [2013] UKUT 560 (AAC); NUM v Scargill (High Court, [2012] EWHC 3750 (Ch); H and L v A City Council (Court of Appeal, [2011] EWCA Civ 403).

Tom Cross

Barrister practising predominantly in the fields of administrative and public law, human rights, education, employment, professional discipline and regulation, and data protection. He acts for individuals, companies, government, and associations across the private and public sectors alike.

Zac Sammour

Barrister. Zac practices in commercial, data protection, employment, media, public, public international, procurement and sports law.

Zoe Gannon

Barrister practising predominantly in the fields of administrative and public law, human rights, education, regulation, procurement, social care as well as information and data protection. She acts for individuals, companies, government, and public bodies across the private and public sectors alike.

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