Talia Barsam
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 2 : Employment
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Band 2
About
Provided by Talia Barsam
Practice Areas
Talia specialises in all areas of employment law, including discrimination law, whistleblowing, industrial relations, holiday pay, unfair dismissal, equal pay, breach of contract, TUPE, restrictive covenants, and jurisdictional issues. She has additional expertise in complex disability discrimination claims, whistleblowing claims and industrial relations. Clients include multinational corporations in the financial, technology, construction, retail and transportation sectors, public sector clients and senior executives. Talia also has an expertise in education law.
For more information, please visit www.devereuxchambers.co.uk/barristers/profile/talia-barsam
Career
Called 2006. Admitted to the New York Bar 2008. Member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel of Approved Counsel since 2011.
Professional Memberships
ELBA, ELA, COMBAR
Publications
Contributing author, "Discrimination Law" (Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)); Jordans Employment Law Service.
Personal
LLM New York University; BA Affiliate Law, Cambridge University; BA English, University of Birmingham.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Talia Barsam manages an extensive employment law practice. She is a barrister who is especially skilled in handling whistle-blowing and remuneration claims, and matters concerning unfair dismissal, redundancies and TUPE issues. She has vast experience acting for clients in the financial and healthcare sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Talia is able to grasp complex legal points quickly and is excellent in appellate court work."
"Talia has great client handling skills and is very, very good on technical points of law and strategy."
"Talia is able to grasp complex legal points quickly and is excellent in appellate court work."
"Talia has great client handling skills and is very, very good on technical points of law and strategy."