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Band 3
Band 3
About
Provided by Georgina Hirsch
Practice Areas
Georgina is ranked for both employment law and telecommunications regulation. She also has a growing tax practice, as well as a wider civil litigation practice, including re director’s duties.
Georgina is also an experienced mediator, and has a developing practice doing Investigations for corporate clients.
She covers the full range of employment and industrial law, and offers a particularly unique insight on trade union related issues, having acted for both sides and at a particularly senior and strategic level for a major trade union, and been counsel on UKSC collective bargaining case of Kostal v Dunkley.
Her telecoms work ranges from wayleaves cases to challenges to regulatory decisions, and competition law compliance.
Career
Her pre-Bar experience as a solicitor working in industry, and then as Legal Director of Unite the Union, as well as in private practice, gives her a unique insight for her advice and advocacy work.
Georgina is a calm and confident advocate who provides proactive and practical support.
She is also:
· an accredited advocacy and ethics trainer for Gray’s Inn
· a member of the Government Legal Department B panel
· and is currently a member of the Institute of Directors’ Commission to establish a Code of Conduct for Directors.
Professional Memberships
ELA, ILS, ELBA, ALBA, RBA.
Publications
She regularly writes for ELA and other publications.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Georgina Hirsch is frequently called upon by both claimants and respondents to handle a broad range of employment disputes. Her past experience as an in-house solicitor at a union contributes significantly to her expertise in industrial relations matters.
Georgina Hirsch is a highly capable barrister who regularly appears in cases before the Court of Appeal and CAT regarding telecommunications regulatory matters, and counts BT among her clients. She provides expert advice on the new Electronic Communications Code.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Georgina is very good with clients, hard-working and a team player."
"Georgina hasgreat judgement and is a really good tactician."
"Georgina is amazing."
"She is very methodical and calm. She's able to get right in the detail and dissect all of the bluster from the other side. We felt like we were in a very safe pair of hands."
"Georgina is very good with clients, hard-working and a team player."
"Georgina hasgreat judgement and is a really good tactician."
"Georgina is amazing."
"She is very methodical and calm. She's able to get right in the detail and dissect all of the bluster from the other side. We felt like we were in a very safe pair of hands."