Adam Ross
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 6 : Employment
Band 6
About
Provided by Adam Ross
Practice Areas
Adam practises in all areas of statutory and contractual employment law, including complex discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and employee competition cases. He also assists with internal processes, such as disciplinary and grievance investigations, disciplinary hearings, and appeal hearings.
Adam has extensive experience as sole counsel against silks and senior juniors in lengthy trials, remedy hearings, costs hearings and appeals. He also appears led in High Court and appellate matters.
He often advises on merits at an early stage and assists with pre-action / without-prejudice correspondence and evidence-gathering, drawing upon his commercial background.
Career
Called to the Bar in 2013
Lord Denning and Hubert Greenland Scholarships; Buchanan Prize; Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln’s Inn)
Assistant Legal Officer at the Free Representation Unit from 2013 to 2014
Joined Old Square Chambers on completing pupillage in 2015
Professional Memberships
ELA, ELBA
Personal
MA (Oxon) – Politics, Philosophy and Economics (New College, 2005-08)
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Respected junior barrister Adam Ross is capable of handling a broad spectrum of employment matters for which he is frequently instructed as sole counsel. His litigation experience often sees him act for and against public bodies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Adam is superb, practical and responsive."
"Adam is excellent on all fronts."
"Adam is a go-to for our firm on complex matters."
"Adam is superb, practical and responsive."
"Adam is excellent on all fronts."
"Adam is a go-to for our firm on complex matters."