Jennifer Danvers

Practice Areas

Discrimination and equality law, employment, clinical negligence, public, international and human rights

Career

Called to the Bar in 2012.

Employment / Discrimination: Jen has particular expertise in the Higher Education sector acting both on behalf of unions and individual academics as well as for Higher Education providers, such as Oxford University. She also has significant experience acting as junior counsel in group gig-economy claims. She regularly acts as sole counsel in complex multi-day discrimination and whistleblowing litigation. She is highly sought after by both claimant and respondent solicitors for her clear-sighted, strategic approach to litigation. Jen also undertakes complex internal investigations, including in the most sensitive cases of serious sexual harassment.

Clinical negligence: Jen has acted for claimants with complex claims where both liability and quantum is in issue. She has an active practice as sole counsel and is frequently junior to leaders in the field of high value clinical negligence litigation, in particular, wrongful birth cases.

Public, International and Human Rights: Jen’s expertise and experience in group claims, civil litigation and complex quantum cases supports her public, international and human rights practice. She has a particular interest in claims which involve a crossover of different areas of law and has advised on complex matters relating to the interaction between human rights, data law and discrimination and on international whistleblowing complaints. Jen is also developing expertise in climate related public law challenges, having recently worked with ClientEarth. Jen has advised Big Brother Watch, led by Schona Jolly KC.