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Ms Eleena Misra KC
Work Department
Employment, Professional Discipline & Regulation, Public Law and Inquests
Position
While equally experienced adept in all areas of Employment and Equalities law, Eleena specialises in complex and high value employment / regulatory cases in the healthcare and education sectors, in particular. She regularly appears in Tribunals, Appeal Courts and the High Court including in respect of short notice injunctive relief. She has significant experience in whistleblowing litigation especially in the NHS and in City institutions and in internal investigations and appeals. Eleena founded and headed up the Littleton Chambers’ Professional Discipline Practice Group as a specialist in work straddling Employment and Disciplinary / Regulatory law. After sixteen years there, she moved to Old Square in 2017. Eleena is also trained in Forensic Medicine and accepts instructions in medico-legal cases and inquests. Eleena is extremely client-friendly, responsive and calm in even the most stressful litigation.
Career
Called July 2001 (Middle Temple), Diplock Scholar
Advocacy Trainer (Middle Temple)
Vice-Chair Law Reform Committee and Elected Member of the Bar Council.
Publications:
Blackstones’ Employment Practice 2018 (most recently).
Languages
Good working knowledge of French, German and Oriya
Memberships
ELBA, ELA, ILS, ARDL, PNBA
Education
MA (Oxon) Jurisprudence.
Former President of the Oxford University Law Society.
Leisure
Hobbies: performing arts, travel and horses.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Eleena Misra KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Eleena is an exemplary advocate – her cross-examination skills are fantastic, robust when necessary and empathetic. She is analytical and detail orientated, and a great problem solver. A powerhouse.’
A ‘strong set for employment work with high profile counsel‘, Old Square Chambers‘ members routinely handle significant employment cases, including appearing in the Court of Appeal. In a prominent case highlight, Michael Ford KC successfully represented UNISON as intervenor in the Supreme Court in Harpur Trust v Brazel, a high-profile case concerning if part-year workers (in this context, a term-time only music teacher at a school) accrue their holiday entitlement pro rata throughout the year, or during the parts of the year the employee is working. In a separate matter, Ben Cooper KC is acting for ASDA in ongoing, large-scale litigation concerning multiple equal pay claims. At the junior end of chambers, whistleblowing and equal pay claims have been prominent in Melanie Tether‘s recent workload, and Robert Moretto successfully acted for the Department of Work and Pensions in Mackereth v DWP, a belief discrimination claim brought by a Christian doctor who refused to address transgender patients by their preferred pronouns. In March 2023, the senior end of the team was bolstered by the elevation of Eleena Misra KC and Nadia Motraghi KC to silk. Sarah Keogh is now a full-time Employment Judge.
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Eleena Misra KC –Old Square Chambers ‘Eleena is a confident and inspiring advocate, with a meticulous eye for detail and very good client care skills.’
The ‘brilliant set‘ Old Square Chambers is very well known for its strength in handling instructions focusing on the healthcare sector, however members are equally adept at assisting professionals from the financial, education and legal sectors. Ben Collins KC is acting in Suresh v GMC, an ongoing case concerning a claim brought by the widow of a doctor who had taken his own life while under a GMC investigation. Nicola Newbegin is ‘a fluent advocate‘ with expertise in handling regulatory proceedings for healthcare professionals and solicitors. In March 2023 the senior end of the team was bolstered by the elevation of Eleena Misra KC and Nadia Motraghi KC to silk.