Practice Areas
Employment, Equality law, Professional Discipline, Human Rights, Investigations
Career
Caroline Musgrave-Cohen has been ranked as a leading employment barrister in the legal directories since 2014. She acts for private companies and individuals, financial institutions, trade unions and public authorities with particular expertise in discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE and equal pay matters. Caroline is highly regarded for her commercial sense, strategic approach, incisive and compelling advocacy and exemplary client service.
Caroline is frequently instructed to conduct internal investigations for a range of small and large organisations. Matters investigated have included breach of duty by C-suite executives, whistleblowing detriment, bullying by senior management, breach of data protection laws, and allegations of discrimination relating to philosophical beliefs, sex and race. Caroline acts for individuals and institutions in regulatory and internal professional discipline matters.
Caroline was appointed as a fee-paid Employment Judge in 2021.
Personal
After graduation from Cambridge University, Caroline initially worked as a relief and development professional in Rwanda, Pakistan, Indonesia and the UK. Now a barrister, Caroline has been instructed for inquest preparation in Afghanistan and spent three months as a visiting fellow at Harvard’s Law School Project on Disability in Boston, USA.