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Anya Proops
Anya has a broad practice spanning privacy, media, technology, public, sports and employment law. In recognition of her work as a leading media and privacy specialist, Anya was named âMedia, Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection Silk of the Yearâ in the 2021 Chambers & Partners Bar Awards. Anya is named as a Leading Silk in the directories in recognition of her work in the privacy, media and employment spheres. She is listed as a âStar Individualâ in Chambers & Partners in recognition of her leading role the data privacy field, and is also recognised as leading silk in the field of data privacy class actions. Anya was also named in the Lawyerâs âHot 100 Lawyers 2019â. Anya has a special interest in technology disputes and has acted across a wide array of cutting-edge technology-based cases, in the regulatory and civil litigation spheres, and also before the Administrative Court. Anyaâs current cases range from very large-scale data privacy class actions; to heavy and publicly important regulatory cases fought before the First-Tier and Upper Tribunals; to weighty judicial reviews involving matters such as the application of the Broadcasting Code and the legality of the policeâs use of live facial recognition; to appellate cases raising significant public interest issues, such as the application of anonymity principles in cases involving children and the application of GDPR principles to advertising practices. Anya has been described in the directories as a âphenomenal advocate and a brilliant legal brainâ as someone who is âdevastating in cross-examinationâ, âa first rate team leaderâ and âa real starâ.
Read MoreRupert Paines
Rupert has substantial experience across Chambersâ practice areas, from commercial and commercial employment litigation to public law, procurement, data protection, and EU cases.
He is ranked as a Leading Junior in the Legal 500 for administrative and public law, data protection, public procurement, and employment law, and in Chambers and Partners in employment, administrative & public, group litigation, public procurement and data protection. The directories variously describe him as “a real star of the future” with a “commanding knowledge of several areas of law”, “well trusted by clients – with very senior clients putting him up on his own. He is excellent at acting on his own and performs above his call year”, “hugely impressive; he is very good on the law and strategy” and “totally brilliant; a very strong advocate with wide experience and insight beyond his years.”
Rupert has considerable trial experience both as sole counsel and within larger teams. He is also frequently involved in appellate litigation, appearing in the Supreme Court and Privy Council on seven occasions since 2015.
In 2013/2014, Rupert spent a year as a Judicial Assistant at the Supreme Court, assisting Lord Toulson JSC and Lord Hughes JSC.
Read MoreMarcus Pilgerstorfer
Marcus is an enormously experienced specialist in the fields of employment and discrimination law; product liability and consumer law; and public, human rights and data privacy law. He has appeared in a number of the leading cases.
He is recognised by the directories as âa superb barristerâ who is âjust brilliant in courtâ and âhandles clients extremely well and surpasses their expectationsâ. He has âa brain the size of a planetâ and is âclearly much admired by the senior judiciaryâ.
Marcus is a Civil and Criminal Recorder (part-time judge), is an Advocacy Trainer at Grayâs Inn and was a member of the Attorney Generalâs A Panel of Counsel to the Crown.
Read MoreDaniel Isenberg
Danielâs practice spans Chambersâ core areas of work, with a particular focus on commercial, civil fraud, employment, business protection, data protection and public law matters.
He is ranked in the Legal 500 for administrative and public law, data protection, and employment law, and in Chambers and Partners in administrative and public and data protection law. The directories describe him as a ârobust and talented advocate with tremendous attention to detailâ and having âa fearsome intellect. He grasps the facts quickly and soaks up information. His written work is very impressiveâ, as well as being âhighly personable and user-friendly barrister who makes time for his clients and his instructing solicitors. He is an excellent choice of junior counselâ. Daniel has also been appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commissionâs (B) and Attorney-Generalâs (C) Panels of Counsel and to Sport Resolutionsâ Pro Bono Legal Advice Panel.
Daniel was previously the Judicial Assistant to Lord Sumption and Lord Carnwath at the Supreme Court, assisting the Justices on a number of the leading and high-profile cases across Chambersâ areas of practice. Before coming to the Bar he was a fast-streamer at the Ministry of Defence.
Read MoreMichael White
Michael practises across Chambersâ specialisms, with a particular focus on employment, commercial, data protection, media and sports law. He has been described in Chambers and Partners as âvery brightâ, âvery personableâ, âcommercialâ, âpracticalâ, âa safe pair of hands in tribunalâ, âcollaborative, supportive and a pleasure to work withâ, âalways attuned to a client’s anxieties and ambitions in the caseâ, âincredibly thorough and committedâ, âa very talented advocateâ, âpragmaticâ, âstrategicâ, âexcellent technicallyâ, âvery responsiveâ and as someone who âworks under real time pressures to produce fantastically high-quality work productâ.
Michael has appeared in matters before a wide range of courts and tribunals both in the UK and abroad, from the Employment Tribunal to the Court of Appeal to arbitral tribunals. He acts in, and advises on, the following matters in particular:
- High Court commercial and business protection proceedings, including those concerning team moves, breach of confidence, restrictive covenants, shareholder disputes and agency disputes.
