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Ms Nadia Motraghi KC
Work Department
Employment and discrimination; personal injury.
Position
Nadia specialises in employment law, professional regulation and public law including public procurement. Her practice spans the Tribunals, High Court and all levels of appeal. She acts for employees and employers in all areas of employment law especially discrimination of all types, whistleblowing, TUPE, breach of contract, trade union cases and injunctions (industrial action, restrictive covenants, MHPS). In professional discipline, she represents individuals before their regulators and at all levels of appeal. Her clients are in the public sector (NHS, local government), private sector (especially banking and technology) and trade unions. Nadia’s public law and public procurement work is mainly in the healthcare sector.
Career
St John’s College, Oxford (MA Jurisprudence); Harvard Law School (LLM, Frank Knox Fellow); College of Law (BVC Outstanding; Bedingfield Scholar, Ede & Ravenscourt Prize for Best Student). Nadia worked for the Law Commission and held lecturing posts at several universities. Formerly a Barrister Member of the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal. Currently a Member of the Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors (ACCO), an NDPB advising the Ministry of Defence.
Languages
French, Persian.
Memberships
ARDL, ELA, ELBA, ILS
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Administrative and public law (including civil liberties and human rights)
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Employment
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Nadia Motraghi KC – Old Square Chambers ‘An indefatigable silk who gets on exceptionally well with professional and lay clients.’
A ‘strong set for employment work with high profile counsel‘, Old Square Chambers‘ members routinely handle significant employment cases, including appearing in the Court of Appeal. In a prominent case highlight, Michael Ford KC successfully represented UNISON as intervenor in the Supreme Court in Harpur Trust v Brazel, a high-profile case concerning if part-year workers (in this context, a term-time only music teacher at a school) accrue their holiday entitlement pro rata throughout the year, or during the parts of the year the employee is working. In a separate matter, Ben Cooper KC is acting for ASDA in ongoing, large-scale litigation concerning multiple equal pay claims. At the junior end of chambers, whistleblowing and equal pay claims have been prominent in Melanie Tether‘s recent workload, and Robert Moretto successfully acted for the Department of Work and Pensions in Mackereth v DWP, a belief discrimination claim brought by a Christian doctor who refused to address transgender patients by their preferred pronouns. In March 2023, the senior end of the team was bolstered by the elevation of Eleena Misra KC and Nadia Motraghi KC to silk. Sarah Keogh is now a full-time Employment Judge.
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Nadia Motraghi KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Nadia is excellent. She provides direct and frank advice, and clients respect her no-nonsense approach.‘
The ‘brilliant set‘ Old Square Chambers is very well known for its strength in handling instructions focusing on the healthcare sector, however members are equally adept at assisting professionals from the financial, education and legal sectors. Ben Collins KC is acting in Suresh v GMC, an ongoing case concerning a claim brought by the widow of a doctor who had taken his own life while under a GMC investigation. Nicola Newbegin is ‘a fluent advocate‘ with expertise in handling regulatory proceedings for healthcare professionals and solicitors. In March 2023 the senior end of the team was bolstered by the elevation of Eleena Misra KC and Nadia Motraghi KC to silk.