Employment

Overview

Civitas Chambers’s employment group ‘stands out for its impressive roster of junior employment barristers’. Jonathan Walters, a highly experienced practitioner, primarily represents respondents, including both public and private sector employers. His practice encompasses discrimination and whistleblowing claims, among others. Christopher Howells has acted in disputes concerning restraint of trade, non-competition clauses, and injunctive relief, as well as in relation to discrimination and whistleblowing claims. Joanne Williams has recently been instructed in connection with race, disability, and sex discrimination claims. Owain Rhys James acts for both claimants and respondents, recently in unfair dismissal and disability discrimination cases” Legal 500 2025

Civitas Chambers’s members are instructed in a range of complex discrimination and unfair dismissal cases. They also have strong expertise in whistle-blowing matters, and various other issues including the National Minimum Wage and TUPE. They attract frequent instructions from the devolved government and a range of public authorities”. Chambers and Partners 2025

Employment Law Barristers in Cardiff and South Wales

At Civitas Chambers, our specialist Employment group boasts a number of highly respected practitioners with a wealth of experience in core areas of employment law disputes. Our members provide expert advice and representation and act for both employers and employees, helping clients navigate complex employment law matters with practical, results-focused guidance.

Our barristers are highly experienced in tribunal and appellate advocacy and regularly act as Junior Counsel to the Welsh Government, advising government departments on employment law issues. We also represent local authorities, health boards, police forces, and public bodies across Wales. Many of our team are recognised in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as leaders in employment law and are instructed in high-value, complex, and precedent-setting cases.

Why Instruct Civitas Chambers?

• Act for both employers and employees
• Trusted by government departments, public bodies, and leading solicitors across Wales and England
• Expertise across all dispute levels, from routine claims to complex, high-value litigation, including appeals
• Ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for excellence in employment law