Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Employment

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

5

Band 5

Inquests & Public Inquiries

London (Bar)

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Rachel Barrett

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Rachel has a varied employment, discrimination and human rights law practice including inquests and public inquiry work. She specialises in cases with crossover equality and human rights law issues, and is in demand as sole or junior counsel in legally complex and novel litigation.

Career

Called to the Bar in 2012. Judicial assistant to Lord Wilson and Lord Hodge in the Supreme Court in 2014-2015. Appointed to the EHRC B-Panel from 2019. Fee-paid Employment Judge from 2020. Junior Counsel to the Infected Blood Inquiry (2019-2024) and the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry (2023-date).

Reported cases include: Tesco Stores Ltd v Element [2024] IRLR 736; NUPFC v Certification Officer [2021] ICR 1397; Gray v Mulberry Co (Design) Ltd [2020] ICR 715; Bou-Simon v BGC [2019] 1 All ER (Comm) 955; Kilraine v Wandsworth [2018] ICR 1850; Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2018] IRLR 315; Simpkin v Berkeley Group [2017] 4 WLR 11; McCann v State Hospital Board for Scotland [2017] 1 WLR 1455; Blackwood v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust [2016] ICR 903.

Professional Memberships

ELBA, ELA, DLA, ALBA, BHRC, HRLA, Justice, INQUEST, Advocate.

Publications

Co-author of OUP’s Employment Law and Human Rights. Contributing author to Supperstone’s Judicial Review, Bullen & Leake’s Precedents of Pleadings, Lewis & Buchan’s Clinical Negligence and Sweet and Maxwell’s Human Rights Practice. Researcher on Baroness Hale's Mental Health Law.

Personal

Rachel studied at SOAS (BA History and MA Chinese Studies) and worked in mental health before becoming a barrister.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Employment - London (Bar)

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Rachel Barrett is an impressive employment law barrister who has made appearances before the highest UK courts. She acts on behalf of both claimant and respondent clients and handles a wide range of matters including breach of contract, whistle-blowing and disability discrimination.


Inquests & Public Inquiries - London (Bar)

5
Band 5
Individual Editorial

Rachel Barrett has an established employment, discrimination and human rights practice. She takes a junior counsel role in notable inquiries and frequently acts for bereaved families in inquests concerning mental health, including cases with media attention.

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