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Oh gosh, well when I was about 7 or 8 I did the paper round in my local town to earn some pocket money. It involved delivering the local paper to all the houses in one neighbourhood.
It was a bit of a treacherous job as I would quite frequently be chased by various breeds of dogs trying to ‘guard’ their houses from this dangerous paper round child. It was pretty scary but at least I learnt how to run fast an the value of hard work!
It was an employment tribunal case representing a claimant and whether he could rely on his political belief in English nationalism as a basis for discrimination. Talk about being thrown in the deep end! Funnily enough, that case is still on appeal today, 6 years later.
Rondo in the Hoxton is pretty nice, or Daly’s Wine Bar.
I joined not too long ago in December 2023. I was previously at Lamb Chambers, which I really enjoyed, but I needed to pivot my work to include more public law, and so when the Garden Court vacancy came up in summer 2023 I thought I would give it a go, and here we are! Moving chambers can be a difficult process for so many reasons (aged debt, personalities etc.) but I have been fortunate to have been mainly supported in my move by my former and current chambers.
Everyone does social justice activism in some sort of way. Whether it is defending clients who don’t have a voice or actively making space for more rights, I am constantly inspired by my colleagues. This in turn pushes me to do more activism in my own way, whether it is through campaigning on trans/non-binary issues (@nonbinarybarrister on socials) or strategic climate change litigation.
Hmmm. Interesting is so subjective! I guess this could be one: I was a dancer in one of Paloma Faith’s music videos. I won’t tell you which one though.
Keep on being authentic and true to yourself – that’s why people will like you!
I represented a number of care home workers who were fired for not taking the vaccine. It was interesting to understand their reasons for not taking the covid vaccine and the ethical dilemmas the tribunal faced in terms of balancing the rights of the employees and the rights of the vulnerable residents.
It would be reading large amounts of text and analysing them in a second. As a dyslexic and dyspraxic person, that is the part of the job that takes me the longest and I find the most tiresome.
I want to be involved in big challenges against policy in terms of climate change litigation, and issues that affect trans people. Those are my two focal points at the moment but these may of course shift over time.
I wish I knew! Jokes aside, being clear and saying things in layperson’s terms always helps. Making something complicated seem simple is a real skill and one that takes time to finesse. Also if you have written submissions as well as oral submissions, most of your argument should be clearly laid out in skeletal written form, such that your oral submissions should only be the icing on the cake, or reply points to your opponent’s submissions. In written submissions you can frontload a lot of your hard work so you are not having to think of everything on your feet.
I went to Arcachon in South West France with some friends for my 30th . It was very fab and here is a picture of how I wish every day was (if I didn’t have to work)! Call Me By Your Name could never.
