Elizabeth Hodgetts
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Employment
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Provided by Elizabeth Hodgetts
Practice Areas
Elizabeth Hodgetts practises exclusively in employment law and employment-related civil litigation, undertaking the most complex and high value claims. Her Employment Tribunal practice includes considerable work on behalf of Government bodies and agencies as a member of the Attorney-General’s A-panel of Counsel; local authorities; educational institutions; and private sector employers. She also welcomes instructions from claimants. Her ET practice predominantly features complex and high value discrimination claims, including claims for psychiatric injury arising from discrimination; and complex and high value whistleblowing claims. She also welcomes instructions in equal pay and collective consultation claims. Elizabeth advises and represents in employment-related High Court litigation, including claims for breach of employment contract, and claims relating to restrictive covenants and industrial action in which injunctive relief is sought. Her recent caseload includes: advising and representing in a High Court group action claim for breach of employment contracts relating to a job evaluation exercise; successfully applying on behalf of a local authority for a High Court injunction to prevent strike action; appearing in the Court of Appeal on a jurisdictional point relating to a claim for post-employment injury benefits; and representing a government department in a 3 week Employment Tribunal case defending multiple claims of disability discrimination and victimisation in which the claimant asserts psychiatric injury and seeks career-long loss of earnings.
Career
Call 1998; appointed to Attorney General's Regional Panel of Counsel in 2012; reappointed 2018 ('A' Panel); reappointed 2023 ('A' Panel).
Professional Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association.
Personal
University of Oxford (Mansfield College) BA (Hons) MA Oxon (Exhibitioner).
Chambers Review
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Elizabeth Hodgetts operates a wide employment practice and has extensive experience representing clients in discrimination claims, whistle-blowing matters and equal pay disputes, among many other areas. She regularly represents public sector clients, including local authorities and NHS trusts, in addition to claimant employees.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Elizabeth is my barrister of choice for employment work."
"Elizabeth is an excellent barrister."
"Elizabeth Hodgetts is a very focused and thorough advocate."
"Elizabeth is my barrister of choice for employment work."
"Elizabeth is an excellent barrister."
"Elizabeth Hodgetts is a very focused and thorough advocate."
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