Barrister
Tom is a leading junior in employment, commercial, and regulatory law.
His employment work encompasses all areas of statutory and commercial employment law, with a particular focus on cases with a regulatory angle or commercial driver. Tomâs commercial work usually arises in an employment context, but not exclusively.
Tom is also a regulatory / professional discipline specialist. He is well-known for his work in financial services, and also acts in the accountancy and legal sectors. Chambers & Partners recognise Tom âfor his considerable expertise in matters at the intersection of financial services regulation and employment law.â
He has significant experience in equality law, investigation/inquiry work, and public law matters, particularly in the education sector.
Tom acts in a range of jurisdictions within and around the UK, including ETs in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Tom is registered in Part II of the DIFCâs Register of Legal Practitioners. Â He has been instructed in a range of disputes in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).
Read More
Barrister
Amy Rogers KC practises in all areas of commercial, employment and public law litigation, including disputes with a substantial cross-border element.
Amyâs commercial and employment practice is broad, but with particular expertise in conspiracy and economic tort claims, commercial and employee fraud, restraint of trade and team poaching disputes, shareholder and LLP disputes, and claims involving breaches of directorsâ duties, fiduciary duties, and duties of confidence.
In the public law field, Amy has particular experience in the use of public law litigation to protect commercial interests.
Amy is ranked by the directories in each of her areas of practice. Before taking Silk, she was recognised as a âStar Individualâ in employment law (“fiercely intelligent and very collaborative, a superb advocate with brilliant written work. She ticks every box”), a Band 1 Junior in Commercial Dispute Resolution (“a fearsome litigator”) and a Band 1 Junior in Administrative and Public Law (“a tremendous choice”).
Amy has been the Chambers and Partners Employment Junior of the Year, the Legal 500 Employment Junior of the Year, the International Employment Lawyer Junior of the Year, and one of Legalweekâs 10 âStarsâ of the junior commercial bar. Amy co-edits âInternational Employment Disputesâ (Sweet & Maxwell, 2019).
Read More
Barrister
Hannahâs practice covers the full ambit of media and information law, including:
- Defamation
- Malicious falsehood
- Privacy
- Breach of confidence
- Data protection (including data breach and group litigation)
- Harassment
Hannah has broad-ranging experience across each of those practice areas and is particularly well placed to deal with actions involving both data/privacy and reputational issues. She has considerable experience in group litigation claims and has acted in large scale commercial actions involving data protection, privacy and defamation. Hannah also has a keen interest in non-contentious reputation management and strategy work. This includes press and social media monitoring on behalf of both individuals and corporations in the public eye.
Case highlights include:
- A Supreme Court appearance in a landmark privacy action concerning the right of arrestees in child sex offence cases to remain anonymous (Khuja v Times Newspapers Ltd);
- A Court of Appeal appearance in Lachaux v AOL (UK) Ltd, which gave rise to the first appellate decision on the âserious harm testâ under section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013;
- Acting for the largest group of Defendants between 2014 and 2020 in multi-million-pound litigation concerning the alleged blacklisting of construction workers (The Construction Industry Vetting Information Group Litigation);
- Continuing to act for English water companies against restitution claims for over £150 million in fees paid for information which it is now said ought to have been provided for free  (The Environmental Information Regulations Litigation);
- Acting for the Defendant in Farley v Equiniti, which is set to give rise to the leading Court of Appeal authority on the existence and applicability of a threshold of seriousness in UK data protection law.
Hannah was awarded a 2012 Pegasus Scholarship to work at the New York offices of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP, where she gained both a broad grounding in American media law and experience in advising on cross-jurisdictional issues.
Read More
Barrister
Davidâs practice encompasses the full ambit of media, entertainment and information law. He has appeared in several of the highest profile defamation and privacy actions of recent years and consistently acts on behalf of leading firms of solicitors in the field and for a large number of the most prominent media organisations and companies (including Associated Newspapers, Google, Facebook, Guardian News & Media and Times Newspapers).
He is equally highly regarded for his work on data protection and freedom of information matters where he has represented public and regulatory bodies and the media in cases heard before both the courts and the Information Tribunal. He also holds a very substantial practice in the fields of public and entertainment law, where he regularly advises the media regulator, Ofcom, and has acted for the United Kingdom Government in the successful defence of the two most important UK media law cases to reach the European Court of Human Rights in recent years.
Read More
Barrister
Richard is a litigator and advocate, both in the High Court and Employment Tribunals, as well as in appeals and arbitrations.
He has a wide-ranging practice, acting for individuals and for businesses. Recent cases encompass the duties of senior employees, directors, and shareholders; confidential information and restraint of trade; complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims; penalty clauses; and professional negligence by solicitors.
He is regularly involved in all stages of a claim, from initial advice and pleading, interim applications, mediations to speedy trials and appeals.
In the Whoâs Who Legal UK Bar Report 2019, Richard was identified as one of the 7 most highly regarded silks in employment law, adding that he âgains extensive praise as âa real star of the Barâ, and an âabsolutely outstanding, confident, commercial and diligent advocateâ.â
Read More
Barrister
Andrew is widely regarded as a market-leading junior specialising in employment and commercial law. Since 2009, Andrew has been recommended by both the leading directories as a leading junior who is a great team-player in large scale litigation, as well as being a tough cross-examiner.
Read More