Outer Temple Chambers is ‘very strong for employment’. Members of the set continue to act in high-profile, complex equal pay claims, whistleblowing claims, discrimination matters and pensions cases, and the group reports an increase in internal investigations. The ‘excellent’ Andrew Short KC continues to be kept busy handling complex multi-party equal pay claims. Andrew Allen KC and Alex Line successfully represented the Ministry of Justice and Lord Chancellor before the Employment Tribunal in relation to allegations of part-time worker discrimination brought by salaried Circuit Judges who used to sit as recorders who were appointed as Circuit Judge in April 1995 onwards, alleging that the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 scheme’s terms were less favourable than the Judicial Pensions Act 1981’s scheme, and that their sittings as recorders should be compensated in terms of pension entitlement. In 2023 Martina Murphy joined the team, and Emily Gordon-Walker was appointed a full-time Employment Judge.
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Testimonials
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- 'Nicholas Levett is great and very helpful.'
- 'Nicholas Levett is exceptional.'
- 'Nicholas Levett is excellent and extremely attentive.'
- 'The clerks are keen to assist and are readily available.'
- 'The service is first-rate. Very efficient and clear on fees.'
- 'A formidable set doing cutting edge work.'
- 'The set has excellent employment barristers.'
- 'An outstanding set, with great strength in depth.'
Silks
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
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.
Will Young
Outer Temple Chambers 'Will is an outstanding barrister. His strategic judgement in extremely difficult cases is excellent, and he is quick to gain the trust of clients.'
Naomi Cunningham
Outer Temple Chambers 'Naomi is extremely clever and insightful. Her advocacy is calm and determined and she uses her legal knowledge with precision.'
Saul Margo
Outer Temple Chambers 'An urbane junior who can strip a case down to salient points and provide focused, high quality advice.'
Naomi Ling
Outer Temple Chambers 'A super-bright junior. Her advocacy is elegant and effective, and her manner is engaging and to the point.'
Martina Murphy
Outer Temple Chambers 'Martina is a very astute tactician and a highly effective cross-examiner.'
Peter Linstead
Outer Temple Chambers 'He is very approachable but probing in cross examination but in a way that the witness does not see the killer questions coming.'
Daniel Barnett
Outer Temple Chambers 'He is fearsome in cross-examination and leaves no stone unturned.'
Stephen Butler
Outer Temple Chambers 'Stephen has an admirable unflappability. He gets to grips with the legal issues quickly, is very responsive, and his client care is exceptional.'
Alex Line
Outer Temple Chambers 'Alex is an absolutely safe pair of hands. He's always thoroughly prepared and is able to think on his feet and react to the moment.'
Victoria Brown
Outer Temple Chambers 'She knows the law backwards but holds her brightness lightly, and is a great asset when in the trenches of long running litigation.'
Paul Livingston
Outer Temple Chambers 'He is articulate and knowledgeable, good on his feet and his court manner is exceptional.'
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.
Oliver Lawrence
Outer Temple Chambers 'Oliver is very charismatic. He gives pragmatic and legally astute advice.'
Patrick Tomison
Outer Temple Chambers 'Patrick has fantastic technical knowledge and a great manner with clients.'
Elizabeth Grace
Outer Temple Chambers ‘A junior who presents strong and compelling arguments in the tribunal, and is willing to fight the client’s corner – she never gives up.’