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Cloisters > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Employment Tier 1
Fielding 'a number of very big hitters', Cloisters' barristers are routinely instructed in groundbreaking cases at the leading edge of UK and European law. Key recent cases include Jason Galbraith-Marten QC and Sheryn Omeri appearing in Aslam & Farrar v Uber BV & Ors, a high-profile Supreme Court case that determined that Uber drivers are workers in a case with major implications across the private and public sector; Robin Allen QC and Sarah Fraser Butlin acting for City Sprint couriers in relation to their entitlement to holiday pay; and Paul Epstein QC representing Tesco (as appellant) in Tesco Stores v Ms K Element & Others, reportedly the UK's largest ever equal pay challenge.
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Leading Juniors
Testimonials
Set
‘A great set- I rate Cloisters very highly for employment law.‘
‘Cloisters has a number of very big hitters.‘
‘Excellent set – first class barristers.‘
‘A strong set, with quality counsel and competitive pricing.‘
‘They have led the way on Covid – their free guide has been invaluable. They were also first out of the blocks with using technology for hearings, and are active with training too.‘
Clerking
‘All of the clerks are easy to work with.‘
London Bar > Clinical negligence Tier 3
'Highly reputable set' Cloisters is best known for its claimant work, and in particular its proficiency in the field of complex neurological birth injuries. These strengths are illustrated by the recent case of AAA v North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, a cerebral palsy claim which saw William Latimer-Sayer QC and newly ranked junior Chesca Lord achieve a settlement of £18.5m on behalf of the claimant. In another highlight, Simon Dyer QC and Anna Beale appeared in PMC v Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, a claim brought on behalf of a child who suffered a hypoxic brain injury following a delayed delivery. Sarah Fraser Butlin and Tamar Burton continue to work as junior counsel on the ongoing Infected Blood Inquiry.
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Set
‘An excellent set with many strong and knowledgeable advocates.‘
‘Cloisters is an outstanding set for claimant clinical negligence work, with top leading counsel and a very able set of juniors.‘
‘A highly reputable set.‘
‘Very knowledgeable and able counsel, who all have very good technical and medical knowledge, and an eye for detail.‘
‘An excellent set that has real depth and quality for its clinical negligence offering.‘
Clerking
‘One of the best clerking teams in the area. The clerks are efficient, responsive and lovely to deal with. Nothing ever feels like too much trouble. Glenn Hudson, William Parkhouse and Frankie Beale deserve a special mention.‘
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud Tier 4
Cloisters is a 'very impressive set' which continues to be 'well regarded in the serious injury world'. The practitioners are 'all good at tailoring their approach to the individual client' and 'often go over and above' to achieve successful outcomes. This chambers is home to much lauded William Latimer-Sayer QC , who is often seen as 'the leading silk when it comes to quantum'; he is currently representing the claimant in Azizeh v Talukdar & the Motor Insurance Bureau, a very high value claim which follows a hit and run, which left the claimant profoundly disabled. The set also fields some 'very promising juniors', one of whom is the newly ranked Tamar Burton.
Leading Silks
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Testimonials
Set
‘Cloisters is very well regarded in the serious injury world.’
‘Huge strength of depth at all levels, including some very promising juniors.’
‘Have a range of counsel who are all excellent at their level and are all good at tailoring their approach to the individual client. A very impressive set who often go over and above to get the work done and support the client.’
‘Very experienced and knowledgeable in catastrophic PI claims.’
‘Chambers are first class and always ready to help.’
Clerking
‘Glenn Hudson and Mark Skipp are particularly excellent. Both very responsive and always willing to go the extra mile.’
London Bar > Civil liberties and human rights (including actions against the police)
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London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
Leading Juniors
Cloisters > Set Profile
Cloisters is a highly-regarded and long-established set that advises on employment, discrimination & equality, personal injury, clinical negligence, commercial law, regulatory & public law, sport & 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 51 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 QC, Robin (1974, 1995) | ||
Members of Chambers | DONOVAN QC, Joel (1991, 2011) | ||
Members of Chambers | MITCHELL QC, Jonathan (Scotland) (1979, 1992) | ||
Members of Chambers | NAPIER QC, Brian (Scotland) (1986, 2002) | ||
Members of Chambers | TAYLOR QC, Dr Simon (1984, 2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | EPSTEIN QC, Paul (1988, 2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | ROMNEY QC, Daphne (1979, 2009) | ||
Members of Chambers | HITCHCOCK QC, Patricia (1988, 2011) | ||
Joint Head of Chambers | ALGAZY QC, Jacques (1980, 2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | GLYN QC, Caspar (1992, 2012) | ||
Members of Chambers | GALBRAITH-MARTEN QC, Jason (1991, 2014) | ||
Members of Chambers | CRASNOW QC, Rachel (1994, 2015) | ||
Members of Chambers | LATIMER-SAYER QC, William (1995, 2016) | ||
Members of Chambers | DYER QC, Simon (1987, 2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | JOLLY QC, Schona (1999, 2017) | ||
Members of Chambers | COGHLIN QC, Thomas (1998, 2018) | ||
Members of Chambers | WILLIAMS QC, Edmund (2000) | ||
Members of Chambers | SEAWARD, Martin (1978) | ||
Members of Chambers | ENGELMAN, Phillip (1979) | ||
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 | 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 | DYAL, Daniel (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | MILSOM, Christopher (2006) | ||
Members of Chambers | DOBBIE, Olivia-Faith (2007) | ||
Members of Chambers | MUSGRAVE, 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) |
