David Stephenson
Doughty Street Chambers 'David is an expert on complex and novel discrimination claims. He has a bold and pleasing advocacy style, and is a great strategist, always thinking four steps ahead.'
‘Impressive set’ Doughty Street Chambers has ‘good strength in depth in employment work’, and is a ‘very good set for discrimination cases’. David Stephenson is ‘a force to be reckoned with’, and is sought after for his excellent track record in handling complex whistleblowing, discrimination and worker status cases. The ‘unflappable’ Louise Mankau advises on TUPE matters, contractual issues, and constructive or unfair dismissal claims. Nicholas Toms successfully represented a Nigerian pharmacist in the Employment Tribunal in a claim against Boots Management Services Ltd for racial discrimination, harassment and constructive dismissal. In a separate matter, Mukhtiar Singh successfully represented the claimant, a leading project geophysicist, in an age discrimination and dismissal claim, resulting in an award of over £340,000.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Sian Wilkins is one of the loveliest senior clerks in London.'
- 'Callum Stebbing and Freddie Wilkins are always on hand and extremely accommodating and responsive.'
- 'Callum Stebbing and Freddie Wilkins are excellent, responsive and pragmatic.'
- 'Callum is incredible- a profoundly hardworking individual.'
- 'The clerks are exceptionally helpful.'
- 'The clerks are incredibly helpful and go over and above to assist.'
- 'Doughty Street is always able to offer employment specialists with a range of experience.'
- 'Fantastic set of employment counsel.'
Silks
Juniors
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Louise Mankau
Doughty Street Chambers 'Her confident and grounded style puts her professional and lay clients at ease, and her technical abilities and attention to detail are first class.'
Louise Price
Doughty Street Chambers 'Louise is powerful, persuasive and impactful. A gifted junior.'
Nicholas Toms
Doughty Street Chambers 'He is very committed, and inspires confidence in clients that he is on their side. A very methodical barrister.'
Beth Grossman
Doughty Street Chambers 'She is fiercely intelligent, commanding in her advocacy and demonstrates knowledge and experience far beyond her year of call.'
Kate Annand
Doughty Street Chambers 'An astute and knowledgeable junior, whose meticulous case preparation instantly gains the trust of clients.'
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Mukhtiar Singh
Doughty Street Chambers ‘Mukhtiar is strong, emphatic and fantastic on the law. Clients love him.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Margherita Cornaglia
Doughty Street Chambers ‘She is very methodical and works through issues logically. A junior who remains serene under pressure from judges.’