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1 PUMP COURT, TEMPLE
LONDON
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England
Cloisters > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Employment Tier 1
Cloisters ‘has an excellent employment law offering‘. The ‘very strong‘ team is ‘incredibly knowledgeable‘ and has an excellent track record for advising across the full spectrum of employment law matters. Discrimination cases form a key pillar of the practice, and members report an uptick in equal pay claims as well as undertaking larger volumes of sensitive investigations. Schona Jolly KC and Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick represented the applicant before the European Court of Human Rights in Buttet v UK, which considered the extent to which the law of state immunity can prevent foreign nationals from bringing proceedings against their own governments in the British courts. In another matter, Caspar Glyn KC and Adam Ohringer successfully acted for an employer before the Employment Tribunal in a claim concerning the dismissal of care home employees who declined COVID-19 vaccinations. Key growth for the set includes Sheryn Omeri KC and Akua Reindorf KC taking silk in March 2023, and Andrew Watson joined the team in June 2023.Rising stars
Leading Silks
2023 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Glenn Hudson is a living legend.’
‘Glenn Hudson inspires confidence, is user friendly, and has great humanity.’
‘Andy Hunter and Mark Skipp are helpful and understand the clients’ needs.’
‘Frankie Beale is very efficient.’
‘Mark Skipp is fantastic.’
‘Cloisters boasts a number of excellent barristers.’
‘Cloisters is one of the foremost sets in employment law.’
‘Cloisters has excellent barristers in the employment/discrimination law field and are always a pleasure to work with.’
London Bar > Clinical negligence Tier 3
Cloisters are ‘an excellent chambers for clinical negligence work‘, with ‘an excellent reputation with significant strength in depth‘. Simon Taylor KC ‘s priorv experience as a doctor supports his expertise in difficult medical issues; Joel Donovan KC has particular experience with severe brain injury and cauda equina cases. William Latimer-Sayer KC is recommended for ‘quantum advice of the highest standard’, acting on complex, high-value matters. Notably, he recently led junior Sarah Fraser Butlin in HMA v Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, a case concerning a 13 year old boy who sustained a severe brain injury following surgery, leading to cerebral palsy and learning difficulties – a case involving disputed liability and complex quantum concerns. Junior Chesca Lord specialises in quantum-only cases, including those involving traumatic brain injuries.Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Frankie Beale is very helpful and approachable’
‘Cloisters have good strength in depth at junior level. Members of chambers have excellent and wide ranging experience in clinical negligence litigation.’
‘An excellent chambers for clinical negligence work with a variety of counsel at different levels available.’
‘Good strength and depth in Clinical Negligence work, with a good mix of junior and senior counsel.’
‘They have an excellent reputation with significant strength in depth.’
‘The clerks at Cloisters are efficient and responsive.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 4
Cloisters are ‘a top set‘ for ‘high-value’ personal injury work, with notable strength in catastrophic injury claims arising from road traffic accidents. William Latimer-Sayer KC continues to be an expert in this area, leading Chesca Lord – a quantum specialist – on a number of complex claims including a case in which the claimant, at 13 years old, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury following a road collision, securing interim payments as the claim continues. Andrew Buchan has particular expertise regarding occupational stress claims; Tamar Burton specialises in the assessment of damages.Leading Silks
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘Cloisters are a top set in respect of high-value Personal Injury work.’
‘Cloisters are a brilliant set, friendly, engaging and efficient.’
‘The clerks are always helpful and organised.’
‘The Clerks consistently provide a very high level of service. Glenn Hudson and Mark Skipp are great to work with’
‘Very good and efficient clerking.’
‘One of the leading sets in this area.’
‘Cloisters are always great for responsive organised work management.’
‘Good experience of personal injury/employment cross-over work.’
Work highlights
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
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London Bar > Sport
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London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
Cloisters > Set Profile
Cloisters is a highly-regarded and long-established set that advises on employment, discrimination and equality, personal injury, clinical negligence, commercial law, regulatory and public law, sport and entertainment with a reputation for delivering exceptional results.
Cloisters is renowned for its responsive, first-class client focus combined with a technical excellence and commercial perspective that enables them to resolve the most complex legal problems for individuals and organisations of all sizes.
They are continually at the forefront of ground-breaking cases. Many Cloisters barristers are the undisputed leaders in their field and represent clients at every level up to the European Court.
The set: Cloisters is known for its expertise along with a modern, flexible approach and outstanding client care. Most of its 52 barristers are ranked leaders in their field.
Types of work undertaken: Cloisters acts for large multinational and national businesses, SMEs, small employers, employees, non-government organisations, charities, regulators, local authorities, associations, government departments, universities, unions, professional bodies, professionals and individuals.
Clinical negligence: Cloisters is the predominant claimant clinical negligence set, with a large team of silks and juniors. It has an outstanding reputation for dealing with multimillion-pound catastrophic birth and spinal injury claims and is at the cutting edge of clinical negligence law, playing a lead in many of the major cases.
Employment: Cloisters is the go-to set for all aspects of employment and discrimination law. It is consistently instructed in landmark cases cementing its reputation as an expert in the field.
