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Helen Compton

020 7400 7342 hcompton@7br.co.uk View profile

Position

Helen is a common law practitioner focussing on employment and family (care work). Helen has successfully appeared alone in the High Court, EAT and the Court of Appeal. In her employment practice, Helen is instructed in legally complex and challenging cases. She provides strategic insight at all stages and gives clear and tactical advice. She has undertaken work involving all aspects of equality legislation and is attune to equality and diversity issues. In her family practice Helen is regularly instructed in the most serious cases, involving traumatic injuries and allegations of FII. Her clinical negligence experience makes her comfortable approaching and challenging complex medical evidence. Helen often represents very vulnerable clients and is sensitive and re-assuring.

Career

Qualified 2011; Inner Temple.

Education

Kirkley High School: 2002-2007. Grade A in 5 A levels: Critical Thinking; English Literature; Government and Politics; History; Religious Studies. Univesity of Sussex: 2007-2011. LLB First Class (top first in Law).

Leisure

Squash, theatre.