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Hannah Slarks
Position
Hannah is a highly sought after junior, with a practice spanning public and regulatory, employment and education law. In her public and regulatory practice, Hannah has wide-ranging experience acting for both claimants and public bodies. She is consistently instructed in policy cases of major public importance, as well as sensitive matters concerning the rights of individuals. She has particular expertise in the community care, healthcare and education sectors. Hannah also has significant experience in matters relating to conduct within political parties. She acted as sole counsel for the lead complainants to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. She has also acted for the Electoral Commission against various pro- Brexit campaigning bodies. In employment law, Hannah regularly appears in the employment tribunals, the EAT, the county court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal, dealing with all stages of litigation. She is frequently instructed by employers to conduct sensitive internal investigations. She has extensive experience in complex discrimination matters, and is acting for the Government in a series of cases concerning the right to strike. In education law, Hannah acts for all kinds of educational institutions and providers, as well as for families in litigation, appeals and investigations. She has particular expertise in cases involving allegations of sexual abuse in educational settings.
Languages
French.
Education
University of Bristol (BA Hons); University of Cambridge, Hughes Hall (BA Hons); Kaplan Law School (BPTC).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Hannah Slarks –11KBW ‘Hannah is excellent. She is very experienced in discrimination matters, with excellent technical skills. She is incredibly responsive and brilliant with clients – she is clearly operating beyond her year of call.’
11KBW is ‘a leading set for employment work‘. The team has been kept busy handling large-scale equal pay claims, high-profile industrial relations cases, discrimination matters and whistleblowing claims, to name a few areas of instruction. The ‘authoritative‘ Sean Jones KC handles the full gamut of employment law matters, and Richard Leiper KC is ‘the Rolls Royce standard‘. Recent highlights include the ‘highly impressive‘ Daniel Stilitz KC leading Hannah Slarks for the Department for Business and Trade in Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer, a case heard by the Supreme Court concerning if employees who take part in industrial action can be subjected to disciplinary action short of dismissal; the case concerned a care home worker who was suspended (and therefore not receiving overtime pay), but not dismissed, by her employer. Among the juniors, the ‘exceptional‘ Sophie Belgrove has ‘a deep understanding of all aspects of employment law‘. Amy Rogers KC, Simon Forshaw KC and Judy Stone KC were all elevated to silk in March 2024.
London Bar > Court of Protection: health and welfare
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Hannah Slarks – 11KBW ‘Hannah is very conscientious and bright. She is well-organised, focused and has a good sense of relevance.’
London Bar > Education
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Hannah Slarks – 11KBW ‘Hannah is very clear to define the issues and see a path through to success. Approachable and great client care too.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Hannah Slarks –11KBW ‘She is a truly persuasive advocate with a gift for eloquence. Her intelligence sparkles in court.’