Outer Temple Chambers

Employment and Discrimination, Pensions, Commercial and Financial Services, Insolvency & Restructuring, Private Client and Trusts, International, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence

Barrister specialising in Employment & Discrimination, Pensions, Commercial and Financial Services, Insolvency & Restructuring, Private Client and Trusts, International, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence.

Elizabeth is a leading junior in pensions and employment, and also has a growing commercial and private client practice. She regularly appears as sole counsel at first instance and on appeal, as well as undertaking a range of work led by the leading practitioners in their fields.

Before being called to the Bar, Elizabeth lectured in Japanese History at the University of Newcastle. She holds a PhD in Japanese and Korean cultural history (Trinity College, University of Cambridge), a Master of Studies in Modern Japanese Literature (Pembroke College, University of Oxford), and a Master of Arts in Japanese and Korean (St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, first class). She has also spent time at several universities in Japan and Korea, including Keio University in Tokyo and Sungkyungkwan University in Seoul.

Elizabeth has a specialist employment practice representing both Claimants and Respondents and is adept at handling complex preliminary matters, as well as multi-day and multi-week trials and appellate work. She has a particular interest in claims involving discrimination and whistleblowing and experience of employment-related injunctions and related contractual matters.

She has also advised employees of international organisations, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Administrative Tribunal (EBRD), the Pan-American Health Organisation, and NATO.

Elizabeth's pensions practice covers occupational pension schemes in both the private and public sector, and she has experience of advising on a range of pensions-related matters including pensions misselling, Courage fetters, rectification, recoupment, and forfeiture. She has particular expertise in areas of cross-over between employment, discrimination, and pensions, and has also advised on novel pension claims involving HRA elements.

Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, Welsh

• APL

• FSLA

• COMBAR

• ChBA

• ConTrA

• ELBA

• British Japanese Law Association

• Association of London Welsh Lawyers