Our employment & discrimination team continues to reinforce its reputation as a leading authority in many of the recent groundbreaking cases. The team was recognised as Employment Set of the Year 2019 by the Chambers UK Bar Awards in October 2019. Furthermore, Andrew Short KC was awarded Employment Silk of the Year by the Legal 500 in March 2020.

Employment Experience

Our employment & discrimination barristers are at the forefront of developments in various areas of employment law, including: equal pay, working time and holiday pay, disability discrimination and whistleblowing. A number of members are appointed to the Attorney Generals list of approved counsel and act for Government departments in employment matters.

Outer Temple Chambers continues to be a preferred port of call where specialist expertise in pensions or financial services law is required, or where large equal pay claims are pursued through the civil courts. We have unrivalled crossover expertise in key related areas, including; pensions, financial services, security vetting, partnership and regulatory law.

We prioritise commercial sensitivities in litigation and advisory work concerning business protection and employees rights, and provide advice and expertise in mediation, arbitration and other methods of alternative dispute resolution.

Our members have recently collaborated on a series of webinar Q&As to provide virtual employment advice on a range of topics including:

  • Objective justification and age discrimination
  • Proceedings in a different fora
  • Civil claims for stress and harassment
  • Health & safety dismissals
  • Pension claims in the employment tribunal
  • Time limits
  • Personal injury claims in ETs
  • Harassment
  • Disability discrimination – unfavourable treatment
  • territorial jurisdiction
  • Sex, gender and occupational requirements
  • Dismissal or resignation
  • Vicarious liability
  • Whistleblowing

Recordings of these webinars will be available to view here soon. In the meantime, to participate in the live sessions please visit the employment webinars website.

Employment Barristers

Keith Bryant KC

Call: 1991 Silk: 2013

Gerard McDermott KC

Call: 1978 Silk: 1999

Andrew Short KC

Call: 1990 Silk: 2010

Sarah Crowther KC

Call: 1999 Silk: 2018

Andrew Allen KC

Call: 1995 Silk: 2020

Edward Morgan KC

Call: 1989 Silk: 2021

David E Grant KC

Call: 1999 Silk: 2022

Daniel Barnett

Call: 1993

Naomi Cunningham

Call: 1994

Peter Linstead

Call: 1994

Lydia Seymour

Call: 1997

Martina Murphy

Call: 1998

James Arnold

Call: 2000

Naomi Ling

Call: 2001

Saul Margo

Call: 2005

Will Young

Call: 2008

Alexander Line

Call: 2009

Paul Livingston

Call: 2012

Bianca Venkata

Call: 2014

Stephen Butler

Call: 2014

Victoria Brown

Call: 2014

Gus Baker

Call: 2015

Imogen Egan

Call: 2015

Lorna Badham

Lorna Badham

Call: 2015

Elizabeth Grace

Call: 2017

Patrick Tomison

Call: 2018

Jeremy Scott-Joynt

Call: 2018

Oliver Lawrence

Call: 2018

Joshua Cainer

Call: 2019

Monique Bouffe

Monique Bouffé

Call: 2019

Jessica Franklin

Call: 2021

Chevan Ilangaratne

Call: 2021

Charlotte Elves

Call: 2022

Chaitanya Kediyal

Call: 2022

Ahmed Elhusseiny

Call: 2022

James Smith

Call: 2022

Amna Ali

Amna Ali

Call: 2023

Dr Sophie Hyland

Call: 2024

Jaye Alderson

Call: 2015

For more information

Please contact employment@outertemple.com for more information. Our experienced practice management team will be pleased to provide you with more details of our expertise in this area.

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