Barrister Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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![]() | Jacques Algazy | Jacques Algazy practices in employment, commercial, European, and public law. His robust… | View Profile |
![]() | Robin Allen | Acts for a very wide range of clients, from individuals to organisations,… | View Profile |
![]() | Rachel Barrett | Barrister specialising in employment, discrimination, inquests and inquiries, clinical negligence, human rights and… | View Profile |
![]() | Anna Beale | Barrister specialising in employment and discrimination, clinical negligence and personal injury law.… | View Profile |
![]() | Tom Brown | Barrister specialising in employment, equality, EU, commercial, public, immigration and human rights… | View Profile |
![]() | Andrew Buchan | Barrister who has been specialising in personal injury since 1984. He has… | View Profile |
![]() | Tamar Burton | Tamar specialises in employment and discrimination, personal injury and clinical negligence. In… | View Profile |
![]() | Nathaniel Caiden | Barrister specialising in in employment, discrimination and equality. Also a trained mediator… | View Profile |
![]() | Catherine Casserley | Practises employment, discrimination and human rights law. Previously employed by the Disability… | View Profile |
![]() | Tom Coghlin | Tom Coghlin QC has a wealth of experience of first instance and… | View Profile |
![]() | Jonathan Cook | Employment, Discrimination & Equality, Clinical Negligence, Commercial Law, Personal Injury, Requlatory | View Profile |
![]() | Sally Cowen | All areas of employment law equality and discrimination law and TUPE. Independent… | View Profile |
![]() | Rachel Crasnow | Leading QC specialising in employment law, with emphasis on discrimination and human… | View Profile |
![]() | Jennifer Danvers | Main areas of practice: Clinical Negligence, Discrimination and Equality Law, Employment Jen… | View Profile |
![]() | Olivia-Faith Dobbie | Olivia is a courageous advocate with a strong court presence. She is… | View Profile |
![]() | Joel Donovan | Barrister practising mainly in complex high-value clinical negligence and PI, including grave… | View Profile |
![]() | Simon Dyer | Simon Dyer QC specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury claims. Simon… | View Profile |
![]() | Paul Epstein | Paul is an employment and discrimination law specialist. He has appeared in… | View Profile |
![]() | Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick | Clinical Negligence, Discrimination & Equality, Employment, Human Rights, Personal Injury, Regulatory | View Profile |
![]() | Sarah Fraser Butlin | Specialising in employment, clinical negligence, personal injury. | View Profile |
![]() | Jason Galbraith-Marten | Jason is one of the UK’s leading employment and equality lawyers. In… | View Profile |
![]() | Yvette Genn | Yvette Genn is a specialist employment lawyer with in-depth expertise in complex… | View Profile |
![]() | Caspar Glyn | Caspar is an expert in the employment relationship, contractual (including injunctive relief)… | View Profile |
![]() | Hannah Godfrey | Barrister (called 2002) at Cloisters Chambers specialising in personal injury and clinical… | View Profile |
![]() | Patricia Hitchcock | Queen’s Counsel. Specialising in complex high-value claims, especially brain and spinal injury,… | View Profile |
![]() | John Horan | Barrister in discrimination and equality and employment. On the day before the… | View Profile |
![]() | Linda Jacobs | Linda Jacobs is a barrister at Cloisters (2000 call, Middle Temple, Harmsworth… | View Profile |
![]() | Schona Jolly | Schona Jolly QC has a high profile domestic and international practice, with… | View Profile |
![]() | William Latimer-Sayer | William specialises in catastrophic personal injury and clinical negligence. He has a… | View Profile |
![]() | Daniel Lawson | Dan specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and insurance law. | View Profile |
![]() | Chesca Lord | Barrister specialising in employment and discrimination, personal injury, and clinical negligence. Chesca… | View Profile |
![]() | Dee Masters | Dee Masters has been ranked in the legal directories since 2010 as… | View Profile |
![]() | Claire McCann | Claire McCann specialises in employment, equality and public law as well as… | View Profile |
![]() | Martyn McLeish | Martyn McLeish is an experienced personal injury and clinical negligence junior, recommended… | View Profile |
![]() | Paul Michell | Paul is an employment law specialist. He regularly acts in equal pay,… | View Profile |
![]() | Christopher Milsom | Chris operates at the forefront of employment and equality law having appeared… | View Profile |
![]() | Caroline Musgrave-Cohen | Caroline specialises in employment and equality law. She advises and represents clients… | View Profile |
![]() | Brian Napier | Practises employment and discrimination law in England and Scotland (Faculty of Advocates).… | View Profile |
![]() | Declan O"Dempsey | Declan O’Dempsey is a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s… | View Profile |
![]() | Adam Ohringer | Adam is an employment specialist who still maintains a broader civil law… | View Profile |
![]() | Sheryn Omeri | Barrister specialising in employment and discrimination, clinical negligence, human rights, public law… | View Profile |
![]() | Akua Reindorf | Akua Reindorf specialises in employment, discrimination & human rights law, focussing on… | View Profile |
![]() | Sally Robertson | All areas of equality, discrimination and employment law, including whistleblowing and TUPE,… | View Profile |
![]() | Daphne Romney QC | Daphne Romney QC is an expert in high-value, very complex litigation and… | View Profile |
![]() | Martin V Seaward | Barrister specialising in personal and fatal injuries, occupational pensions, coroner’s inquests, administrative… | View Profile |
![]() | Catriona Stirling | Catriona has specialised in clinical negligence and personal injury for a number… | View Profile |
![]() | Dr Simon Taylor | Simon is a medical doctor as well as a barrister and specialises… | View Profile |
![]() | Ed Williams | Ed is named by the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and Legal… | View Profile |