Old Square Chambers

Roz’s practice is comprised of all of Old Square Chambers’ core areas, with a particular focus on Clinical Negligence, Discrimination, Employment, Personal Injury, and Professional Discipline.

Roz regularly undertakes a wide variety of Employment Tribunal hearings ranging from preliminary hearings to multi-day final hearings. She has experience of dealing with many different cases including those concerning discrimination, unfair and wrongful dismissal, breach of contract, unlawful deductions, equal pay, Working Time Regulations, TUPE, whistleblowing, industrial action, Health & Safety and maternity and paternity rights.

Roz has represented both Claimants and Defendants in a range of trials and hearings, including applications and CMCs on both the fast and multi tracks, costs budgeting hearings, Stage 3 hearings and fast track trials, together with inquests in the Coroner’s Court and CICA claims before the First Tier Tribunal.  She also regularly advises on both liability and quantum in personal injury and clinical negligence claims, together with drafting pleadings where appropriate. Roz also has experience of negotiations and JSMs.

In addition, Roz has often represented Registrants in Fitness to Practise proceedings.  She has experience of both interim and final hearings and before a number of different regulators including the NMC, HCPC and the Education Workforce Council.

As well as regularly undertaking hearings in Tribunals and County Courts, Roz has also appeared in the EAT, undertaken various High Court matters including Judicial Review, been involved in injunction application hearings and assisted in a case before the Supreme Court (Jones v FTT [2013] UKSC 19; [2013] 2 AC 48).

Paralegal in Serious Injury Team 2008-2009 and 2010-2011

Pupillage at Old Square 2011-2012

Tenant at Old Square 2012-date

BVC (Outstanding) – College of Law

GDL (Distinction) – College of Law

Mathematics and Philosophy BA – University of Oxford