Paul Gilroy KC
‘Paul is great on his feet – a real street fighter with tactical nous. He is excellent in cross-examination and great with clients.’
Nine Chambers
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Nine Chambers is widely praised as ‘the premier set in the North’ for employment work and offers a comprehensive service to a broad range of public and private sector clients, including employees, trade unions, employers, government departments, NHS trusts, and local authorities. Paul Gilroy KC’s extensive experience covers the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious work. He has been notably active of late in whistleblowing cases, for example defending The Christie NHS Foundation Trust against unfair dismissal and whistleblowing detriment claims by a nurse after she made allegations about a colleague’s fitness to practise.
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Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Amy Smith
‘Amy is an excellent advocate. She is always well-prepared and highly knowledgeable, and is also great with clients. She is strongly recommended.’
Nigel Grundy
‘Nigel is excellent in his area of expertise. He is extremely knowledgeable, personable and professional. Nigel is able to review copious amounts of information quickly to get up to speed on any case referred to him. He has no weaknesses at all.’
Louise Quigley
‘Louise has exceptional client rapport. She possesses a commanding understanding of complex cases and legal issues, and demonstrates formidable advocacy skills time and time again. Louise is also approachable and easy to work with.’
David Campion
‘David is excellent at managing claims with many witnesses and voluminous bundles to the satisfaction of the employment tribunal. Keeping tribunals onside is key to getting the best possible outcomes, and David’s outcomes are excellent. He is able to limit cross-examination to the key issues in the claim. He is not flashy or aggressive which works very well with claimants with disabilities in particular. He is a very effective advocate.’
Lena Amartey
‘Lena is fantastic with clients who all respond very well to her. She is a tenacious and thorough advocate. One of her real strengths is the ability to adapt her advocacy style depending on the kind of claimant. She is also always thoroughly prepared and inspires confidence in clients.’
Katie Nowell
‘Katie is highly intelligent and cuts through to the substantive issues very quickly. She is very thorough in her preparation, is accessible for instructing solicitors and easily puts clients at ease. She is an excellent advocate, persistent and effective in cross-examination and clear in submissions.’
Stefan Brochwicz-Lewinski
‘Stefan is an exceptionally talented advocate. He is incredible to watch in court: quick thinking, articulate and persuasive. He always performs brilliantly in court and puts clients in the best possible position they can be in.’
Robert Lassey
‘Rob is brilliant at getting into the details of cases and dealing with the twists and turns of litigation. He also makes powerful submissions and his client care is outstanding.’
Laura Kaye
'Laura is an exceptional barrister. She is polite and courteous and knows how to challenge either the tribunal or claimant in the correct and most impactful way. She is robust when required (but only where the situation requires it). Her legal knowledge and advocacy are excellent.'
Rachael Levene
‘Rachael has superb understanding of the law and can apply it to the facts in a case with great skill combined with her standout advocacy skills. Tactically astute, Rachael knows when to play the best cards to achieve the best outcome for the client. She is thorough and engages with instructing solicitors proactively to ensure all are on the same page. She is a go-to barrister for tricky and complex tribunal claims.’
Carlo Breen
Martin Mensah
'Martin is an extremely diligent and experienced advocate. He has patience with his instructing solicitors and their clients. He is very knowledgeable and makes you feel very much at ease in his position. Martin is honest and practical as well as helpful and solution-focused. He will always go the extra mile to help instructing solicitors and their clients.'