Jen Coyne

Practice Areas

Employment, administrative & procurement and data protection.

Varied practice, at the intersection of commercial and public law. Experience across the spectrum of employment disputes, with an emphasis on whistleblowing and discrimination (including equal pay: the high-value Tesco litigation). Advises and acts for both public bodies (from local authorities to regulators such as the FCA and NHSI) and challengers in regulatory and procurement matters. Expertise in data protection including defending complex multi-party data breach claims (the Transform Hospital litigation).

Instructed as sole counsel (up to the Court of Appeal - Moss v ICO [2020] EWCA Civ 580) and as a junior in larger counsel teams.

Career

Called to the Bar 2016 (Karmel Scholar and Bedingfield Scholar, Gray’s Inn).

Member of the Attorney General’s C Panel of Treasury Counsel.

First Class BA(Hons), University of Oxford. Distinction MSc, London School of Economics.

Professional Memberships

ELA, ALBA, PLA.