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Nathan Roberts
Position
Nathan Roberts practises in employment, discrimination, public and other related practice areas, including human rights and education. He has acted in all domestic appellate courts and in the European Court of Human Rights.
Career
Nathan’s recent cases include:
Ferguson v United Kingdom (ongoing) – an ongoing case in the European Court of Human Rights, in which Nathan represents the applicants whose right to same-sex marriage in Bermuda has been repealed.
Hassan v BBC [2023] EAT 48 – representing the BBC in successfully resisting an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal on how claims should be identified.
Zabelin v SPI Spirits (UK) Ltd [2022] – a successful employment tribunal whistleblowing claim, in which the a Chief Investment Officer was awarded over £1.6 million in damages.
Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21 – a Supreme Court judgment on the application of the pro rata temporis principle to part-time workers’ annual leave.
R (FDJ) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 1746 (Admin) – a judicial review concerning the location of transgender prisoners on the women’s prison estate.
Memberships
Nathan is on both the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel and the Attorney General’s civil panel.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Nathan Roberts – Matrix Chambers ‘Nathan is as bright as they come. He combines intellect with excellent client skills, tenacity and confidence.’
The employment team at Matrix Chambers has been kept busy advising on industrial relations cases, equal pay claims, restrictive covenants and discrimination matters, to name a few areas of instruction. James Laddie KC garners praise as ‘the barrister you want on your side on the most complex, sensitive and reputationally-concerning matters‘. Mathew Purchase KC is well-known for representing claimants, employers and trade unions before all levels of the judicial system. Turning to the juniors, Tom Gillie‘s caseload spans whistleblowing, discrimination and human rights matters, while Nathan Roberts successfully acted as sole counsel for the Group Chief Investment Officer of an international business before the Employment Tribunal in an automatic unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claim, resulting in an award of over £1.6m. Recent growth for the set includes Edward Kemp joining the team from Littleton Chambers and Claire Darwin KC and Laura Prince KC being elevated to silk.