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Guildhall Chambers

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Guildhall Chambers is widely praised as ‘an excellent set’ for employment work on the Western Circuit and has a broad range of experience at the junior level. Allan Roberts, who recently took over as head of the employment team, regularly represents high-profile clients in complex and sensitive whistleblowing and discrimination cases. Julian Allsop has considerable experience handling cases involving director’s duties, restrictive covenants, and confidentiality issues in the High Court as well as discrimination and whistleblowing cases in the Employment Tribunal. Debbie Grennan recently appeared for the respondent in Higgs v Farmor’s School, a Court of Appeal case concerning discrimination on the grounds of religious and philosophical beliefs, after a school employee made Facebook posts that were deemed by a parent of a child at the school to be homophobic and transphobic. In 2024 Fergus Currie left the self-employed Bar to go to Freeths LLP.
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  • 'Practice manager Robert McDonald provides an exemplary service.'
  • 'Rob MacDonald is standout for relationship building and his service. He is responsive and goes the extra mile.'
  • 'A great clerking operation that is flexible on diaries and pricing as well as responsive to enquiries.'
  • 'Friendly and helpful clerks who go out of their way to assist.'
  • 'Guildhall is a go-to set because of the range of options at the junior end. The clerking is great and they are reasonable on fees.'
  • 'Guildhall Chambers is a go-to set for employment tribunal matters. They have a number of exceptional junior counsel and an excellent training offering.'

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