Kings Chambers

Rachel Senior is developing a practice across employment, commercial law and public inquiries.

She has experience of a broad range of employment litigation, including High Court and Employment Appeal Tribunal work, and is ranked by the Legal 500 as a ‘rising star’ in employment law. She acts for individuals, businesses, charities and public authorities, including local authorities and NHS Trusts. Rachel is regularly instructed in complex multi-day trials involving whistleblowing and discrimination allegations. During pupillage Rachel acted for a Claimant who was awarded what is believed to be the highest-ever Tribunal award for menopause-related discrimination.

Rachel’s commercial work draws on her employment and public law experience, and often involves contractual disputes, issues around discrimination and equalities, and claims for and against public authorities. She is happy to advise on cases involving restrictive covenants and other restraint of trade provisions.

Before joining Chambers, Rachel spent two years with the Government Legal Department and qualified as a solicitor in September 2022. She advised on individual employment cases and wider issues in employment and labour law. Rachel gained experience of High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court litigation, and has extensive experience of Parliament, having advised on and drafted legislation. She is therefore well placed to and regularly advises on matters involving novel legal issues, complex statutory schemes and parallel civil court and Employment Tribunal claims.

Rachel is a member of the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme and acted for a Core Participant in five modules of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. She is currently acting for a Core Participant in the Nottingham Inquiry.

Prior to her time as a civil servant, Rachel spent three years working as a speechwriter and political adviser to Bishops in the House of Lords. She grew up in western Canada and has family ties to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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University of Oxford (Mansfield College): BA(Hons) Jurisprudence University of Oxford (St Hugh’s College): BA(Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics Bar Professional Training Course, BPP London Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, London Metropolitan University