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Provided by Helena Ifeka
Helena is a strong trial advocate who has appeared several times in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Central Arbitration Committee as sole counsel. Due to her previous career in industry and consultancy, she is pragmatic, commercially minded and has excellent interpersonal skills.
Helena specialises in employment, discrimination and human rights law. Her recent trials have concerned discrimination, constructive dismissal, redundancy, TUPE and whistleblowing. She has acted in several group gig-economy worker status cases, and, equally, recently defeated a worker status claim. She also advises and acts in Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery cases.
Examples of recent successful interlocutory hearings include applications for anonymity and restricted reported orders; costs; strike out; extension of time to serve a response to claim; and set aside of default judgment.
Prior to the Bar
Before retraining in law, for twelve years, Helena ran business transformation programmes and worked as an IT and management consultant at C-level for clients in the private and public sectors.
Qualifications
Called in 2020. Educated at the University of Sydney, BA Honours (First Class), University Medal, English Society Award; Columbia University USA, MA, MPhil, Fulbright Scholarship, Arthur Macquarie Scholarship; Oxford Brookes, GDL (Distinction), Oxford University Press Prize; BPP, BPTC (Very Competent), Middle Temple Queen Mother Scholarship.
ELA, ILS, INQUEST, PIBA
Helena is a contributor to FromCounsel.
Helena is a keen swimmer and a fair-weather cyclist.
Commercial Law
Equality and Discrimination
Employment
Human Rights
Personal Injury
Clinical Negligence
Public and Administrative Law
Provided by Chambers
Helena Ifeka acts for claimants and respondents in a range of employment matters, including whistle-blowing, redundancy, discrimination and TUPE-related trials. She has prior experience in industry and consultancy, giving her a unique commercial background.
Provided by Chambers
Helena does not get things wrong. She is very thoughtful about the tactics in litigation and also very, very pragmatic and sensible in how she approaches advice.
Helena Ifeka has provided clear advice on strategy. She has great aftercare in terms of following up after hearings with useful, pragmatic advice on next steps.
Helena does not get things wrong. She is very thoughtful about the tactics in litigation and also very, very pragmatic and sensible in how she approaches advice.
Helena Ifeka has provided clear advice on strategy. She has great aftercare in terms of following up after hearings with useful, pragmatic advice on next steps.