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John Grocott-Barrett

John Grocott-Barrett

Position

Having gained experience across the range of Chambers’ work, John is now building a broad commercial chancery practice. He is equally happy to be instructed as sole counsel or as part of a team.

John is currently consulting with Harcus Parker where he is assisting on various group litigation matters which have been issued or are due to be issued in the High Court, including the Woodford Litigation, Energy Commission Claims and the Equal Pay Action.

Before joining Wilberforce, John completed an LLM at UCL, having previously undertaken the graduate diploma in law and the bar course at City Law School. Previously, John worked for two years at a Big Four firm, EY, in its Corporate Governance team.

Career

Called 2021, joined Chambers 2022.

Education

LLM in International Commercial Law, UCL (Distinction) GDL, City, University of London (Distinction) BA in Modern Languages, Durham University (First Class Honours, top of year in Hispanic Studies department) BPTC LLM in Legal Practice, City, University of London Diploma de español DELE nivel C1 (effective operational proficiency in Spanish), Instituto Cervantes