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Stephanie  Cummings enjoys a wide-ranging commercial, chancery and employment law practice.

She is highly regarded by both her lay and professional clients for her approachable manner combined with her strong business acumen and thorough advice.

Stephanie is an experienced and accomplished trial advocate, regularly appearing in trials over a number of days, in the County Court, High Court and in the Employment Tribunal.

Stephanie also has recent appellate experience, appearing before the EAT in a matter concerning the interpretation of Regulation 4 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as well as being involved in an ongoing case where a litigant in person is appealing the decision of an Employment Judge to strike out his claim for disability discrimination.

Stephanie welcomes instructions in more esoteric and obscure areas of law, although she has particular experience and expertise across the following areas:

• Commercial Litigation - Claims involving breach of contract, interpretation of contracts, construction, sale and supply of goods and services, debt recovery and company litigation. Particular experience of matters concerning recruitment and estate agency contracts.
• Trusts and Probate - Inheritance Act claims, contested probate, claims by and against executors, administrators and trustees.
• Real Property - Landlord and tenant (both residential and commercial), nuisance, boundary disputes, trusts of land.
• Insolvency - Both personal and corporate and including actions on behalf of trustees and creditors.
• Employment - Preliminary hearings, applications and final hearings on behalf of both Claimants and Respondents. Stephanie has particular experience with cases involving discrimination, unfair dismissal and breach of contract.

Stephanie has a particular interest in Sports Law and was appointed to the Sports Resolution Pro Bono Panel in 2024. Stephanie offers representation for athletes in commercial contract, employment and discrimination matters.

Stephanie is direct access qualified and accepts instructions in appropriate cases and on a direct access basis in all of her practice areas.

Appointments

Attorney General's Civil Panel, Regional Panel B

Stephanie has been a regional member of the Attorney General’s Civil Panel since 2018. Stephanie was promoted to Regional Panel B in 2023. She advises and represents government departments and agencies in Commercial, Insolvency and Employment matters.

Sports Resolution Pro Bono Panel

Stephanie was appointed to the Sports Resolution Pro Bono Panel in 2024. Stephanie offers representation for athletes in commercial contract, employment and discrimination matters.

Professional Memberships

Employment Law Bar Association

British Irish Commercial Bar Association

Northern Business and Property Bar Association

Northern Circuit

Education

BPP, London 2010 Bar Vocational Course – Very Competent
The University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College 2009 BA Law (Jurisprudence) – 2:1
King George V College, Southport 2006 A – Levels
Maricourt High School, Liverpool 2004