Barristers

Iris Ferber KC

Iris Ferber KC

Work Department

Employment Team, Property and Commercial Team, Housing Team

Position

Specialist in all aspects of employment law and in property law, especially social housing

Career

Practice Area: Employment

Iris is an Employment specialist, who represents both claimants and respondents.  In the Employment Tribunal, she is particularly sought after in large claims involving many allegations and many different heads of claim; as well as claims involving the handling of vulnerable witnesses.  She appears regularly in employment appeals.

Iris also advises and represents parties in cases involving restrictive covenants, and other contractual issues that arise from the employment relationship.

Practice Area: Social Housing

Iris has been a Housing specialist for over 18 years.

She has long experience in dealing with complex anti-social behaviour cases, including those involving mental health issues, on behalf of both landlords and tenants. She is particularly good at dealing with vulnerable clients and witnesses, and managing the complex legal arguments involved in Equality Act and Human Rights cases. Her expertise in discrimination law generally (including her Employment Law practice) makes her particularly adept at handling Equality Act defences. Iris has extensive experience of homelessness litigation, including s204 appeals in the County Court, judicial review in the High Court, and appeals to the Court of Appeal.

Languages

Hebrew, Russian

Memberships

Employment Lawyers' Association Employment Law Bar Association Discrimination Law Association Property Bar Association Chancery Bar Association Social Housing Law Association

Education

MPhil (Cantab) 2002

Mentions

London Bar

Employment

Other key lawyer1
Iris Ferber KC – 42BR Barristers 'Iris is a star. Her advocacy is measured, respectful and forensic. Superb in every way.'
London Bar

Social housing

Other key lawyer1
Iris Ferber KC – 42BR Barristers ‘Iris is an excellent advocate who is extremely knowledgeable, well-prepared and manages to combine being confident when making submissions with having a pin-sharp ability to see which way the wind is blowing in court to the advantage of the client. Clients and solicitors alike love Iris because she wears her vast knowledge about housing law lightly and is able to give practical and understandable client advice with an eye on what really matters to the client. Iris is very easy to work with.’