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About
Provided by Schona Jolly KC
Practice Areas
Schona Jolly KC has a high profile domestic and international silk practice, highly acclaimed in her principal specialist areas in equality, employment, human rights law, and public international law. She has notable expertise in conducting group litigation as well as highly regarded for her strategic advice on complex litigation and policy in the UK and internationally. She routinely acts for a wide range of clients in domestic and international courts including international NGOS and inter/national bodies across governance, diplomacy, politics, media and entertainment. Her practice intersects widely with other areas of law, including AI, sports, and public law. She is longstanding Panel Counsel to the EHRC.
Schona was Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee 2019- 2021 and is Head of Cloisters Human Rights and International Law Practice Groups. She is a Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths University, London.
Career
Called to the Bar 1999; Licence Speciale (European Law) at University of Brussels; BA Jurisprudence, Magdalen College, Oxford.
Professional Memberships
Bar Human Rights Committee; JUSTICE, ELA, IBA, CORLA, DLA, ELBA, ALBA, Women in Sports Law.
Publications
Contributing author:-
- British Academy: Judicial Independence in Times of Crisis (2022)
- Sweet & Maxwell, 'Human Rights Practice': Article 9 ECHR.
- OUP 'Equal Pay' : Introduction to EU law, Brexit and Equal Pay (2021);
- 'Discrimination in Employment: A Claims Handbook', LAG, 2013.
Co-author: Age Discrimination Handbook, LAG 2006
Former associate editor of the European Human Rights Reports.
Regular academic/media contributions.
Personal
Legally fluent in French. High level Spanish, Punjabi, Intermediate Hindi/Urdu, Basic Arabic.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Schona Jolly KC of Cloisters Chambers is a well-regarded practitioner with notable expertise across human rights matters, including discrimination, trafficking and judicial reviews. She has deep experience in international human rights issues and is noted for her work defending journalists in major freedom of expression cases. She is particularly recognised for her work on the impact of Brexit on human rights and equality law.
Schona Jolly KC of Cloisters Chambers is a well-regarded practitioner with notable expertise across human rights matters, including discrimination, trafficking and judicial reviews. She has deep experience in international human rights issues and is noted for her work defending journalists in major freedom of expression cases. She is particularly recognised for her work on the impact of Brexit on human rights and equality law.
Schona Jolly KC is an admired silk whose employment practice is bolstered by her human rights knowledge. She is a regular counsel for banking clients and trade unions, and has been instructed in one of the leading gig economy cases in the court system. She also handles complex discrimination claims. She has represented clients in the High Court and appellate courts.
Schona Jolly KC of Cloisters Chambers is experienced in such matters as state and diplomatic immunity and statehood and citizenship. She frequently appears before the ECtHR.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Schona's advocacy is absolutely impeccable."
"Schona is a big hitter."
"Schona is one of the most hardworking and committed barristers at the bar."
"Schona does a really good job before the ECHR."
"Schona's advocacy is absolutely impeccable."
"Schona is a big hitter."
"Schona is one of the most hardworking and committed barristers at the bar."
"Schona does a really good job before the ECHR."
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