Human rights and civil liberties: Cloisters was founded on a commitment to civil liberties. The set has unrivalled expertise in dealing with difficult and novel issues involving both domestic and European law. Seven members are appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) panel of preferred counsel. The team covers domestic and international areas and is involved in the European Court of Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Inquests and inquiries: Cloisters is a sought-after set for providing representation to bereaved families and dependants in the most complex and sensitive of inquest proceedings. It is well versed in Article 2 inquests, coronial law and judicial review stemming from areas that include healthcare deaths, workplace deaths, road traffic accidents, death in prison, and deaths of children and young people.
Personal injury: Chambers personal injury team is highly sought-after for its expertise in maximum severity work, with experience ranging from multimillion-pound catastrophic injury claims to industrial and traffic accidents, and claims relating to explosions, disease and the armed forces.
Professional discipline and regulatory: Cloisters is recognised for its expertise across a wide range of professions and members of the team appear regularly in front of different panels. The team is well placed to draw on the expertise gained from Cloisters other areas of practice.
Public law: Cloisters represents and advises on discrimination, human rights, judicial review and public inquiries, both for and against public bodies and regulatory authorities. The team brings particular insight into matters relating to education and healthcare professionals.
Sports, media and entertainment: the team acts for the FA in high-profile matters as well as for a wide range of sports bodies and personalities. The team’s strength lies in applying exemplary legal technical skill in a sporting context to produce ground-breaking, creative solutions for clients.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Members of Chambers | ALLEN KC, Robin (1974, 1995) | ||
Members of Chambers | DONOVAN KC, Joel (1991, 2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | MITCHELL KC, Jonathan (Scotland) (1979, 1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | NAPIER KC, Brian (Scotland) (1986, 2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | TAYLOR KC, Dr Simon (1984, 2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | EPSTEIN KC, Paul (1988, 2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROMNEY KC, Daphne (1979, 2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | HITCHCOCK KC, Patricia (1988, 2011) | ||
Joint Head of Chambers | ALGAZY KC, Jacques (1980, 2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | GLYN KC, Caspar (1992, 2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | GALBRAITH-MARTEN KC, Jason (1991, 2014) | ||
Members of Chambers | CRASNOW KC, Rachel (1994, 2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | LATIMER-SAYER KC, William (1995, 2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | DYER KC, Simon (1987, 2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | JOLLY KC, Schona (1999, 2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | COGHLIN KC, Thomas (1998, 2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS KC, Edmund (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | SEAWARD, Martin (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | BUCHAN, Andrew (1981) | ||
Members of Chambers | O'DEMPSEY, Declan (1987) | ||
Members of Chambers | CASSERLEY, Catherine (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | GENN, Yvette (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | MICHELL, Paul (1991) | ||
Members of Chambers | HORAN, John (1993) | ||
Members of Chambers | LAWSON, Daniel (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | D'SOUZA, Carolyn (1994) | ||
Members of Chambers | COWEN, Sally (1995) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROBERTSON, Sally (1995) | ||
Joint Head of Chambers | McLEISH, Martyn (1997) | ||
Members of Chambers | REINDORF, Akua (1999) | ||
Members of Chambers | BROWN, Thomas (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | JACOBS, Linda (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | McCANN, Claire (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | BEALE, Anna (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | OHRINGER, Adam (2001) | ||
Members of Chambers | GODFREY, Hannah (2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | MASTERS, Dee (2004) | ||
Members of Chambers | FRASER BUTLIN, Sarah (2005) | ||
Members of Chambers | MILSOM, Christopher (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | DOBBIE, Olivia-Faith (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | MUSGRAVE-COHEN, Caroline (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | STIRLING, Catriona (2008) | ||
Members of Chambers | CAIDEN, Nathaniel (2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | OMERI, Sheryn (2010) | ||
Members of Chambers | LORD, Chesca (2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | BARRETT, Rachel (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | BURTON, Tamar (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | DANVER, Jennifer (2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | COOK, Jonathan (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | FITZPATRICK, Ruaraidh (2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | MEENAN, Catherine (2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | GOODMAN, Charlotte (2019) | ||
Members of Chambers | VEALE, Laurene (2019) | ||
Members of Chambers | JACKSON, Joshua (2020) | ||
Members of Chambers | SHARP, Melanie (2020) | ||
Members of Chambers | ISMAIL, Ameer, (2021) |
Barrister Profiles
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Jacques Algazy | Jacques Algazy practices in employment, commercial, European, and public law. His robust… | View Profile |
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Robin Allen | Acts for a very wide range of clients, from individuals to organisations,… | View Profile |
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Rachel Barrett | Barrister specialising in employment, discrimination, inquests and inquiries, clinical negligence, human rights and… | View Profile |
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Anna Beale | Barrister specialising in employment and discrimination, clinical negligence and personal injury law.… | View Profile |
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Tom Brown | Barrister specialising in employment, equality, EU, commercial, public, immigration and human rights… | View Profile |
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Andrew Buchan | Barrister who has been specialising in personal injury since 1984. He has… | View Profile |
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Tamar Burton | Tamar specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury, inquests, employment and discrimination work.… | View Profile |
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Nathaniel Caiden | Barrister specialising in in employment, discrimination and equality. Also a trained mediator… | View Profile |
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Catherine Casserley | Practises employment, discrimination and human rights law. Previously employed by the Disability… | View Profile |
