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James Green

0207 797 8600 james@littletonchambers.co.uk View profile

Work Department

Employment, commercial, and sports law

Position

Barrister

Career

James joined Littleton in October 2018 upon completing his pupillage. He has since built a practice across Chambers’ core areas of work, including employment, commercial, and sports law. He is happy to accept instructions in any of these areas.

Recent work has included:

• Successfully defending a major retailer from allegations of discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal in a five-day hearing
• Conducting an internal investigation into allegations of gross misconduct, including the operation of a competitive business, by an employee at a communications agency
• Being led in drafting a defence on behalf of a client facing complex allegations of discrimination brought by a large number of claimants in a non-employment context
• Advising an employee on the construction and enforceability of a complex commission payment plan

Prior to commencing pupillage, James spent a year working at the Court of Appeal as a judicial assistant to the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, working on cases such as R(Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and R v Alexander Blackman. Previously James also worked as a paralegal on international commercial arbitrations at a boutique litigation firm, Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP.

Before becoming a barrister, James lived in Japan for two years as a Daiwa scholar, funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, where he studied Japanese and worked as a journalist.

Languages

Japanese

Education

James was the winner of the Times Law Award for an essay, published in the Times, on the relevance of the Magna Carta in the modern world. He was awarded a Lord Denning Scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn to complete the Bar Professional Training Course.

Prior to studying law, James studied history at the University of Bristol, attaining a First Class Degree, and a Master’s degree in American History at the University of Oxford.

Education
2015: Bar Professional Training Course, Very Competent

2014: Graduate Diploma in Law, Distinction

2010: MSt in American History

2009: BA in Historical Studies, First Class

Scholarships and Prizes

• Winner of the Times Law Award, 2015.
• Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn, 2014.
• Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Scholar, 2011-2013.