Our Employment Barristers’ Group
Tier 1 Ranked Practice Group- Legal 500 Bar Rankings 2026 and Band 1 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2026.
Our Employment Group has established an expert reputation for employment law, offering an experienced and all-encompassing team of specialist employment barristers. Our barristers regularly advise and represent large private employers, public sector clients including NHS trusts and local authorities, as well as individual claimants.
Our employment group is noted for its strength in high-value discrimination, whistleblowing, restraint of trade, wrongful dismissal, breach of contract and TUPE cases. We continue to be the preferred choice set for intricate employment matters. Our barristers are adept at navigating diverse issues on behalf of private and public sector respondents, as well as claimants.
When instructing solicitors need a set with genuine depth across the Midlands and the North, we are consistently the first call. Legal 500 recognises our ‘a strong chambers with good availability at both senior and junior levels’; Chambers & Partners cites our ‘top choice on the Midland Circuit for complex employment law cases’. This reflects a track record built over decades of serious work.
Clients appreciate our barristers’ abilities to combine deep legal knowledge with practical, strategic advice:
“The set offers excellent strength in depth across its employment team, with Counsel available to cover a wide range of matters from straightforward claims to more complex and sensitive cases. They are consistently reliable and responsive, even at short notice, which we find invaluable. They also provide a strong program of training events, covering a range of hot topics and tricky areas, which we have found to be of great practical use.” Chambers and Partners 2027
“The clerks provide an excellent service. They are approachable, responsive, and always happy to help with any queries we may have. Communication is clear and efficient, and overall they make the whole process of instructing Counsel smooth and straightforward.” Chambers and Partners 2027
“This set regularly goes above and beyond others in terms of clerk responsiveness and service levels.” Legal 500 2027
“St Philips is an outstanding chambers. They have a huge breadth of skill, knowledge and experience. The clerks have a great ability to ensure appropriate counsel is available, even at short notice.”
“They are always my first choice.”
“A top choice on the Midland Circuit for complex employment law cases”
“Oliver Edwards and Janita Patel are amazing – they are on it and provide a seamless and 5-star service.”
13 of our Group’s members, Petar Starcevic, Dr Mirza Ahmad, Paul Wilson, Sophie Garner, Anthony Johnston, Elizabeth Hodgetts, Colin Baran, Jonathan Heard, Bruce Frew, Alexander Rozycki, Patrick Keith, Julie Duane and Francis Mortin, are individually ranked in the 2026 legal directories.
The Group is also an active participant in the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), the Employment Law Bar Association, and the Law Society.
Our members are enthusiastic participants in pro bono employment law services for Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit) and helped to establish the ELA’s ELIPS (Employment Tribunal Litigant in Person Support Service) Scheme.