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Tom Coghlin | Tom Coghlin QC has a wealth of experience of first instance and… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Cook | Employment, Discrimination & Equality, Clinical Negligence, Commercial Law, Personal Injury, Requlatory | View Profile |
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Sally Cowen | All areas of employment law equality and discrimination law and TUPE. Independent… | View Profile |
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Rachel Crasnow | Leading QC specialising in employment law, with emphasis on discrimination and human… | View Profile |
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Carolyn D'Souza | View Profile | |
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Jennifer Danvers | Main areas of practice: Clinical Negligence, Discrimination and Equality Law, Employment Jen… | View Profile |
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Olivia-Faith Dobbie | Olivia is a courageous advocate with a strong court presence. She is… | View Profile |
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Joel Donovan | Barrister practising mainly in complex high-value clinical negligence and PI, including grave… | View Profile |
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Simon Dyer | Simon Dyer QC specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury claims. Simon… | View Profile |
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Paul Epstein | Paul is an employment and discrimination law specialist. He has appeared in… | View Profile |
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Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick | Clinical Negligence, Discrimination & Equality, Employment, Human Rights, Personal Injury, Regulatory | View Profile |
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Sarah Fraser Butlin | Specialising in employment, clinical negligence, personal injury. | View Profile |
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Jason Galbraith-Marten | Jason is one of the UK’s leading employment and equality lawyers. In… | View Profile |
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Yvette Genn | Yvette Genn is a specialist employment lawyer with in-depth expertise in complex… | View Profile |
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Caspar Glyn | Caspar is an expert in the employment relationship, contractual (including injunctive relief)… | View Profile |
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Caspar Glyn | Caspar is an expert in the employment relationship, contractual (including injunctive relief)… | View Profile |
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Hannah Godfrey | Barrister (called 2002) at Cloisters Chambers specialising in personal injury and clinical… | View Profile |
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Patricia Hitchcock | Queen’s Counsel. Specialising in complex high-value claims, especially brain and spinal injury,… | View Profile |
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John Horan | Barrister in discrimination and equality and employment. On the day before the… | View Profile |
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Linda Jacobs | Linda Jacobs is a barrister at Cloisters (2000 call, Middle Temple, Harmsworth… | View Profile |
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Schona Jolly | Schona Jolly QC has a high profile domestic and international practice, with… | View Profile |
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William Latimer-Sayer | William specialises in catastrophic personal injury and clinical negligence. He has a… | View Profile |
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Daniel Lawson | Dan specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and insurance law. | View Profile |
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Chesca Lord | Barrister specialising in employment and discrimination, personal injury, and clinical negligence. Chesca… | View Profile |
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Claire McCann | Claire McCann specialises in employment, equality and public law as well as… | View Profile |
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Martyn McLeish | Martyn McLeish is an experienced personal injury and clinical negligence junior, recommended… | View Profile |
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Paul Michell | Paul is an employment law specialist. He regularly acts in equal pay,… | View Profile |
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Christopher Milsom | Chris operates at the forefront of employment and equality law having appeared… | View Profile |
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Caroline Musgrave-Cohen | Caroline specialises in employment and equality law. She advises and represents clients… | View Profile |
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Brian Napier | Practises employment and discrimination law in England and Scotland (Faculty of Advocates).… | View Profile |
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Declan O"Dempsey | Declan O’Dempsey is a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s… | View Profile |
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Declan O'Dempsey | Barrister at Cloisters Chambers, part time fee paid employment judge in North… | View Profile |
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Adam Ohringer | Adam is an employment specialist who still maintains a broader civil law… | View Profile |
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Sheryn Omeri KC | Barrister specialising in employment and discrimination, clinical negligence, human rights, public law… | View Profile |
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Ms Akua Reindorf KC | Akua Reindorf specialises in employment, discrimination and human rights law. She is… | View Profile |
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Sally Robertson | All areas of equality, discrimination and employment law, including whistleblowing and TUPE,… | View Profile |
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Daphne Romney KC | Daphne Romney QC is an expert in high-value, very complex litigation and… | View Profile |
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Martin V Seaward | Barrister specialising in personal and fatal injuries, occupational pensions, coroner’s inquests, administrative… | View Profile |
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Catriona Stirling | Catriona has specialised in clinical negligence and personal injury for a number… | View Profile |
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Dr Simon Taylor | Simon is a medical doctor as well as a barrister and specialises… | View Profile |
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Dr Simon Taylor | Simon is a medical doctor as well as a barrister and specialises… | View Profile |
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Ed Williams | Ed is named by the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and Legal… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Glenn Hudson : Senior Clerk Mark Skipp : 1st Junior Clerk Andrew Hunter : 2nd Junior Clerk William Parkhouse : 3rd Junior Clerk Frankie Beale : 4th Junior Clerk Lauren Maynard : 5th Junior Clerk- Employment
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