Employment
London (Bar)
5 years ranked
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Employment & Discrimination; Civil Liberties and Human Rights; General Civil Litigation; Professional Regulatory & Discipline; Public Law
Rachel is building a diverse and busy practice across all of Chambers’ core areas of work, with a particular focus on Employment, Discrimination and Professional Regulation and Discipline. Rachel also has experience in Public law, having acted as a junior in one of the first judicial reviews arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As well as being an experienced advocate, Rachel is developing an impressive practice as an independent investigator.
Rachel is regularly praised by her clients and peers as “talented and promising”, a “particularly effective cross-examiner” and “exceptionally easy to work with”.
Rachel read Law at Queens’ College, Cambridge. She was called to the Bar in 2015 and was awarded a Major Scholarship by Inner Temple.
Rachel maintains a keen commitment to pro bono work and accepts instructions in a number of pro bono matters each year. Rachel has provided assistance on the Employment Lawyers Appeals Advice Scheme, the Employment Tribunal Litigant in Person Scheme and gives free, monthly advice at the South West London Law Centre surgeries.
ALBA; ARDL; ELA; ELBA; ILS
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Rachel Owusu-Agyei is an impressive junior barrister who earns praise for her ability to litigate complex cases on behalf of respondents as well as individual and group claimants, and trade unions. She has wide-ranging employment experience in matters such as whistle-blowing, discrimination and unfair dismissal.
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Rachel Owusu-Agyei has good manners with the client and is commercially aware.
Rachel is fantastic.
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