Employment

Outer Temple Chambers

Outer Temple Chambers is ‘very strong for employment’. Members of the set continue to act in high-profile, complex equal pay claims, whistleblowing claims, discrimination matters and pensions cases, and the group reports an increase in internal investigations. The ‘excellent’ Andrew Short KC continues to be kept busy handling complex multi-party equal pay claims. Andrew Allen KC and Alex Line successfully represented the Ministry of Justice and Lord Chancellor before the Employment Tribunal in relation to allegations of part-time worker discrimination brought by salaried Circuit Judges who used to sit as recorders who were appointed as Circuit Judge in April 1995 onwards, alleging that the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 scheme’s terms were less favourable than the Judicial Pensions Act 1981’s scheme, and that their sittings as recorders should be compensated in terms of pension entitlement. In 2023 Martina Murphy joined the team, and Emily Gordon-Walker was appointed a full-time Employment Judge.

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Profil: outertemple.com

Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

'Nicholas Levett is great and very helpful.'
'Nicholas Levett is exceptional.'
'Nicholas Levett is excellent and extremely attentive.'
'The clerks are keen to assist and are readily available.'
'The service is first-rate. Very efficient and clear on fees.'
'A formidable set doing cutting edge work.'
'The set has excellent employment barristers.'
'An outstanding set, with great strength in depth.'
'One of the go-to sets with top employment counsel.'

Avocats

Leading silks

Andrew Short KC

He always gets the results he wants.'

Keith Bryant KC

Keith is impressive in cross-examination.'

Andrew Allen KC

Andrew is an incredibly charming and persuasive barrister.'

Meilleurs Juniors

Naomi Cunningham

Naomi is extremely clever and insightful. Her advocacy is calm and determined and she uses her legal knowledge with precision.'

Naomi Ling

A super-bright junior. Her advocacy is elegant and effective, and her manner is engaging and to the point.'

Saul Margo

An urbane junior who can strip a case down to salient points and provide focused, high quality advice.'

Lydia Seymour

Lydia is formidable. A silk in waiting.'

Will Young

Will is an outstanding barrister. His strategic judgement in extremely difficult cases is excellent, and he is quick to gain the trust of clients.'

Daniel Barnett

He is fearsome in cross-examination and leaves no stone unturned.'

Peter Linstead

He is very approachable but probing in cross examination but in a way that the witness does not see the killer questions coming.'

Martina Murphy

Martina is a very astute tactician and a highly effective cross-examiner.'

Gus Baker

A junior punching far above his weight.'

Victoria Brown

She knows the law backwards but holds her brightness lightly, and is a great asset when in the trenches of long running litigation.'

Stephen Butler

Stephen has an admirable unflappability. He gets to grips with the legal issues quickly, is very responsive, and his client care is exceptional.'

Alex Line

Alex is an absolutely safe pair of hands. He's always thoroughly prepared and is able to think on his feet and react to the moment.'

Imogen Egan

Imogen is assiduous and affable.'

Paul Livingston

He is articulate and knowledgeable, good on his feet and his court manner is exceptional.'

Rising stars

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