We’re proud to announce 19 practitioners have been recommended by Who’s Who Legal with Cloisters one of the top-ranked chambers overall for Labour, Employment and Benefits.

£50,000 award for John Horan’s profoundly deaf client in Employment Tribunal against the DWP for oppressive and discriminatory behaviour.

Caspar Glyn KC has been elected Chair of the Employment Lawyers Association, and both Olivia-Faith Dobbie and Jennifer Danvers have been elected to join its management committee.

Joshua Jackson was instructed in Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 Others, the judgment for which was issued earlier this month. While the ECtHR held that the case of Duarte Agostinho was inadmissible, it remains a significant day in the pursuit of climate justice.

Simon Dyer KC and Linda Jacobs of Cloisters instructed by Alexandra Bennett of Stewarts secured approval today before HHJ Sadiq sitting as a Judge of the High Court, of a settlement of £18.6m on behalf of a seriously brain injured claimant.

Robin Allen KC and Dee Masters have worked closely with the TUC and Cambridge University Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy to devise a new legal blueprint for regulating AI in the workplace. The TUC’s AI (Regulation and Employment Rights) Bill sets out new legal rights and obligations for employers and employees.

Our second six pupils Adam Pincott, Hana Abas and Emma Darlow Stearn are on their feet and accepting instructions in their own cases across our core areas.

With judgment delivered following a 2022-23 trial, in which claimants were represented by Schona Jolly KC, Anna Beale, Laurene Veale and Caroline Musgrave-Cohen, Channel 4 has reported news calling for a public inquiry into the Police Federation of England & Wales.

Judgment has today been handed down in the case Seyi Omooba v (1) Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (t/a Global Artists) and (2) Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd.

In Discrimination Law Association’s latest Briefings journal, Robin Allen KC and Dee Masters provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

Calling all junior employment law solicitors: ‘Tribunal Toolkit’ webinar series. Dates: 13th March to 8th May. Location: online. Speakers: 10 Cloisters barristers. Topics: anonymity orders to deposit orders, settlement agreements to worker status, and much more.

Dee Masters joins the ‘Law and AI’ panel at inaugural LSE Law Summit, to inspire and guide future generations of lawyers by sharing her AI expertise at the first-ever gathering of practitioners, scholars and students organised by the LSESU Law Society.

The County Court has given judgment in Ali v Green Party of England and Wales, for the first time having to consider the interaction between the Equality Act 2010 association provisions, the protected characteristic of belief, and the rights of political parties and their members under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Alongside a number of experts in judicial review, Rachel Barrett and Josh Jackson have co-authored a chapter on the Human Rights Act 1998 in the new edition of Supperstone, Goudie and Walker: Judicial Review.

Robin Allen KC shared his AI expertise in a Sky News report about companies increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) for recruitment purposes, namely scanning CVs, and analysing body language and facial expressions in video interviews.

Schona Jolly KC joined the ‘Special International Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine’ conference on 1st February, alongside esteemed lawyers, politicians, diplomats and civil society from the UK and Ukraine, discussing justice and accountability for Ukraine and the approach to establishing a special tribunal.

Renowned equality law advocate, campaigner, author, speaker and trainer, Declan O’Dempsey, is sharing his expertise on older people’s rights at the Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry meeting on 7th February 2024.