The employment group of No5 Barristers’ Chambers offers the full range of advisory and advocacy services in all courts and tribunals in England & Wales. Mugni Islam-Choudhury heads the employment group and is currently handling a direct age discrimination that challenges the retirement policy of the University of Oxford, affecting over 5,000 academics. Helen Barney is ‘astute at cross-examination’ and the ‘go to’ barrister for a number of NHS clients, local authorities, and social housing providers. Charles Crow has particular experience in the fields of unfair dismissal and discrimination cases.
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Testimonials
Set
‘No 5 has good strength in depth, with some excellent senior counsel.’
‘Excellent chambers. Go-to chambers on employment tribunal matters. All the barristers are good.’
‘No5 Chambers is the first choice of chambers when seeking counsel for employment law matters. It has a reasonable selection of counsel at all levels.’
‘Chambers has a very good breadth of barristers at different costs levels.’
‘No5 set as a whole is very approachable, consistently delivering good advice legally and commercially.’
‘Impressive strength in depth.’
‘Very good value for money and excellent choice of barristers.’
St Philips Chambers
St Philips Chambers has a ‘vast employment department’ with ‘a large number of counsel available at varying levels of expertise’. ‘Outstanding employment law expert’ Edmund Beever heads the department and recently handled a case related to fraudulent accounting and whistleblowing dismissal. Sophie Garner is ‘extremely able and a superb communicator’ and recently successfully defended a high-profile academy against claims of whistleblowing and disability discrimination. Elizabeth Hodgetts is always ‘methodical and thorough’ and recently secured a favourable verdict for a university in a case involving claim of unfair dismissal by a former warden and lecturer. Jonathan Gidney was appointed a full-time employment judge, effective April 2023.
Testimonials
Set
‘Chambers has a wide range of barristers available with experience and expertise ranging throughout and the availability of counsel is always good.’ ‘Responsive, supportive and professional.’
‘St Philips Chambers has a broad range of junior to senior barristers who will wherever possible strive to ensure the right person is available for the case.’
‘St Philips offer a good availability on counsel and flexibility in terms of fees and availability.’
‘Excellent set. Very easy to deal with.’
‘The set is very good at providing training to instructing solicitors.’
‘Good availability of counsel and chambers linked up well so an alternative counsel could be provided if another is unavailable.’
Clerking
No5 Barristers' Chambers
Testimonials
Set
‘No 5 has good strength in depth, with some excellent senior counsel.’
‘Excellent chambers. Go-to chambers on employment tribunal matters. All the barristers are good.’
‘No5 Chambers is the first choice of chambers when seeking counsel for employment law matters. It has a reasonable selection of counsel at all levels.’
‘Chambers has a very good breadth of barristers at different costs levels.’
‘No5 set as a whole is very approachable, consistently delivering good advice legally and commercially.’
‘Impressive strength in depth.’
‘Very good value for money and excellent choice of barristers.’
St Philips Chambers
St Philips Chambers has a ‘vast employment department’ with ‘a large number of counsel available at varying levels of expertise’. ‘Outstanding employment law expert’ Edmund Beever heads the department and recently handled a case related to fraudulent accounting and whistleblowing dismissal. Sophie Garner is ‘extremely able and a superb communicator’ and recently successfully defended a high-profile academy against claims of whistleblowing and disability discrimination. Elizabeth Hodgetts is always ‘methodical and thorough’ and recently secured a favourable verdict for a university in a case involving claim of unfair dismissal by a former warden and lecturer. Jonathan Gidney was appointed a full-time employment judge, effective April 2023.
Testimonials
Set
‘Chambers has a wide range of barristers available with experience and expertise ranging throughout and the availability of counsel is always good.’ ‘Responsive, supportive and professional.’
‘St Philips Chambers has a broad range of junior to senior barristers who will wherever possible strive to ensure the right person is available for the case.’
‘St Philips offer a good availability on counsel and flexibility in terms of fees and availability.’
‘Excellent set. Very easy to deal with.’
‘The set is very good at providing training to instructing solicitors.’
‘Good availability of counsel and chambers linked up well so an alternative counsel could be provided if another is unavailable.’
Clerking