- Statutory employment law claims, including complex and high-value claims of discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal, and claims involving TUPE and equal pay matters.
- Data protection, media and information law matters, including proceedings alleging breach of the UK GDPR / DPA 2018 and defamation, and information law matters for the Information Commissionerâs Office.
Before coming to the Bar, Michael spent six months as a âstagiaireâ in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringerâs international arbitration team in Paris, assisting on English-law commercial arbitrations and investor-state disputes. He also worked on death-penalty appeals in Louisiana, and as a consultant in the Legal Office of the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome.
Read MoreAliya Al-Yassin
Aliya practises in all areas of Chambersâ work including commercial, employment, public and human rights, data protection, sport, and public international law.
Aliya has recently acted in several high-profile cases. Current and recent highlights including acting in or assisting with:
- A successful application in the Commercial Court for the first post-Brexit anti-suit injunction enforcing an employeeâs right to be sued in England.
- A High Court employment and shareholding dispute against a leading F1 Team by its former CEO/Team Principal.
- An ongoing challenge in the High Court to UK Government decisions to continue granting licences for arms exports to Israel in the context of the war in Gaza.
- Advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice on Israel’s aid obligations in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory following its ban on UNRWA.
- A challenge before the European Court of Human Rights on the UK Governmentâs Rwanda removal policy.
- Proposed privacy claims in the context of wider civil fraud proceedings worth billions of dollars against a deceased oligarch.
Before coming to the Bar, Aliya was the Judicial Assistant to Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin in the Supreme Court, and UK Focal Point to the European Court of Human Rightsâ Superior Courtsâ Network, where she gained exposure to several high-profile cases across her areas of practice. Â She previously trained as a solicitor at Slaughter and May, and was an associate in the firmâs Disputes and Investigations team.
Aliya has an LLB from SOAS, University of London (where she graduated top of the year, and won multiple prizes), and studied for the BCL at the University of Oxford (where she was awarded the Daniel Slifkin scholarship).
Read MoreJohn Bethell
John is a public law specialist with related expertise in public international law and information law. He is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and is described as âa very effective advocateâ with âgreat client-handling skillsâ and âreal clarity of thought and an ability to cut through the difficulties in public lawâ.
John acts for central government, local authorities, other public bodies and claimants. He was appointed to the Attorney Generalâs B Panel of Civil Counsel in September 2022 and to the Panel of Public International Law Counsel in October 2020 and is called to the bar of the Virgin Islands.
John acts in public law matters of every type and is regularly instructed in sensitive and high-profile litigation, particularly in matters that raise national security, international relations or diplomatic immunity issues. His recent cases include:
- R (TPL1) v Secretary of State for Defence [2025] EWHC 1729 (Admin), defending alleged failures to publish relevant information for the âTriples Reviewâ into the eligibility of former Aghan Special Forces for relocation to the UK under the ARAP scheme.
- R (Pompe) v Secretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] EWHC 1489 (Admin), resisting an application for an urgent, interim injunction to prevent the signing of a treaty between the UK and Mauritius regarding future sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
- R (Irwin) v Coventry City Council [2025] EWHC 1100 Admin, resisting an interim injunction and permission for judicial review over the felling of trees for a cycleway (with James Goudie KC)
- R (KP) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] EWHC 370 (Admin), defending the refusal to admit to the UK an individual with complex mental health problems, serving a prison sentence in the British Indian Ocean Territory, following a claim for international protection. The latest case in the long-running BIOT Migrants Litigation, arising from the arrival of Sri Lankan migrants in the British Indian Ocean Territory (see also: BAA & Others v Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory (Mr Paul Candler) & Others [2023] EWHC 767 (KB).
- R (YVR) v Birmingham City Council [2024] EWHC 701 (Admin), [2024] PTSR 866, acting for the Council in a challenge to the policy of charging the statutory maximum amount for the provision of adult social care, in circumstances of financial difficulty (with Joanne Clement KC).
- EFG v The Security Service [2024] UKIPTrib 2, acting for the Respondent in an application for interim injunctive relief arising from alleged unfairness in a review of the Complainantâs security vetting (unled).
- Dalston Projects Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWCA Civ 172, acting for the Claimants in an appeal arising from the first statutory review of a decision to detain a ship under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (unled).
Leo Davidson
Leo accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers practice, with a particular focus on financial regulation, employment law, information law, regulatory law and public law.
He is ranked in Legal 500 2023 as a Tier 1 Rising Star in Local Government. He is âvery able and provides sound, user-friendly adviceâ, and his âsophistication, advocacy and commercial awareness and vision are strongâ. Clients also say that he âis forensic and gets into the detail and history of matters, particularly where they concern technical legal points or matters of statutory interpretationâ.
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