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Mr Mohinderpal Sethi KC KC
Position
Top Ranked trial and appellate advocate whose expertise spans the full range of commercial, employment, partnership and sport, regularly appearing at the highest levels in domestic, international and offshore courts (including DIFC and ADGM) and arbitral tribunals.
He has over 25 years of experience representing clients ranging from multinational corporations, global banks, UK and foreign governments to high-profile public figures, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and boardroom executives in often high-value, market-sensitive, or politically charged matters.
Exceptionally, he was appointed by the Attorney-General ‘directly’ to the A-Panel of Counsel to the Crown to undertake the highest profile work for HM Government.
He has been instructed in many of the leading cases from employee competition and team moves to whistleblowing, discrimination and bonus claims.
Recent Supreme Court appearances include: the leading Supreme Court authority on state immunity under international law (Saudi Arabia v Costantine) [2025] UKSC 0061; and the only-ever case to leapfrog appeal from EAT to Supreme Court (Basfar v Wong [2023] AC 33).
Reported team move cases include: obtaining Court of Appeal team move injunctions against directors and shareholders (MIMO Connect Ltd v Buley [2023] EWCA Civ 909); breaches of confidence and covenants (Quilter Private Client Advisers Ltd v Falconer [2022] IRLR 227); contempt of court for breaching injunction order (Advetec Holdings Ltd v Shaw [2020] EWHC 2660).
Reported Middle East cases include: the first-ever discrimination, victimisation, and whistleblowing trial in the DIFC Courts (Mahmood v Standard Chartered Bank [2024] DIFC CFI 044/2021); and an ultra-high-value bonus claim (Kahlon v Liberty Steel Group Ltd [2024] DIFC CFI).
High-profile investigations and inquiries include: being appointed to chair the high-profile independent investigation into Yorkshire County Cricket Club; and chairing the independent inquiry into anti-Semitism at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
He is the former Chair of the UK’s Employment Law Bar Association.
Recent awards include: Employment Silk of the Year (Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023); Senior Counsel of the Year (International Employment Lawyer Awards 2023); Civil Lawyer of the Year (Asian Legal Awards 2022); Barrister of the Year Finalist (The Lawyer Awards 2022); and shortlisted for Employment Silk of the Year (Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022).
For a comprehensive CV, visit mosethikc.com.
Career
Called 1996. Silk 2019. Master of the Bench of Middle Temple 2024.
The Queen Mother’s Scholar (the premier Inn scholarship). The Malcolm Wright Prizewinner. Harmsworth Major Entrance Exhibitioner.
Languages
Punjabi; Hindi; French.
Memberships
ELBA (former Chair), ELA (former Editorial Board Member), ILS, COMBAR, LCLCBA, APP
Personal
Langdon Comprehensive School, East Ham, London Borough of Newham
Wadham College, University of Oxford: MA Hons Jurisprudence, Wadham First Class Scholar.
Embarrassing golf handicap, temperamental tennis serve, currently looking to form a band called “The Struggling Chords”.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Public international law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Partnership
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Mohinderpal Sethi KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Excellent ability to get up to speed on considerable volume of documents and advise on complex issues quickly. He demonstrates considerable patience in advising on the same and dealing with questions at the same time.’
Littleton Chambers covers a full range of partnership issues, including those that intersect with employment. Within partnership disputes, members are instructed by financial and professional services LLPs, alongside other areas of law including discrimination and whistleblowing, both domestically and internationally. David Reade KC covers company, partnership and LLP disputes, while head of chambers Gavin Mansfield KC has been involved in Armstrong and others v Taylor and others, a High Court claim between members in an investment management business, where the claimant group claims the managing partner and a second group of partners conspired to remove the claimant group’s influence to siphon away profits from them. Mohinderpal Sethi KC handles domestic and cross-border partnership and LLP disputes, and James Bickford Smith is noted for his expertise acting for individual LLP members in exit disputes.
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Mohinderpal Sethi KC – Littleton Chambers ‘He is great at thinking outside the box and presenting novel arguments.’
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Mohinderpal Sethi KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Deftly handling the most difficult of clients, Mo is persuasive and extremely bright. A go-to for tricksy matters: those that call for someone eminent, but who is also personable.’
Hailed as being ‘top drawer for sport and employment’, Littleton Chambers demonstrates genuine insight into commercial, investigatory, and regulatory matters within the sporting field, frequently acting for high-profile football managers and athletes. Paul Gilroy KC is an employment law specialist, acting for cricketer Darren Gough in a dispute with Yorkshire CCC, as well as representing Neil Warnock in the termination of his contract with Aberdeen. Ashley Cukier acts for Yorkshire CCC in its investigation of allegations of racist discrimination and harassment brought by Azeem Rafiq, while Mohinderpal Sethi KC has been appointed by British Gymnastics to lead independent investigations into allegations of abuse and safeguarding breaches by former Olympians. David Reade KC has expertise in defamation and breach of confidence claims, primarily in the football arena.
The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Mohinderpal Sethi KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Mohinderpal is a phenomenal barrister: intelligent and never fazed by any issue. He is someone who thinks very quickly on his feet and can navigate a matter with extraordinary precision and calmness.’
Middle East: The English Bar > Commercial
(Leading silks)Ranked: Tier 1With particularly strong connections to the UAE’s free zones, Littleton Chambers has an established reputation in employment, discrimination, executive exit and business protection disputes. Mohinderpal Sethi KC continues to act in a number of high-profile employment litigation and arbitration proceedings concerning team moves, restrictive covenants, breach of confidence as well as handling complex freeze and search orders. James Bickford Smith acts as lead counsel in Al Khawaja v TPL Investment Management Limited, defending against the allegation that the investment fund provides the former CEO of the company permanent incentive rights in the ADGM.